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The 1977–78 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Montferrand in the final.

Formula

The "elite" (group A) were formed by five pools of eight clubs.

Were 25 the teams of group A qualified for the knockout stages with seven team coming from group B, also formed by 40 teams.

Both group were arranged in 5 pools of 8 teams.

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

The teams qualified are here listed:

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Toulose	12-9
Valence	Montferrand	12-20

Teams	Béziers - Montferrand
Score	31-09
Date	20 May 1978
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Francis Flingou
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, Jean-Louis Martin, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Christian Pesteil, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, René Séguier, Henri Mioch, Jean-Luc Rivallo, Michel Fabre, Jack Cantoni Remplaçants : Pierre Lacans, Francis Lugans
Montferrand	Jacques Fouilhoux, Jean-Marc Gerbaulet, Patrick Boucheix, Henri Bourdillon, Guy Gasparotto, Gérard Costes, Jean-Paul Cristina, Yves Cristina, Jean-Pierre Romeu, André Dubertrand, Joël Molenat, Michel Luciani, Jean-Michel Dubertrand, Michel Droitecourt Remplaçants : Jacques Besson, Joseph Bravo, Jacky Brugiroux
Scorers
Béziers	5 tries Paco, Martin, Séguier, Fabre and 1 penalty try, 4 conversions Cabrol (2) and Cantoni (2), 1 penalty Cabrol
Montferrand	1 try Molenat, 1 conversion Romeu, 1 drop Droitecourt