1969–70 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1969–70
Countries	France
Number of teams	64
Champions	La Voulte (1st title)
Runners-up	Montferrand

Formula

The 1969–70 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 club of La Voulte Sportif (now merged into ROC La Voulte-Valence) won the competition beating Montferrand (now known as ASM Clermont Auvergne) in the final. La Voulte won le Bouclier de Brennus at his first final, while 'Montferrand lost their fourth final of four.

Qualification round

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

Pool 1 Béziers Bègles Stade Beaumontois Angoulême Carmaux Oyonnax Le Creusot Castres	Pool 2 Toulouse Biarritz Racing Quillan Chambéry Bergerac Gaillac Mazamet	Pool 3 Toulon Brive Auch Lourdes Valence Toulouse Olympique EC Lavelanet JO Pradéenne
Pool 4 Dax La Voulte Avignon Saint-Saturnin Tyrosse Tulle Fumel Libos Aurillac Chalon	Pool 5 Narbonne Périgueux Bayonne Dijon Oloron Cahors Vienne Saint-Junien	Pool 6 Graulhet Cognac Montferrand Grenoble Montauban Saint-Jean-de-Luz Stade Bagnérais Castelsarrasin
Pool 7 Pau Stadoceste Condom Mont de Marsan Romans Perpignan Mauléon Albi	Pool 8 Agen La Rochelle Vichy Lannemezan US Bressane Paris Université Club Saint-Claude Foix

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Angoulême	27-3
Stade Beaumontois	La Rochelle	8-3
Auch	Dax	11-3
Racing	Bègles	26-13
La Voulte	Bayonne	9-3
Graulhet	Quillan	13-12
Brive	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	8-6
Béziers	Lannemezan	29-6
Montferrand	Périgueux	18-6
Narbonne	Tyrosse	9-3
Pau	Dijon	24-17
Vichy	Stadoceste	12-9
Grenoble	Toulon	17-12
Cognac	Condom	16-3
Toulouse	Mont de Marsan	41-6
Biarritz	Lourdes	16-15

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Stade Beaumontois	16-13
Auch	Racing	8-3
La Voulte	Graulhet	24-3
Brive	Béziers	17-9
Montferrand	Narbonne	12-3
Pau	Vichy	8-0
Grenoble	Cognac	8-6
Toulouse	Biarritz	20-5

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Auch	19-0
La Voulte	Brive	18-8
Montferrand	Pau	14-11
Grenoble	Toulose	12-5

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Montferrand	Grenoble	11-3
La Voulte	Agen	9-3

Final

Teams	La Voulte - Montferrand
Score	3 - 0
Date	17 May 1970
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Francis Galonnier
Line-up
La Voulte	Jean-Claude Noble, André Laréal, Roger Cance, Nicolas De Grégorio, Michel Savitsky, Paul Digonnet, André Duboué, André Faillon, Lilian Camberabero, Guy Camberabero, Serge Deguerce, Renaud Vialar, Michel Vusec, Lionel Vialar, André Roux
Montferrand	Guy Pujol, Jacques Rougerie, Marcel Thomas, Robert Boisson, Henri Bourdillon, Alain Périn, Yvan Lasserre, Bernard Combeuil, Jacques Pineau, Guy Darbas, Jean-Jacques Desvernois, Paul Cieply, Jean-Claude Jeammes, Louis Coudeyre, Gilbert Prat
Scorers
La Voulte	1 try Renaud Vialar
Montferrand

External links

• Compte rendu finale de 1970 lnr.fr
• Finale 1970 finalesrugby.com