1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1992/93 season was the 94th staging of the French rugby union championship. It included 32 teams in the top league ( of today's top 14).

The championship was divided into three phases. It began with the qualifying round in which eight teams played in four groups against each other. The four top finishers in both groups moved into the next round. The remaining 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams, the two top finishers of these groups qualified for the quarter-finals. In the final game, which was held in Paris on 5 June 1993 at the Parc des Princes, came together the two semi-final winners and played for the Bouclier de Brennus. Castres Olympique won against FC Grenoble and won for the third time the championship.

First round

  • Qualification for second round

Second Round

  • Qualification for the quarter-finals

Quarterfinals

* Overall from two games ( 38:33 and 33:21 ); the first game was repeated after a complaint by the RC Narbonne.

Semifinal

Final

Castres Olympique: Line-up: Jean -Bernard Bergès, Thierry Bourdet, Alain Carminati, Nicolas Combes, José Díaz, Laurent Labit, Thierry Lafforgue, Christophe Lucquiaud, Adrian Lungu, Gilbert Pages, Francis Rui, Cédric Tonini, Laurent Toussaint, Christophe Centurions, Gary Whetton Substitutes: Christian Batut, Maurice Bille, Éric Minniti, Philippe Oms, Jean -Philippe Swiadeck, Jean -Luc Vidal

FC Grenoble: Line-up: Brice Bardou, Olivier Brouzet, Franck Capdeville, Hervé Chaffardon, Éric Ferruit, Patrick Goirand, Grégory Kacała, Djoni Mandic, Dominique Mazille, Philippe Meunier, Olivier Merle, Cyril Savy, Willy Taofifénua, Philippe Tapié, Frédéric Vélo Substitutes: Arnaud Bazin, Gilbert Brunat, Xavier Cambres, Franck Hueber, Martial Servantes, Patrice Vacchino

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