1973–74 French Rugby Union Championship

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French Rugby Championship 1973–74
Countries	France
Number of teams	64
Champions	Béziers (4th title)
Runners-up	Narbonne
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Narbonne in the final.

The 64 clubs are divided in two groups.

• Group A with the 32 better of the previous season, divided in 4 pools of 8. The best 6 of each pools were qualified to knockout stages.
• Group B, with the other 32 teams, divided in 4 pools of 8. The first two of each pools were qualified to knock-on stage.

The clubs classified in the six first places of each pool (24 clubs on 32) were qualified for the knockout stages.

The team are here listed in ranking order, in bold, the team qualified.

Pool 1 Agen Stadoceste Toulouse Bayonne Avignon Saint-Saturnin Saint-Girons Aurillac Dijon	Pool 2 Narbonne Montferrand Dax Biarritz Vichy Lourdes Graulhet Boucau
Pool 3 Béziers La Rochelle La Voulte Pau Touloun Bègles Valence Castres	Pool 4 Brive Stade Bagnérais Lavelanet US Bressane Racing Perpignan Stade Beaumontois Grenoble

The clubs classified in the two first places of each pool (8 clubs on 32) were qualified for the knockout stages.

The teams qualified are here listed:

Albi Mérignac Mont-de-Marsan Montauban

Montchanin RRC Nice Saint-Jean-de-Luz Tulle

(Single match stage)

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	US Bressane	9-3
Montchanin	Lavelanet	0-8
RRC Nice	Avignon Saint-Saturnin	22-3
La Rochelle	La Voulte	9-3
Brive	Saint-Girons	32-3
Albi	Toulose	12-10
Racing	Mont-de-Marsan	27-11
Perpignan	Montferrand	17-6
Narbonne	Lourdes	9-6
Biarritz	Tulle	14-10
Montauban	Touloun	9-14
Stadoceste	Bayonne	16-7
Agen	Bègles	24-9
Pau	Mérignac	18-15
Saint-Jean-de-Luz	Dax	3-15
Stade Bagnérais	Vichy	10-18

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Lavelanet	15-6
RRC Nice	La Rochelle	22-12
Brive	Albi	41-0
Racing	Perpignan	6-10
Narbonne	Biarritz	28-8
Toulon	Stadoceste	12-16
Agen	Pau	21-24
Dax	Vichy	16-6

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	RRC Nice	6-0
Brive	Perpignan	25-15
Narbonne	Stadoceste	16-9
Pau	Dax	13-8

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Brive	19-10
Narbonne	Pau	15-9

Teams	Béziers - Narbonne
Score	16-14
Date	12 May 1974
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Francis Palmade
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Christian Prax, Alain Paco, Georges Senal, Michel Palmié, Olivier Saïsset, Yvan Buonomo, Alain Estève, Richard Astre, Henri Cabrol, Paul Cieply, Gabriel Constantino, Joseph Navarro, Jack Cantoni, Jean-Pierre Pesteil,
Narbonne	Jean-Pierre Hortoland, Pierre Salettes, Raymond Canaguier, Jean-Marie Spanghero, Claude Spanghero, Alain Montlaur, André Belzons, Walter Spanghero, Gérard Sutra, Jo Maso, Daniel Dumas, François Sangalli, Gérard Viard, Henri Ferrero, Jean-Michel Benacloï, Patrick Taurines,
Scorers
Béziers	1 try Navarro, 1 penalty Cabrol, 3 drops Astre (2) and Cabrol (1)
Narbonne	2 tries Belzons and Sangalli, 2 penalties Bénacloï

Narbonnw started very well, with two tries, a drop by Henri Cabrol, but Walter Spanghero and his fellow lost the title in the last seconds.

Béziers won the 3rd of six titles of a collection in the 1970s. Narbonne had to wait until 1979 to win his second "Bouclier de Brennus",

To remark that this was the final playerd in the new Parc des Princes.

• Compte rendu finale de 1974 lnr.fr