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1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship

Rugby championship

Field	Value
name	French Rugby Championship 1992–93
countries	France
teams	32 teams
champions	Castres
count	3
runnersup	Grenoble
relegated	Chalon, US Tyrosse, Cognac and Le Creusot
prevseason	[1991–92](1991-92-french-rugby-union-championship)
nextseason	[1993–94](1993-94-french-rugby-union-championship)

The 1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Castres who beat Grenoble 14–11 in the final, in a match decided by an irregular try accorded by the referee.

It was the third bouclier de Brennus for the Castres Olympique, the first after 43 year

Formula

The championship, called "Group A" was contested by 32 clubs divided in four pools.

At the end of the first phase, the teams classified in the first four of each pool were qualified to play a "Top 16" divided in four pools of four teams.

The eight teams ranked first and second of each pool were admitted to knockout stages

At the end of the season, four club were relegated to the second division: Chalon, l'US Tyrosse, Cognac and Le Creusot.

They were replaced by Périgueux, Dijon, Lyon OU and Lourdes.

Participants

The teams are linked according to the ranking, in 'bold the ones qualified for "Top 16"

Top 16

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

Knock Out stage

Quarterfinals

16 May 1993	Toulon	-	Perpignan	10 - 9

Semifinals

23 May 1993	Castres	-	Toulon	17 - 16

Final

Hueber

FRA Alain Gaillard

FRA Jacques Fouroux
FRA Michel Ringeval

A try of Olivier Brouzet is denied to Grenoble{{cite news |access-date=21 August 2013}} and the decisive try by Gary Whetton was awarded by the referee, Daniel Salles, when in fact the defender Hueber from Grenoble touched down the ball first in his try zone. This error gave the title to Castres. Salles admitted the error 13 years later{{Cite web |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209053340/http://rugbyolympic.com/article.php3?id_article=1054 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2012 |access-date=12 June 2014 .{{Cite web |access-date=24 October 2013}} .{{Cite web |access-date=24 October 2012

Notes

References

Bibliography

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References

(2010). "Un siècle de rugby". [[Calmann-Lévy]].

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