1929–30 French Rugby Union Championship

1929–30 French Rugby Union Championship
1929–30 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Agen'
Runners-up	Quillan
	← 1928–29 1930–31 →

The 1929−30 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won by Agen that defeated the Quillan in the final.

The Championship was contested by 40 clubs divided into 8 pools of five.

Some team were qualified for their results in regional championship: CASG (2nd in Paris), Libourne (4th en Côte d'Argent), FC Lyon (4th en Lyonnais) and CS Oyonnax (5th du Lyonnais).

Five new clubs was promoted in the "Excellence" : , Lyon OU, Oyonnax, Roanne (champion Honneur 1929) and Soustons.

They replace , Dax. Mazamet, Montauban and Racing.

First round[]

In Bold the qualified teams:

Pool A
Hendaye, Lézignan, Limoges, Lourdes , Lyon OU
Pool B
AS Bayonne, Carcassonne, CASG, Cognac , Pamiers
Pool C
Biarritz , Quillan , St Girons, Vienne, Fumel
Pool D
Agen , Libourne, Montferrand , US Perpignan , Soustons
Pool E
Aviron bayonnais, SBUC, Grenoble, Narbonne, Toulouse Olymp.EC
Pool F
Bordeaux, Le Boucau, Arlequins Perpignan , Roanne, Stadoceste
gruppo G:
Albi, Bègles , Béziers , FC Lyon, Pau
gruppo H:
Stade Français , Oyonnax, Périgueux, Tolone, Toulouse

Second round[]

In Bold the qualified teams:

Carcassonne , Touloun,
Narbonne, Stadoceste, Toulouse
Lézignan, Pau, Perpignan
Lourdes, Montferrand, Stade Français
Cognac, Quillan,
Bègles, Biarritz, Grenoble
Béziers, SA Bordeaux, US Perpignan
Agen, Limoges, Pamiers

Quarterfinals[]

(le 13 April 1930)

April 1930	Pau	-	Stade Français	5–3	Clermont-Ferrand
April 1930	Carcassonne	-	Biarritz	18–3	Tarbes
April 1930	Agen	-	Stadoceste	18–0	Bordeaux
April 1930	Quillan	-	SA Bordeaux	10–5, o.t.	Toulouse

Semifinals[]

4 May 1930	Agen	-	Pau	18–5	Bordeaux
4 May 1930	Quillan	-	Carcassonne	0–0 o.t.	Colombes
11 May 1930	Quillan	-	Carcassonne	3–0	Lyon

The match Agen-Pau was signed by the death of the wing of Agen Michel Pradié (18 years), after a violent tackle.

Final[]

Teams	Agen - Quillan
Score	4-0 after over time
Date	18 May 1930
Venue	Parc Lescure de Bordeaux
Referee	Henri Lahitte
Line-up
Agen	Marius Guiral, Lucien Augras, Max Vigerie, Guy Mieyaa, Didier Lamoulien, Louis Castaing, Gaston Capgras, Robert Samatan, Louis Dattas, Jean Dupuy, , Etienne Dupouy, Pierre Soulès, Urbain Sourbie, Robert Gibertha
Quillan	, Antonin Barbazanges, René Bonnemaison, , Marcel Soler, Amédée Cutzach, François Corbin, , Jean Galia, Charles Bigot, Germain Raynaud, Joseph Raynaud, Georges Delort, Baco, Guy Flamand
Scorers
Agen	1 drop de Guiral
Quillan

Other competitions[]

L'Amicale Sportive Bortoise became Champione de France Honneur (2nd division) winning in the final against F:C: Saint-Claude 5−0.

In the Promotion Championship (3rd division), Stade Niortais beat Sporting Club Salonais 6−3.

En 4th division, the A.S. de la Bourse est French Champion beating US Mourillonnaise (Toulon) 10−3.

L'US Perpigan was winner of tournament for 2nd XV winning against the Stade Français 14−5.

Sources[]

L'Humanité, Le Figaro 1929-1930
Compte rendu de la finale de 1930, sur lnr.fr
finalesrugby.com

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