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1973–74 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1973-74
Countries  France
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.

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

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

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

The teams qualidied are here listed:

(Single match stage)

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Narbonnw starded vey 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.


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