1983–84 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1983–84 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Agen in the final.

French Rugby Championship 1983–84
Countries	France
Number of teams	40 teams
Champions	Béziers (11th title)
Runners-up	Agen
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Formula

Forty clubs divide into five pools of eight.

Ten teams (the first two of each pool) are admitted directly into the "last 16" round,

The 3rd and 4th of each pool and the better two classified as 5th, play a barrage.

Qualification round

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

Pool 1 Béziers Stadoceste Hyères Oloron Montauban Stade Bagnérais Carcassonne Castres	Pool 2 Graulhet Grenoble RRC Nice Touloun Brive Angoulême La Voulte Vienne	Pool 3 Agen Dax Lourdes Toulouse Tulle La Rochelle Boucau Paris Université Club
Pool 4 Montferrand Bayonne Tyrosse Perpignan Aurillac Albi Avenir Aturin Hagetmau	Pool 5 Narbonne Bègles Mont de Marsan Pau Biarritz Nîmes Romans US Bressane

Knoxkout stages

Barrage

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Tulle	Mont de Marsan	16-10
Touloun	Brive	21-9
Pau	Perpignan	10-6
RRC Nice	Lourdes	11-6
Tyrosse	Toulouse	9-16
Hyères	Oloron	3-6

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round.

Team 1	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Tulle	Montferrand	3-22	6-18
Grenoble	Toulon	15-3	4-6
Stadoceste	Bègles	13-13	16-9
Béziers	Pau	22-3	0-0
Narbonne	RRC Nice	16-18	15-15
Bayonne	Dax	6-19	24-22
Agen	Toulouse	20-12	27-13
Graulhet	Oloron	9-3	27-10

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Montferrand	Grenoble	12-6
Stadoceste	Béziers	12-22
RRC Nice	Dax	21-13
Agen	Graulhet	9-7

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Montferrand	Béziers	4-8
RRC Nice	Agen	14-21

Final

Teams	Béziers - Agen
Score	21-21 after overt time (12-12 at the end of regular time). Béziers won at penalty kick tie-break[1]
Date	26 May 1984
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Jean-Claude Yché
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Diego Minaro, Jean-Louis Martin, Jean-Paul Wolff, Michel Palmié, Jean-Marc Cordier, Pierre Lacans, Jean-Michel Bagnaud, Philippe Vachier, Philippe Escande, Jean-Paul Medina, Patrick Fort, Fabrice Joguet, Michel Fabre, Philippe Bonhoure Replacements : Philippe Chamayou, Jean-Marc Pigeaud, Jean-Jacques Leipp, Éric Piazza, Claude Martinez, Albert Lless
Agen	Jean-Louis Tolot, Jean-Louis Dupont, Daniel Dubroca, Patrick Pujade, Bernard Rivière, Jacques Gratton, Bernard Delbreil, Dominique Erbani, Joël Llop, Christian Delage, Bernard Lavigne, Philippe Mothe, Philippe Sella, Philippe Bérot, Bernard Viviès Replacements : Michel Capot, Pierre Montlaur, Christophe Malbet, Paul Bertoni, Michel Murat, Éric Gleyze
Scorers
Béziers	1 try Medina, 1 conversion and 4 penalties Fort, 1 drop Escande
Agen	1 try Delbreil, 1 conversion and 4 penalties Viviès, 1 drop Delage

References

1. "Parc des Princes, Paris, 26 mai 1984 - Palmarès & Histoire - Ligue Nationale de Rugby". 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 18 July 2024.