1927–28 French Rugby Union Championship Explained

Titre:French Rugby Championship 1927–1928
Organisateur:FFR
Nombre D'éditions:32
Countries: France
Participants:32
Champions:Pau
Runnersup:Quillan
Prevseason:1926–27

The 1927–28 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won la Pau that beat the 'Quillan in the final.

Pau won its first Bouclier de Brennus.

Context

The 1928 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, the France was last, hunted by the death of Yves du Manoir on January u,2.

Quillan was sustained by a rich businessman, Jean Bourrel, owner of a factory producing hats. The club, engaged a lot of players from other clubs, especially from US Perpignan. In the little city of Quillan, in Aude, all the players were employed in the Bourrel's factory. The club was accused of "masked professionalism" but was not sufficient to win the title (« Pau est French Champion : la morale est sauve. And the béret defeated chapeau. » [1])

First round

(3 point for each victory, 2 for a draw, 1 for a los)

In 6 of 8 pools tiebreakers were necessary.

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Second round

The first of each pool in semifinals

(Carcassonne replace Lyon after one match)

Semifinals

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Final

TeamsPau - Quillan
Score6-4 (6-4)
Date6 May 1928
VenueStade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse
RefereeMarcel Heurtin
Line-up
Pau Paul Saux, Jean de Français, Adrien Laborde, David Aguilar, Jean Bergalet, François Récaborde, Joseph Châtelain, Albert Cazenave, Emile Crampes, Robert Sarrade, Fernand Taillantou, Fernand Laclau, Georges Caussarieu, André Bernardini, Henri Mounes
Quillan Guy Flamand, Georges Martres, Georges Delort, Germain Raynaud, Louis Parnaud, Jean Galia, Gaudérique Montassier, Eugène Ribère, François Corbin, Amédée Cutzach, Marcel Soler, Marcel Baillette, René Bonnemaison, Jean Bonnet, Louis Destarac
Scorers
Pau 2 tries Taillantou and Récaborde
Quillan1 drop de Cutzach

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Notes and References

  1. Georges Pastre, Les Boucliers du Printemps, Ed. Midi-Olympique, 1968.

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