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1964–65 French Rugby Union Championship

French rugby championship

Field	Value
name	French Rugby Championship 1964–65
countries	France
teams	56
champions	Agen
count	4
runnersup	Brive
prevseason	1963–64
nextseason	1965–66

The 1964–65 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided into 7 pools.

The four first teams from each pool, along with the best four teams classified fifth in the pools, qualified for the single-elimination portion of the tournament, the "last 32".

Agen won the championship, beating Brive in the final.

Context

The 1965 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales, which lost (13–22) to France.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Cognac, which beat Perpignan 5–3.

Qualification round

Teams in bold qualified for the next round.

Last 32

Teams in bold advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Cognac	8–6
Limoges	Aurillac	3–0
Tulle	Racing	9–5
Bègles	Lourdes	12–3
La Voulte	Bayonne	25–6
La Rochelle	Chalon	13–12
Béziers	Vichy	17–6
Angoulême	Montferrand	6–0
Brive	Narbonne	9–3
Toulon	Dax	11–9
Graulhet	Perpignan	11–8
Montauban	Biarritz	14–3
Mont-de-Marsan	Vienne	16–9
Auch	Grenoble	3–12 (see note below)
Stadoceste	Toulose	14–6
Périgueux	Pau	11–6

Note: Grenoble beat Auch 12–3 but was disqualified, because lined a forme "rugby league" player.

Last 16

Teams in bold advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Limoges	22–3
Tulle	Bègles	9–8
La Voulte	La Rochelle	6–0
Béziers	Angoulême	3–0
Brive	Toulon	8–3
Graulhet	Montauban	6–3
Mont-de-Marsan	Auch	12–6
Stadoceste	Périgueux	30–6

Quarterfinals

Teams in bold advanced to the next round.

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	Tulle	22–3
La Voulte	Béziers	12–0
Brive	Graulhet	5–0
Mont-de-Marsan	Stadoceste	14–9

Semifinals

Teams in bold advanced to the final.

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Agen	La Voulte	21–14
Brive	Mont-de-Marsan	14–6

La Voulte was eliminated because they had three players out for injuries in the second half.

During the Brive versus Mont de Marsan match, the referee sent off one player of each team. The player from Brive, Normand, was allowed to play in the final match.

Final

Brive	2 tries by Roques and P.Besson, and 1 conversion by Villepreux

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