1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship

1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship
1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Perpignan
Runners-up	Lourdes
	← 1953-54 1955-56 →

The 1954-55 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 48 clubs divided into six pools of eight. The five better of each pool and the two better sixths (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified to play a "single match play-off" tournament.

Previously the FFR created three divisions: Nationale (or first division), Fédérale (second division) and Excellence (third division).

The Championship of first division was won by the Perpignan that defeated Lourdes in the final. It was the sixth won by Perpignan.

Context[]

The 1955 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales and France with some points.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Perpignan that defeated Mazamet in the final.

Qualification phase[]

In bold the qualified for "last 32" round

Poule A[]

Grenoble
Pau
Castres
Narbonne
(Roanne)
Dax

Poule B[]

Lyon OU
Toulouse
Racing
Limoges
Biarritz
Cognac
Graulhet

Poule C[]

Poule D[]

Bayonne
Angoulême
Touloun
(Port-Vendres-Banyuls-sur-Mer)
Romans
Brive

Poule E[]

Poule F[]

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for The "last 16".

1955	Perpignan	-	Graulhet	17 - 5
1955	Periguex	-	Castres	6 - 0
1955	Mont-de-Marsan	-		12 - 3
1955	Dax	-	Agen	12 - 9
1955		-	Cognac	9 - 3
1955	Albi	-		9 - 0
1955		-	Béziers	3 - 0
1955	Toulon	-		9 - 6
1955	Lourdes	-	Grenoble	10 - 0
1955		-	Montauban	16 - 3
1955	Montferrand	-	Toulouse	18 - 0
1955		-	Lyon OU	9 - 0
1955	Paris Université Club	-		34 - 3
1955		-		9 - 3
1955	Pau	-		8 - 0
1955	Angoulême	-	Auch	3 - 0

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the quarter of finals.

1955	Perpignan	-	Periguex	15 - 3
1955	Mont-de-Marsan	-	Dax	14 - 3
1955		-	Albi	14 - 11
1955		-	Toulon	13 - 0
1955	Lourdes	-		22 - 5
1955	Montferrand	-		6 - 3
1955	Paris Université Club	-		24 - 5
1955	Pau	-	Angoulême	13 - 8

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the semifinals.

1955	Perpignan	-	Mont-de-Marsan	17 - 11
1955		-		15 - 0
1955	Lourdes	-	Montferrand	21 - 3
1955	Paris Université Club	-	Pau	14 - 9

Semifinals[]

May 1955	Perpignan	-		18 - 0
May 1955	Lourdes	-	Paris Université Club	8 - 6

Final[]

Teams	Perpignan - Lourdes
Score	11-6
Date	22 May 1955
Venue	Parc Lescure de Bordeaux
Referee	Georges Laffitte
Line-up
Perpignan	François Gimenez, Richard Pallach, Roger Capell, , , Vincent Mestres, Henri Doutres, Gérard Llaury, Georges Gauby, Jean Serre, René Garrigue, Gaston Rous, René Monie, ,
Lourdes	André Lafont, André Abadie (rugby)\|André Abadie, Daniel Saint-Pastous, Jean Barthe, , , Célestin Domec, , François Labazuy, , , , , Henri Rancoule, Pierre Lacaze
Scorers
Perpignan	3 tries Gauby, Garrigue and Torreilles, 1 conversion Serre
Lourdes	2 drops Jean Prat and F.Labazuy

The match was played at the Parc Lescure that host the final of French Championship for the first time.^[1]

Notes and references[]

^ "Parc Lescure/ Stade Chaban-Delmas rugbyworldcup.com". Archived from the original on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2012-12-18.

External links[]

Compte rendu finale de 1955 lnr.fr

[1] "Parc Lescure/ Stade Chaban-Delmas rugbyworldcup.com". Archived from the original on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2012-12-18.

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