The 1994–95 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 32 clubs, divided into 4 pools. After the preliminary round, the top four of each pool, were admitted to the "top 16", also divided into 4 pools. The top two of each pool were admitted to the quarter-finals.

Châteaurenard, Saint-Paul lès Dax, Cannes and Tyrosse were the newcomers.

Le Toulouse won the title beating Castres in the final. It was their 12th French Championship. In this year Toulouse did the double winning the Challenge Yves du Manoir.

At the end of the season the first division of the French Championship reduced to 20 clubs, relegating Auch, Châteaurenard, Graulhet, Périgueux, Tarbes, Saint-Paul les Dax, Biarritz, Avenir Valencien, Cannes, Stade bordelais, Dijon and Tyrosse, to second division.

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos Team Points 1 Perpignan 35 2 Toulouse 33 3 Narbonne 32 4 Montpellier 32 5 Auch 30 6 Graulhet 22 7 Châteaurenard 22 8 Périgueux 18 Pool 2 Pos Team Points 1 Brive 34 2 Bourgoin-Jallieu 33 3 Racing Paris 32 4 Castres 31 5 Nice 31 6 Montferrand 29 7 Tarbes 18 8 Saint-Paul 16 Pool 3

Pos Team Points 1 Dax 34 2 Bègles-Bordeaux 34 3 Agen 32 4 Nîmes 30 5 Biarritz 29 6 Pau 27 7 Avenir Valencien 21 8 Cannes 17 Pool 4 Pos Team Points 1 Grenoble 33 2 Rumilly 32 3 Toulon 32 4 Colomiers 30 5 Stade Bordelais 30 6 Bayonne 28 7 Dijon 23 8 Tyrosse 16

"Top 16"" The first two of each pool to "last of 8" round Pool 1

Pos Team Points 1 Perpignan 16 2 Bègles-Bordeaux 14 3 Racing Paris 9 4 Colomiers 8 Pool 2 Pos Team Points 1 Toulouse 17 2 Toulon 14 3 Brive 11 4 Nîmes 6 Pool 3 Pos Team Points 1 Dax 16 2 Castres 14 3 Rumilly 10 4 Montpellier 8 Pool 4 Pos Team Points 1 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 14 2 SU Agen 13 3 RC Narbonne 12 4 FC Grenoble 9

Last 8 apr.1996Toulouse-Agen19–6 apr.1996Bourgoin-Bordeaux-Begles37–11 apr.1996Castres-Perpignan12–12Castres won at penalty barrage 5–4 apr.1996Toulon-Dax23–8

Semifinals apr.1996Toulouse-Bourgoin16–10 apr.1996Castres-Toulon18–13

Final

FB 15 Stéphane OugierRW 14 Émile NtamackOC 13 Philippe Carbonneau IC 12 Thomas Castaignède LW 11 David BertyFH 10 Christophe Deylaud SH 9 Jérôme Cazalbou N8 8 Albert Cigagna (c) OF 7 Régis SonnesBF 6 Didier Lacroix RL 5 Franck BelotLL 4 Hugues Miorin TP 3 Claude Portolan HK 2 Patrick Soula LP 1 Christian Califano Substitutions:HK 16 Christophe Guiter PR 17 Pascal Lasserre FL 18 Richard Castel FL 19 Hervé Manent CE 20 Olivier Carbonneau CE 21 Éric Artiguste Coach: Guy Novès FB 15 Cyril Savy RW 14 Philippe EscalleOC 13 Alain Hyardet IC 12 Jean-Marc AuéLW 11 Christophe LucquiaudFH 10 Francis Rui SH 9 Frédéric Séguier (c)N8 8 Jean-Philippe SwiadeckOF 7 Gilbert Pagès BF 6 José Díaz RL 5 Jean-François GourragneLL 4 Guy Jeannard TP 3 Thierry Lafforgue HK 2 Christian Batut LP 1 Laurent Toussaint Substitutions:HK 16 Christophe Urios PR 17 Jean-Luc Vidal LK 18 Colin Gaston FL 19 Frédéric Gommard CE 20 Nicolas Combes FB 21 Laurent Labit Coach: Jean-Marie Barsalou

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