French rugby championship
French Rugby Championship 1964–65 Countries France Number of teams 56 Champions Agen (4th title)Runners-up Brive
The 1964–65 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided into 7 pools.
The four first teams from each pool, along with the best four teams classified fifth in the pools, qualified for the single-elimination portion of the tournament, the "last 32".
Agen won the championship, beating Brive in the final.
Context
The 1965 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales , which lost (13–22) to France .
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Cognac , which beat Perpignan 5–3.
Qualification round
Teams in bold qualified for the next round.
Pool 1
Pool 2
Pool 3
Pool 4
Pool 5
Pool 6
Pool 7
Last 32
Teams in bold advanced to the next round.
Note: Grenoble beat Auch 12–3 but was disqualified, because lined a forme "rugby league " player.[clarification needed ]
Last 16
Teams in bold advanced to the next round.
Quarterfinals
Teams in bold advanced to the next round.
Semifinals
Teams in bold advanced to the final.
La Voulte was eliminated because they had three players out for injuries in the second half.
During the Brive versus Mont de Marsan match, the referee sent off one player of each team. The player from Brive, Normand, was allowed to play in the final match.
Final
Teams
Agen – Brive
Score
15-8
Date
23 May 1965
Venue
Stade Gerland , Lyon
Referee
Bernard Marie
Line-up
Agen
Marius Lagiewski , Jean-Claude Malbet , Raymond Palladin , Jacques Fort , Michel Lasserre , Michel Sitjar , Serge Viotto , Francesco Zani , Pierre Lacroix , Jean-Claude Hiquet , Jean-Claude Soula , Jean-Pierre Razat , Pierre Gruppi , Bernard Pomiès , Jean-Louis Dehez , Serge Méricq , Georges Cavailles , Claude Salesse
Brive
Pierre Marsaud , Pierre Bessot , Claude Freyssinet , Jean Normand , Roger Fite , Marcel Lewin , Gérard Burguet , Jean-Pierre Delfour , Marcel Puget , Jean-Claude Roques , Serge Castiglioni , Michel Marot, Claude Besson , Pierre Besson , Pierre Villepreux
Scorers
Agen
2 tries by Razat and Sitjar , 2 penalties, and 1 drop by Dehez
Brive
2 tries by Roques and P.Besson , and 1 conversion by Villepreux
External links
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