1980–81 French Rugby Union Championship

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French Rugby Championship 1980–81
Countries	France
Number of teams	Group A : 40 teams Group B : 40 teams
Champions	Béziers (9th title)
Runners-up	Stade Bagnérais
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Stade Bagnérais in the final.

For the second time, the clubs of the "Group B" didn't participate to win the title, but played a proper championship.

The group A, like the group B was divided in four pools of ten clubs.

The eight better of each pool were qualified for the knockout stages.

In bold the teams qualified for knock out stages, ordered according to the ranking.

Pool A Bayonne Pau Valence Béziers Oloron Nîmes Thuir Aurillac Mazamet Saint-Jean-de-Luz	Pool B Romans Agen Toulouse Dax Carcassonne Narbonne Albi RRC Nice Périgueux Auch
Pool C Touloun Perpignan Montferrand Tulle Angoulême Biarritz Stadoceste Castres Avignon Saint-Saturnin Montchanin	Pool D Grenoble Lourdes Graulhet Boucau Brive Bègles Stade Bagnérais US Bressane La Rochelle Chambéry

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Perpignan	Nîmes	25-6
Valence	Thuir	13-10
Béziers	Carcassonne	29-6
Grenoble	Aurillac	6-12
Bayonne	Castres	14-12
Graulhet	Stadoceste	9-21
Lourdes	Biarritz	23-9
Pau	Tulle	22-3
Toulon	RRC Nice	6-15
Montferrand	Bègles	9-4
Boucau	Brive	12-15
Toulouse	Narbonne	12-6
Agen	Albi	21-10
Angoulême	Stade Bagnérais	12-24
Dax	Oloron	42-21
Romans	US Bressane	21-9

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Perpignan	Valence	28-7
Béziers	Aurillac	22-10
Bayonne	Stadoceste	12-18
Lourdes	Pau	25-9
RRC Nice	Montferrand	9-15
Brive	Toulose	24-23
Agen	Stade Bagnérais	6-23
Dax	Romans	19-9

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Perpignan	Béziers	12-13
Stadoceste	Lourdes	7-9
Montferrand	Brive	6-3
Stade Bagnérais	Dax	16-9

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Lourdes	35-9
Montferrand	Stade Bagnérais	3-6

Teams	Béziers - Stade Bagnérais
Score	22-13
Date	25 May 1981
Venue	Parc des Princes
Referee	Jean-Pierre Bonnet
Line-up
Béziers	Armand Vaquerin, Alain Paco, Jean-Louis Martin, Alain Estève, Michel Palmié, Jean-Marc Cordier, Pierre Lacans, Henri Mioch, Philippe Morrisson, Jean-Pierre Pesteil, Marc Andrieu, Claude Martinez, Jean-Luc Rivallo, Michel Fabre, Patrick Fort Replacements : Philippe Escande, Yvan Buonomo, Bernard Teissier, Christian Prax, Michel Calas
Bagnères	Michel Laguerre-Basse, Antranik Torossian, Michel Urtizverea, André Cazenave, René Vergez, Claude Frutos, Albert Cigagna, Omar Derghali, Adrien Mournet, Philippe Fourneau, Michel Dancla, Pierre Rispal, Roland Bertranne, Jean-François Gourdon, Jean-Michel Aguirre Replacements : Gérard Chevallier, Yves Duhard, Arnaud Duplan, Roger Bayen, Michel Mardegan, Jean-Louis Carrère
Scorers
Béziers	2 tries Andrieu and Fabre, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Fort, 2 drops Pesteil
Bagnères	2 tries Gourdon, 1 conversion and 1 penalty Aguirre

Béziers held their title of French Champions and won the fourth Bouclier de Brennus in five years. Stade Bagnérais lost the second final, after the one in 1979.

In bold the teams qualified for knockout stages, ordered according to the ranking.

Pool E Annecy Arras Bourgoin Stade Clermontois Dijon La Voulte Le Creusot Montélimar Paris Université Vienne	Pool F Cognac Decazeville (Decazeville) Fumel Limoges Mérignac Niort Racing Rodez(Rodez) Stade Foyen (Sainte-Foy-la-Grande) La Teste
Pool G US Montauban Cahors Carmaux Castelnaudary Condom Foix (Foix) Lannemezan Millau Lombez Samatan Marmande	Pool H US Tyrosse Avenir Aturin Stade Beaumontois Hagetmau Mauléon Mont de Marsan Orthez Peyrehorade (Peyrehorade) Soustons Vic-Bigorre (Vic-en-Bigorre)

Team 1	Team 2	Results
US Tyrosse
US Montauban

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
US Tyrosse
US Montauban

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
US Tyrosse
US Montauban

Team 1	Team 2	Results
US Tyrosse
US Montauban

Teams	US Tyrosse – US Montauban
Score	15-9 (after over-time)
Venue	Agen

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