1947–48 French Rugby Union Championship

1947–48 French Rugby Union Championship
1947–48 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Lourdes
Runners-up	Toulon
	← 1946-47 1948-49 →

The 1947-48 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 40 clubs divided in 8 pools of five.

Thirty-two teams qualified from a federal selection and 8 from "Championnat d'Excellence".

The two better of each pool, for a total of 16 clubs was admitted to the play-off finals

The Championship was won by Lourdes who beat Toulon in the final.

Context[]

The 1948 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, France was second.
The "Coupe de France" was won by Castres that beat Lourdes in the final.

Qualification round[]

Teams in bold qualified for the "last 16" phase.

Pool A[]

Toulon
Montferrand
Montélimar
Limoges

Pool B[]

Lourdes
Stadoceste
Gujan-Mestras
Béziers
Stade aurillacois

Pool C[]

Pool D[]

Pool E[]

Pool F[]

Montauban
Romans
Paris Université Club
Bort-The-Orgues

Pool G[]

Pool H[]

Bayonne
SBUC
Périgueux
Tyrosse
Brive

Last 16[]

Teams in bold qualified for the quarter finals.

Lourdes	-	Agen	6 - 3
Begles	-		8 - 5
Montferrand	-	Tyrosse	6 - 6
Toulouse	-	Aurillac	3 - 0
Toulon	-	Biarritz	13 - 7
Bayonne	-	Mont-de-Marsan	3 - 0
	-	Pau	15 - 3
Romans	-	Castres	7 - 5

Quarter finals[]

Teams in bold qualified for the semi finals.

Lourdes	-	Begles	5 - 3
Montferrand	-	Toulouse	11 - 6
Toulon	-	Bayonne	7 - 5
	-	Romans	10 - 3

Semi finals[]

	Lourdes	-	Montferrand	12 - 0
	Toulon	-		11 - 6

Final[]

Teams	Lourdes - Toulon
Score	11-3
Date	18 April 1948
Venue	Stade des Ponts-Jumeaux de Toulouse
Referee	Paul Faur
Line-up
Lourdes	Daniel Saint-Pastous, Fernand Carassus, Louis Thil, Jean Massare, , Jean Prat, Bernard Hourcade, Félix Lacrampe, Robert Labarthette, , Guy Faget, , , Georges Bernadet,
Toulon	Joseph Alessandri, Henri Laugier, Pierre Monier, , Raymond Sancey, Hubert Cutzach, Marc Jaffrain, Georges Pinardeau, Guy Vassal, Georges Frois, Daniel Loiseau, , Dominique Salomone, , Marcel Bodrero
Scorers
Lourdes	3 tries: collective, Bernadet and J.Prat 1 conversion de J.Prat
Toulon	1 penalty de Bodrero

External links[]

Compte rendu de la finale de 1948 lnr.fr

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