1990–91 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1990–91 French Rugby Union Championship was 99th edition of France's top division of rugby union. Bègles-Bordeaux were champions after beating Toulose in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1990–91
Countries	France
Number of teams	80 teams
Champions	Bègles-Bordeaux (2nd title)
Runners-up	Toulouse
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

It was the club's second bouclier de Brennus after their first win in 1969.

Formula

• The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in 20 pools of four.
• The two best from each pool (a total of 40 clubs) were admitted to group A to play for the title.
• In the second round the 40 clubs of group A were divided in five pools of eight.
• The first three of each pool and the best fourth place team advanced to the knockout stage.

Group A qualification round to knockout stage

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.

Pool 1 Béziers Toulouse Auch Bayonne RRC Nice Chalon Périgueux Romans	Pool 2 Biarritz Narbonne Toulon Grenoble Le Creusot Lourdes SBUC Oloron	Pool 3 Bègles-Bordeaux Nîmes Brive Perpignan US Colomiers Rodez Montauban Bergerac
Pool 4 Stadoceste Dax Mont-de-Marsan Agen Castres Cognac Bourgoin-Jallieu Hagetmau	Pool 5 Racing Montferrand Montpellier RC Montchanin Pau Mazamet La Rochelle US Bressane

"Last 16" phase

In bold are the clubs qualified for the quarter finals.

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Perpignan	Béziers	15-9	3-27
Biarritz	Nîmes	13-10	12-18
Montpellier RC	Stadoceste	18-9	3-18
Toulon	Bègles-Bordeaux	18-9	6-22
Mont-de-Marsan	Narbonne	15-12	0-51
Brive	Toulouse	9-9	12-15
Dax	Montferrand	9-15	38-22
Auch	Racing	18-15	3-43

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Béziers	Nîmes	30-17
Stadoceste	Bègles-Bordeaux	8-19
Narbonne	Toulouse	6-24
Dax	Racing	6-18

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Bègles-Bordeaux	12-13
Toulouse	Racing	13-12

Final

1 June 1991

Bègles-Bordeaux	19 – 10	Toulouse
Try: Courtiols 6' Mougeot 36' Con: Sallefranque 6' Pen: Sallefranque (2) Drop: Reigt		Try: Cazalbou (2) 66', 76' Con: Ougier 76'

Parc des Princes, Paris Referee: Patrick Robin

FB 15 Marc Geneste  77' RW 14 Marc Sallefranque OC 13 Régis Frentzel IC 12 Philippe Soulé LW 11 William Téchoueyres FH 10 Christophe Reigt SH 9 Bernard Laporte (c) N8 8 Jean-Jacques Alibert OF 7 Sébastien Conchy BF 6 Michel Courtiols RL 5 Christophe Mougeot LL 4 André Berthozat TP 3 Philippe Gimbert HK 2 Vincent Moscato LP 1 Serge Simon  77' Substitutions: PR 16 Laurent Vergé  77' LK 17 Éric Michaud N8 18 François Labat SH 19 Patrick Tauzin FH 20 Christian Delage  77' CE 21 Thomas Clamens Coach: Yves Appriou

FB 15 Stéphane Ougier RW 14 Jean-Michel Rancoule OC 13 Michel Marfaing IC 12 Pierre Bondouy  59' LW 11 David Berty FH 10 Philippe Rougé-Thomas SH 9 Jérôme Cazalbou N8 8 Albert Cigagna (c) OF 7 Bruno Dalla-Riva BF 6 Olivier Marin RL 5 Jean-Marie Cadieu LL 4 Hugues Miorin TP 3 Claude Portolan HK 2 Patrick Soula LP 1 Gérard Portolan  47' Substitutions: HK 16 Éric Jamin PR 17 Joël Garcias  47' LK 18 Bruno Coumes LK 19 Hervé Lecomte SH 20 Philippe Carbonneau CE 21 Éric Bonneval  59' Coach: Jean-Claude Skrela

References

External links

• Compte rendu finale 1991 lnr.fr
• finale 1991 finalesrugby.com