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1986–87 French Rugby Union Championship

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French Rugby Championship 1986–87
Countries France
Number of teams40 teams
ChampionsToulon (2nd title)
Runners-upRacing Paris

The 1986–87 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Toulon that beat Racing Paris in the final.

Formula

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The 40 clubs were divided in 4 pools of ten.

The first five of pool 1 and 2 and the first three of pool 3 and 4, were qualified for knock out stages.

This formula will be used only for this year.

Qualification round

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The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Knock out stages

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"Last 16"

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round . All the qualified, came from pool 1 and 2.

Team 1 Team 2 1st match 2nd match
Hyères Toulon 9-37 12-21
Béziers Lourdes 19-9 9-18
Stadoceste Agen 21-21 6-15
Stade Bagnérais Montferrand 12-16 6-28
Bourgoin-Jallieu Racing 12-9 3-22
Le Creusot-Montchanin Brive 15-15 15-26
Dax Toulouse 18-9 6-29
Valence Graulhet 9-9 9-27

Quarter of finals

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 result
Toulon Béziers 15-9
Agen Montferrand 13-12
Racing Brive 22-19
Toulouse Graulhet 20-9

Semifinals

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Team 1 Team 2 result
Toulon Agen 18-16
Racing Toulose 10-9

Final

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Teams Toulon - Racing
Score 15-12
Date 2 May 1987
Venue Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee Jean-Claude Doulcet
Line-up
Toulon Manu Diaz, Bernard Herrero, Yann Braendlin, Marc Pujolle, Jean-Charles Orso, Éric Champ, Thierry Louvet, Eric Melville, Jérôme Gallion, Christian Cauvy, Pascal Jehl, Pierre Trémouille, Alain Carbonel, Éric Fourniols, Jérôme Bianchi
Replacements : David Jaubert, Yvan Roux, Henri Chapus, Fabrice Fargues, Hervé Jegou
Racing Eugenio Stefan, Jean-Pierre Genet, Murray Dawson, Michel Tachdjian, Patrick Serrière, Laurent Cabannes, Xavier Blond, Claude Atcher, Gérald Martinez, Franck Mesnel, Yvon Rousset, Éric Blanc, Renaud Authié, Jean-Baptiste Lafond, Didier Pouyau
Replacements : Philippe Guillard, Franck Hélière, Jean-François Impinna, Vincent Lelano, Laurent Rouyres
Scorers
Toulon 1 try Jaubert, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Bianchi, 1 drop Trémouille
Racing 1 try Genet, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Pouyau

Toulon won his second Bouclier de Brennus, after the first in 1931, and after 4 final lost (1948, 1968, 1971 and 1985).

The team of Racing play the match wearing a pink papillon.

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