1995–96 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1995/96 season was the 97th staging of the French rugby union championship. It included 20 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 ten teams played in two groups against each other. The four top finishers in both groups moved directly into the knockout round, while the teams played in the squares 5-8 in a Barrage with the best teams in the second division to the eligibility to play in the knockout round. The two last placed both groups increased; this concerned Aviron Bayonnais, the Racing Club de France, the FCS Rumilly and Montpellier RC.

The home game right of K. -o- round, even at the 16 teams were involved, resulted from the better placement in the qualifying round. In the second round followed by the quarter-and semi-final. The two semi-final winners meet in the final on each other, which was held in Paris on 1 June 1996 at the Parc des Princes, and played for the Bouclier de Brennus. Here, Stade Toulousain won against the CA Brive and won for the 13th time the championship.

Qualifying round

  • Direct knockout qualification
  • Participation in the Barrage
  • Relegation to the second division

Barrage

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinal

Final

Stade Toulousain: Line-up: Franck Belot, David Berty, Christian Califano, Philippe Carbonneau, Thomas Castaignède, Jérôme Cazalbou, Christophe Deylaud, Sylvain Dispagne, Didier Lacroix, Herve Manent, Hugues Miorin, Émile Ntamack, Stéphane Ougier, Claude PORTOLAN, Patrick Soula Substitutes: Éric Artiguste, Olivier Carbonneau, Richard Castel, Jean -Luc Cester, Christophe Guiter, Pascal Lasserre, Hugo Mola

CA Brive: Line-up: Eric Alegret, Sébastien Bonnet, Laurent Bonventre, Sébastien Carrat, Alain Carminati, Didier Casadeï, Richard Crespy, Thierry Labrousse, Christophe Lucquiaud, Vincent Moscato, Romuald Paillat, Sébastien Paillat, Alain Penaud, Jean -Marie Soubira, Loïc Van Der Linden Substitutes: Arnaud Boudie, François Duboisset, Didier Faugeron, Alain Guettache, Yvan Manhes, Bruno Marty, sotele Puleoto

Promotion and relegation FC Grenoble RC Toulonnais RC Narbonne USA Perpignan Castres Olympique ASM Clermont Auvergne Section Paloise US Dax US Colomiers Biarritz Olympique FC Lourdes
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