1968–69 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1968–69
Countries	France
Number of teams	64
Champions	Bègles (1st title)
Runners-up	Toulouse
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools. The first four of each pool, were qualified for the "last 32".

The Bègles won the championship beating Toulose in the final.

It was the first bouclier de Brennus, for the Bordeaux's club. While, Toulouse played in their first final since 1947.

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to next round

Pool 1

Aurillac
Bayonne
Cognac
Condom
Lavelanet
Lourdes
Lyon OU
Montferrand

Pool 2

Agen
Chambéry
Gimont
Pau
Périgueux
Touloun
Valence
Vienne

Pool 3

Castelsarrasin
Castres
Lannemezan
Montchanin
Narbonne
Oyonnax
Romans
Tulle

Pool 4

Angoulême
Foix
La Voulte
Mimizan
Oloron
Perpignan
Stadoceste
Tyrosse

Pool 5

Dax
Dijon
Fumel
Racing
Montauban
Montlucon
Saint-Claude
Vichy

Pool 6

Stade Beaumontois
US Bressane
Carmaux
Chalon
RRC Nice
Quillan
Mont-de-Marsan
Toulouse

Pool 7

Albi
Auch
Bègles
Béziers
Brive
Cahors
Gaillac
Saint-Sever

Pool 8

Biarritz
Graulhet
Grenoble
Limoges
Mazamet
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
La Rochelle
Toulouse Olympique EC

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Narbonne	Castres	20-6
Biarritz	Lourdes	11-9
Bègles	Stade Beaumontois	27-6
Cahors	Saint-Claude	8-3
Dax	Tyrosse	9-6
Toulon	Périgueux	27-8
Stadoceste	Bayonne	8-3
La Rochelle	Cognac	9-6
Brive	Toulouse Olympique EC	15-8
Béziers	Racing	6-3
Graulhet	Montauban	11-3
Romans	Perpignan	14-12
Agen	Chambéry	20-8
Toulouse	Tulle	11-9
Montferrand	Mont-de-Marsan	16-13
La Voulte	US Bressane	15-6

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Narbonne	Biarritz	33-6
Bègles	Cahors	28-6
Dax	Toulon	11-9
Stadoceste	La Rochelle	8-9
Brive	Béziers	9-6
Graulhet	Romans	3-6
Agen	Toulouse	16-22
Montferrand	La Voulte	17-5

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Narbonne	Bègles	6-15
Dax	La Rochelle	12-3
Brive	Romans	27-9
Toulouse	Montferrand	9-3

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Bègles	Dax	13-11
Toulouse	Brive	8-5

Final

Teams	Bègles - Toulose
Score	11-9
Date	18 May 1969
Venue	Stade Gerland, Lyon
Referee	Roger Austry
Line-up
Bègles	Jean-Pierre Pedemay, Christian Swierczinski, Claude Violin, Louis-Michel Traissac, Michel Chagnaud, Daniel Dubois, Michel Boucherie, Georges Lafourcade, François Morlaes, François Gesta-Lavit, Jean-Charles Lamouliatte, Christian Malterre, Jean Trillo, Jean-Pierre Ruaud, Jacques Crampagne
Toulouse	Noël Brousse, Roger Guiter, Michel Moussard, Serge Morel, Paul Garrigues, Claude Labatut, Christian Duvignacq, Michel Billière, Jean-Louis Bérot, Pierre Villepreux, Jean-Marie Bonal, Jacques Puig, Jean-Marie Barsalou, Roger Bourgarel, Jacques Larnaudie
Scorers
Bègles	1 try Trillo, 1 conversion, 1 penalty and 1 drop Crampagne
Toulouse	1 try Puig, 2 penalties Villepreux

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1969 lnr.fr

Top 14

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2023–24	Bayonne Bordeaux Castres Clermont La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Oyonnax Pau Perpignan Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse
Former	Agen Albi Auch Aurillac Béziers Biarritz Bourgoin-Jallieu Brive Colomiers Dax Dijon Grenoble Montauban Mont-de-Marsan Narbonne Nîmes Paris Université Périgueux Rumilly

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