1913–14 French Rugby Union Championship

1913–14 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	AS Perpignan
Runners-up	Stadoceste tarbais

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

AS Perpignan was the French Champion, beating Stadoceste tarbais in the final 8–7.

First round

Winner of regional championship:

• AS Perpignan (Languedoc)
• RC Toulon (Littoral)
• Stade Bordelais (Côte d'Argent)
• RC Compiègne (Picardy)
• Le Havre (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 Charente
• Grenoble (Alpes)
• FC Lyon (Lyonnais)

22 feb. Perpignan - Toulon 25–0 Perpignan 22 feb. Stade Bordelais - RC Compiègne 23–0 Bordeaux 22 feb. Le Havre AC - Stade Nantais 13–3 Parc des Princes, Paris 22 feb. Stadoceste tarbais - Periguex 3 – 0 o.t. Tarbes 22 feb. Chalon - Racing Club de France 0 – 5 Chalon-sur-Saône 22 feb. Limoges - Toulouse 0–14 Limoges 22 feb. Bayonne - La Rochelle 28–0 Bayonne 1 mar. FC Lyon - Grenoble – 99 Lyon

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 on 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

Teams	Perpignan – Stadoceste tarbais
Score	8–7 (0–0)
Date	3 mai 1914
Venue	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux à Toulouse
Referee	Charles Gondouin
Line-up
Perpignan	Joseph Couffé, Joseph Amilhat, Max Courregé, Félix Barbe, Paul Serre, Aimé Giral, François Fournié, Georges Lacarra, Jean Roques, Joseph Lyda, Maurice Gravas, François Naute, Edouard Joué, Raymond Schuller, André Cutzach
Stadoceste tarbais	Jean Caujolle, Albert Cazajous, Amédée Gardex, Jean Sentilles, Robert Lacoste, Jean Pourtau, Guillaume Laterrade, Roger Lavigne, Albert Vogt, Paul Gallay, Maurice Labeyrie, Emile Mousseigne, Jean-Marcellin Lastegaray, Félix Faure, René Duffour
Scorers
Perpignan	2 tries Lyda and Courragé 1 conversion de Giral
Stadoceste tarbais	1 try Lastegaray 1 drop de Gardex

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.

Sources

• Le Figaro, 1914
• Compte rendu de la finale de 1914, sur lnr.fr
• finalesrugby.com