1986–87 French Rugby Union Championship

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

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

"Last 16"
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. All the qualified, came from pool 1 and 2.

Quarter of finals
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Final
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.