1948–49 French Rugby Union Championship

1948–49 French Rugby Union Championship
1948–49 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Castres
Runners-up	Mont-de-Marsan
	← 1947-48 1949-50 →

The 1948–49 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Castres that beat Mont-de-Marsan in the final.

Formulas[]

The tournament was played by 48 teams divided into 8 pools.

Twenty-four teams were qualified to play in the second phase with eight pools of three teams. Sixteen teams were qualified to play the "Last 16" phase.

Context[]

The 1949 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, France ended second.

The "Coupe de France" was won by Bègles that beat Toulose in the final.

Second round[]

In bold the qualified for "last 16" phase.

Poule A[]

Poule B[]

Bègles
Limoges
Dax

Poule C[]

Lourdes
Montauban

Poule D[]

Poule E[]

Brive
Touloun

Poule F[]

Poule G[]

Agen
Lyon OU

Poule H[]

Last 16[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the quarter of finals.

Castres	-	Limoges	21 - 6
Toulon	-	Biarritz	21 - 3
	-	Tyrosse	11 - 3
Agen	-	Begles	14 - 9
Mont-de-Marsan	-	Stadoceste	11 - 0
Toulouse	-	Auch	9 - 8
Brive	-	Montauban	8 - 3
Montferrand	-	Loudes	16 - 8

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for The semifinals.

Castres	-	Toulon	17 - 6
	-	Agen	14 - 6
Mont-de-Marsan	-	Toulouse	6 - 5
Brive	-	Montferrand	8 - 0

Semifinals[]

	Castres	-		12 - 6
	Mont-de-Marsan	-	Brive	8 - 0

Final[]

The first match ended 3–3 after over time. A second match was necessary.

Teams	Castres - Mont-de-Marsan
Score	14-3
Date	22 May 1949
Venue	Stade des Ponts-Jumeaux, Toulouse
Referee	Lucien Barbe
Line-up
Castres	Clément Fité, André Alary, Jacques Larzabal, Victor Lachat, , René Coll, , Raphael Lopez, André Chanfreau, Albert Torrens, Armand Balent, Robert Espanol, Raymond Fabre, , Joseph Moreno
Mont-de-Marsan	Léonce Beheregaray, , André Brocas, Pierre Casassus, Jean-Noël Brocas, Georges Berrocq-Irigoin, René Lasserre, Jacques Larrezet, , Emmanuel Baradat, André Labeyrie, Jean Loyola, Jean Dachary, Rémy Cabos, Albert Bonnecaze
Scorers
Castres	3 tries Matheu, Balent and Coll, 1 drop Torrens, 1 conversion de Pierre-Antoine
Mont-de-Marsan	1 try Larrezet

External links[]

Compte rendu de la finale de 1949 lnr.fr

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