1924–25 French Rugby Union Championship

1924–25 French Rugby Union Championship
1924–25 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	US Perpignan
Runners-up	Carcassonne
	← 1923-24 1925-26 →

The 1924-25 French Rugby Union Championship was won by the US Perpignan that defeated the Carcassonne in the final.

The Championship was contested by 30 teams divided in 6 pools of 5.

The championship of "première série", was now called "excellence", the second division become "honneur".

Seven new clubs make their debut in "Excellence" : Angoulême, Stade Bagnères, Boucau, Limoges, Mazamet (champion of second division 1924), Arlequins Perpignan and La Teste.

They replaced: Biarritz, SBUC, Chalon, Lézignan, Lourdes, Olympique du Paris and Poitiers.

First round[]

(3 point for victory, 2 for draw, 1 for defeat, 0 in case of forfait)

In 'bold the teams qualified for next round

Pool A
- Toulouse 11 pts
- Stade Français 10 pts
- Arlequins Perpignan 9 pts
- 5 pts
- Agen 5 pts
Pool B
- SA Bordeaux 10 pts
- US Perpignan 9 pts
- Toulouse Olimpyque EC 8 pts
- Pau 7 pts
- Périgueux 7 pts
Pool C
- Stadoceste 10 pts
- Albi 9 pts
- AS Bayonne 8 pts,
- Toulon8 pts
- La Teste 4 pts
Pool D
- Grenoble 12 pts,
- Mazamet 8 pts,
- Stade Bagnères 8 pts,
- Béziers 8 pts
- Soustons 4 pts
- Tie-Break: Mazamet - Stade Bagnères 9 a 0
Pool E :
- Carcassonne 10 pts
- Bayonne 10 pts
- Begles 10 pts
- Angoulême 6 pts
- Limoges 4 pts
- Tie-Break: Bayonne - Bègles 3 a 0
Pool F
- Narbonne 12 pts,
- Racing 10 pts
- SO Avignon 7 pts,
- 6 pts,
- Cognac 6 pts

Quarter of finals[]

(3 point for victory, 2 for draw, 1 for defeat, 0 in case of forfait)

Pool A
- Toulouse 6 pts,
- Bayonne 4 pts
- Racing 2 pts
Pool B
- Stadoceste 5 pts
- US Perpignan 5 pts
- Stade Français 2 pts
- Tie-Break : US Perpignan – Stadoceste 5 - 3
Pool C
- Narbonne 6 pts
- Albi 4 pts
- Grenoble 2 pts
Pool D
- Carcassonne 6 pts
- Mazamet 3 pts
- SA Bordeaux 3 pts

Semifinals[]

5 apr. 1925

Carcassonne

-

Toulouse

3 - 0

Bordeaux

5 apr. 1925	Perpignan	-	Narbonne	3 - 3	Toulouse
19 apr. 192	Perpignan	-	Narbonne	13 - 5	Béziers

Final[]

The US Perpignan beat AS Carcassonnaise 5 - 0 (after un first match tied 0-0, on 26 April 1925 at Toulouse, Stade des Ponts-Jumeaux).

Teams	US Perpignan - Carcassonne
Score	5-0 (5-0)
Date	3 May 1925
Venue	Parc Maraussan, Narbonne
Referee	Robert Vigné
Line-up
US Perpignan	Etienne Cayrol, Marcel Darné, , , René Tabès, , Jean Carbonne, , Ernest Camo, Noël Sicart, André Rière, Marcel Henric, Camille Montadé, Georges Delort,
Carcassonne	François Andrieu, Henri Gleyzes, Jean Roux, Albert Miquel, , Philippe Marty, Jean Darsans, , Joseph Raynaud, Henri Séguier, Achille Cadenat, Germain Raynaud, Jean Casterot, Roger Mauran, Etienne Aguado
Scorers
US Perpignan	1 try and 1 conversion de Ramis
Carcassonne

Other competitions[]

The 19 April 1925, in Bordeaux, the Montferrand beat Biarritz in the final of the "Championnat de France Honneur" (2° division) for 14 - 6

In Third division Cercle Athlétique d'Esperaza beat in the final Cheminots de Béziers 25 - 0

Sources[]

L'Humanité, 1925
Compte rendu de la finale de 1925, sur lnr.fr
Information sur first final, sur finalesrugby.com

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