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1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship

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Field	Value
countries	France
champions	Toulouse
count	14
runnersup	Bourgoin
relegated	Nîmes, Périgueux, PUC, Dijon
prevseason	[1995–96](1995-96-french-rugby-union-championship)
nextseason	[1997–98](1997-98-french-rugby-union-championship)

The 1996–97 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 20 teams

Stade Toulousain won their 14th title, beating Bourgoin in the final.

Preliminary round

The 20 team were divided in the preliminary phase in two pools of 10. The first eight team of each pool were admitted to "Round of 16". The last two were relegated in second division.

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Bourgoin	45
2	Agen	43
3	Toulouse	42
4	Dax	42
5	Castres	40
6	Biarritz	37
7	Grenoble	32
8	Béziers	30
9	Nîmes	25
	10	Périgueux	24

Pool 2

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Brive	43
2	Montferrand	41
3	Perpignan	41
4	Pau	39
5	Bègles-Bordeaux	38
6	Narbonne	38
7	Toulon	38
8	Colomiers	36
9	Paris Université Club	24
10	Dijon	22

Last 16

may ‘97	Dax	-	Biarritz	22–18

Last 8

may ‘97	Montferrand	-	Dax	22–18

Semifinals

may ‘97	Bourgoin	-	Montferrand	21–17

Final

FRA Guy Novès

FRA Michel Couturas

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