1927–28 French Rugby Union Championship

1927–28 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Pau
Runners-up	Quillan

The 1927-28 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won la Pau that beat the 'Quillan in the final.

Pau won its first Bouclier de Brennus.

Context

The 1928 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, the France was last, hunted by the death of Yves du Manoir on January u,2.

Quillan was sustained by a rich businessman, Jean Bourrel, owner of a factory producing hats. The club, engaged a lot of players from other clubs, especially from US Perpignan. In the little city of Quillan, in Aude, all the players were employed in the Bourrel's factory. The club was accused of "masked professionalism" but was not sufficient to win the title ( « Pau est French Champion : la morale est sauve. And the béret defeated chapeau. » [1])

First round

(3 point for each victory, 2 for a draw, 1 for a los)

In 6 of 8 pools tiebreakers were necessary.

Pool A
Toulose 12 pt
FC Lyon 8 pt
Périgueux8 pt
Montferrand6 pt
Libourne 6 pt

FC Lyon

-

Périgueux

5 - 0

Pool B
Arlequins Perpignan 11 pt
Stade Français 10 pt
Dax 7 pt
Agen 6 pt
Grenoble 6 pt
Pool C
Pau 11 pt
Quillan 8 pt
CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde 8 pt
Limoges 8 pt
Toulouse Olymp.EC 5 pt

Quillan

-

Bègles

6 - 3

Pool D
SA Bordeaux 11 pt
Béziers 8 pt
CASG 8 pt
Bayonne 7 pt
Mazamet 6 pt

Béziers

-

CASG

6 - 0

Pool E
Hendaye 10 pt
Lyon OU 9 pt
Carcassone 9 pt
Albi 8 pt
Stade Bagnères 4 pt

Carcassone

-

Lyon OU

4 - 0

Pool F
US Perpignan 10 pt
Lourdes 10 pt
Cognac 8 pt
Biarritz 8 pt
Villeneuve 4 pt
Pool G
Racing 10 pt
SBUC 10 pt
Lézignan 10 pt
Montauban 6 pt
Brive 4 pt

SBUC

-

Lezignan

9 - 0

Pool H
Soustons 10 pt
Toulon9 pt
Narbonne 9 pt
Pamiers 6 pt
Stadoceste 6 pt

Toulon

-

Narbonne

15 - 0

Second round

The first of each pool in semifinals

Pool A
Toulouse 8 pt.
Béziers 6 pt.
Stade Bordelais 5 pt.
Soustons 5 pt.
Pool B
Pau 9 pt.
Stade Français 7 pt.
US Perpignan 5 pt.
FC Lyon 3 pt.
Pool C
US Quillan 8 pt.
Arlequins Perpignan 7 pt.
Lourdes 5 pt.
Stade Hendayais 4 pt.
Pool D
Touloun 9 pt.
SA Bordeaux 5 pt.
Racing Paris 5 pt.
Carcassone/ Lyon OU 5 pt.

(Carcassone replace Lyon after one match)

Semifinals

	Pau	-	Toulouse	3 - 0	Bordeaux
	Quillan	-	Toulon	13 - 0	Toulouse

Final

Teams	Pau - Quillan
Score	6-4 (6-4)
Date	6 May 1928
Venue	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse
Referee	Marcel Heurtin
Line-up
Pau	Paul Saux, Jean de Français, Adrien Laborde, David Aguilar, Jean Bergalet, François Récaborde, Joseph Châtelain, Albert Cazenave, Emile Crampes, Robert Sarrade, Fernand Taillantou, Fernand Laclau, Georges Caussarieu, André Bernardini, Henri Mounes
Quillan	Guy Flamand, Georges Martres, Georges Delort, Germain Raynaud, Louis Parnaud, Jean Galia, Gaudérique Montassier, Eugène Ribère, François Corbin, Amédée Cutzach, Marcel Soler, Marcel Baillette, René Bonnemaison, Jean Bonnet, Louis Destarac
Scorers
Pau	2 tries Taillantou and Récaborde
Quillan	1 drop de Cutzach

Notes

Georges Pastre, Les Boucliers du Printemps, Ed. Midi-Olympique, 1968.

External links

Compte rendu de la finale de 1928, sur lnr.fr

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[1] Georges Pastre, Les Boucliers du Printemps, Ed. Midi-Olympique, 1968.

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