The 1979–79 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Narbonne beating Stade Bagnérais in the final.
Formula
The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided into two groups (A and B) of 40.
The "élite" (group A) was formed by four pools of ten clubs. The seven better of each pool (28 teams) were qualified for knockout stages, with four teams from group B.
Qualification round
Group A In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking
Pool A Béziers Touloun Graulhet Oloron Stade Bagnérais La Rochelle Aurillac Auch Thuir Gaillac Pool B Perpignan Brive ASM Clermont Romans Carcassonne Avignon Saint-Saturnin US Bressane Racing Montauban Mauléon Pool C Toulouse RRC Nice Mazamet Lourdes Pau Agen Stadoceste Tulle Castres Mont-de-Marsan Pool D Narbonne Biarritz Bayonne Dax Valence Bourgoin-Jallieu Saint-Jean-de-Luz Boucau Bègles Tyrosse
Group B In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking
Pool E Grenoble Stade Beaumontois Avenir sportif bédarridais (Bédarrides) Cahors Condom (Condom) Le Creusot Marmande Millau US Salles(Salles) US Vic-Bigorre Pool F Périgueux Castelsarrasin (Castelsarrasin) Chambéry US La Seyne La Voulte Lannemezan UA Mimizan (Mimizan) Orthez Paris Université Rodez (Rodez) Pool G USA Limoges Albi Arras US Bergerac Carmaux Castelnaudary Mérignac Nîmes Saint-Claude Saint-Médard Pool H Montchanin Dijon Fumel La Teste Lombez Samatan Peyrehorade (P eyrehorade) US Quillan Espéraza Saint-Girons SA Voiron (Voiron) Vichy
Knockout stages
"Last 32" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Toulouse Périgueux 18-10 Valence Pau 28-4 ASM Clermont US Bressane 15-12 Touloun Bourgoin-Jallieu 45-21 Brive Stadoceste 18-25 Bayonne Saint-Jean-de-Luz 13-6 Carcassonne Romans 18-6 Narbonne Limoges 61-14 Biarritz Aurillac 20-9 Mazamet Agen 3-20 Graulhet Dax 19-12 Perpignan Grenoble 4-4 Béziers Montchanin 30-3 Lourdes Stade Bagnérais 9-18 Oloron La Rochelle 3-0 RRC Nice Avignon Saint-Saturnin 17-13
"Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Toulouse Valence 7-3 ASM Clermont Toulon21-14 Stadoceste Bayonne 10-29 Carcassonne Narbonne 12-21 Biarritz Agen 17-21 Graulhet Grenoble 16-10 Béziers Stade Bagnérais 6-9 Oloron RRC Nice 22-23
Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Toulose ASM Clermont 10-12 Bayonne Narbonne 7-18 Agen Graulhet 13-9 Stade Bagnérais RRC Nice 14-10
Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 Results ASM Clermont Narbonne 9-19 Agen Stade Bagnérais 9-25
Final
Teams Narbonne - Stade Bagnérais Score 10-0 Date 27 May 1979 Venue Parc des Princes, ParisReferee Francis Palmade Line-up Narbonne Guy Colomine, Pierre Salettes, Guy Martinez, Claude Spanghero, Patrick Salas, Michel Ponçot, Alain Montlaur, Yves Malquier, Guy Ramon, Lucien Pariès, Christian Trallero, Didier Codorniou, François Sangalli, Henri Ferrero, Jean-Michel BenacloïReplacements : Daniel Trévisan, Joseph Provenzale, Pierre Bouisset, André Maratuech Bagnères Michel Laguerre-Basse, Antranik Torossian, Michel Urtizverea, Yves Duhard, Claude Pourtal, Claude Frutos, Serge Landais, André Cazenave, Adrien Mournet, Gérard Ara, Roland Anton, Pierre Rispal, Roland Bertranne, Jean-François Gourdon, Jean-Michel AguirreReplacements : René Vergez, Gérard Chevallier, Michel Aragnouet, Pierre Domec, Francis Meirhaegue Scorers Narbonne 1 try Trallero, 2 penalties Pariés Bagnères
References
External links Compte rendu finale de 1979 lnr.fr