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1913–14 French Rugby Union Championship

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Countries
  
France

Runners-up
  
Stadoceste tarbais

Champions
  
Perpignan

The 1913-14 French Rugby Championship was contested by the winners of the regional championship of the USFSA.

Contents

The Perpignan was the French Champion, beating Stadoceste tarbais in the final 8-7.

First Round

Winner of regional championship:

  • Perpignan (Languedoc)
  • RC Toulon (Litoral)
  • Stade Bordelais ( Côte d'Argent)
  • Compiègne (Picardy)
  • Le Havre (Upper Normandy
  • Stade Nantais (Atlantique)
  • Stadoceste tarbais (Armagnac-Bigorre)
  • Périgueux (Périgord – Agenais)
  • Racing Club de France (Paris)
  • Chalon (Bourgogne and Franche-Comté)
  • Toulouse (Pyrénées)
  • Limoges (Limousin)
  • Bayonne (Côte basque)
  • La Rochelle Charentes
  • le Grenoble (Alpes)
  • FC Lyon (Lyonnais)
  • Semifinals Pools

    The eight qualified teams were divided in two pools . The first two were qualified for the final.

    Poule A

  • Stadoceste tarbais
  • Stade Bordelais (champion 1911)
  • Le Havre AC
  • Racing Club de France
  • Poule B

  • Perpignan
  • Stade Toulousain
  • Bayonne (champion 1913)
  • Grenoble
  • Bayonne-Perpignan 15-8
  • Stade Toulousain-Bayonne 5-3
  • Perpignan-Stade Toulousain 13-0
  • pool tiebreaker Aving three time with same points, a new match between Perpignan and Bayonne was drawn. The winner was to play against Toulouse for the final.

    The first match was played in March won and was tied (6-6 after two overtime of 10 minutes)

    The match was repeated in April 5, and Perpignan won 3-0, and after won against Toulose 6-0

  • Perpignan-Bayonne 6-6 (ap. prol.), puis 3-0
  • Stade Toulousain-Perpignan 0-6
  • Final

    The Tarbes' team finished the match with 13 player after the send off of the hooker Fauré and an injury to the captain Duffour (broken bones). Despite this, they led the match 7-0 for a long time and only in the final was defeated.

    Other competitions

    In the final of Championship for the 2nd XV the Stade Bordelais won with Perpignan 6 - 0.

    In the second division championship the Saint-Girons won against CASG 8 à 7.

    References

    1913–14 French Rugby Union Championship Wikipedia