The 1988–89 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulouse that beat Toulon in the final.
Toulouse won his 10th bouclier de Brennus, the third in the 80's.
Formula
The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in sixteen pools of five. . The two better of each pool (a sum of 32 clubs) were admitted to the group A to play for the title In the second round the 32 clubs of group A were divided in four pools of eight. The four better of each pool of group A (16 clubs) were qualified to play the knockout stage
Group A Qualification to knockout stage
The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.
Pool 1 Toulouse Dax Montferrand Agen Bourgoin-Jallieu Cognac Montchanin Villeneuve-sur-Lot Pool 2 Stadoceste Blagnac SCR Lourdes Bègles-Bordeaux Le Creusot Stade Bagnérais Perpignan Nîmes Pool 3 Touloun Bayonne Brive Graulhet Aurillac Mont-de-Marsan US Colomiers Bergerac Pool 4 Grenoble Béziers Narbonne Racing Hagetmau Villefranche de Lauragais RRC Nice Boucau Tarnos
"Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the quarter of finals.
Team 1 Team 2 1st match 2nd match Agen Dax 15-15 41-15 Racing Tarbes 16-15 0-22 Bègles-Bordeaux Toulouse 3-47 15-27 Lourdes Blagnac SCR 6-10 24-9 Graulhet Grenoble 3-36 9-15 Narbonne Bayonne 39-9 24-18 Montferrand Touloun 21-17 9-29 Brive Béziers 12-22 6-32
Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 Team 2 Results Agen Tarbes 12-9 Toulouse Lourdes 41-15 Grenoble Narbonne 13-24 Toulon Béziers 19-12
Semifinals Team 1 Team 2 Results Agen Toulouse 9-18 Narbonne Toulon 3-20
Final
Teams Toulouse - Toulon Score 18-12 (15-9) Date 27 May 1989 Venue Parc des Princes, ParisReferee Guy Maurette Line-up Toulouse Serge Laïrle (Gérard Portolan 73), Patrick Soula, Claude Portolan, Hugues Miorin, Jean-Marie Cadieu, Thierry Maset (Hervé Lecomte 69), Karl Janik, Albert Cigagna, Jérôme Cazalbou, Philippe Rougé-Thomas, David Berty, Denis Charvet, Didier Codorniou, Jean-Michel Rancoule, Joël DupuyNot on the ground : Michel Lopez, Éric Bonneval, Thierry Savio, Bruno Coumes ToulonManu Diaz, Jean-Michel Casalini (Jean-Louis Raibaut 77), Yann Braendlin, Yvan Roux, Jean-Charles Orso (Jean-Pierre Alarcon 80), Éric Champ, Jean-François Tordo, Eric Melville, Jérôme Gallion, Christian Cauvy, Pascal Jehl, Alain Carbonel, Pierre Trémouille, Éric Fourniols, Jérôme Bianchi Not on the ground : Thierry Louvet, Philippe Sauton, Thierry Ruet, Frédéric Saint-Sardos Scorers Toulouse 2 tries Laîrle (1) and Charvet (31), 2 conversions de Dupuy and 1 drop Charvet (11), 1 drop Dupuy (70) Touloun 3 penalties Bianchi (15,21,58), 1 drop Cauvy (6)
References
External links Compte rendu finale 1989 lnr.fr