1892 French Rugby Union Championship

1892 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Racing Club de France
Runners-up	Stade Français
1892–93 →

French Rugby Championship 1892. On 20 March 1892 the USFSA organised the first ever French rugby union championship, a one off game between Racing Club de France and Stade Français. The game was refereed by Pierre de Coubertin and saw Racing win 4–3.^[1] Racing were awarded the Bouclier de Brennus, which is still awarded to the winners of the French championship today. The trophy was the idea of de Coubertin and who commissioned Charles Brennus, a member of the USFSA and a professional engraver, to design it.

Results

’‘‘Teams’’’	Racing club de France – Stade Français
Score	4 – 3 (0–3)
Date	20 March 1892
‘‘‘Venue’’’	Bagatelle
‘‘‘attendance:’’’	2000
’‘‘Referee’’’	Pierre de Coubertin
‘‘‘Line-up’’’
Racing Club de France	James Thorndike, Georges Duchamps, Ferdinand Wiet, Carlos Gonzalez de Candamo (cap.), Gaspar Gonzalez de Candamo, Frantz Reichel, Maurice Ravidat, Henri Moitessier, Adolphe de Pallissaux, C. d'Este, Alexandre Sienkiewicz, Paul Blanchet, René Cavally, Charles Thorndike, L. Pujol.
Stade Français	L. Venot, Munier, Adrien Pauly, Pierre de Pourtalès, Pierre Dobree, Henri Amand, Albert de Joannis, Courtney Heywood (cap.), Félix Herbet, Frédéric Frank-Puaux, W. Braddon, Louis Dedet, Edouard Bourcier Saint-Chaffray, Pierre Garcet de Vauresmont, Paul Dedet.
‘‘‘Scorers’’’
Racing Club de France	1 try Pallissaux (1 point), 1 conversion Gaspar de Candamo (2 points), 1 « tenu en but » Reichel (1 point)
Stade Français	1 try Louis Dedet, 1 conversion Dobree

External links

Compte rendu de la finale de 1892, at lnr.fr

Notes and references

↑ "R.C. France 4 – Stade Francais 3". lnr.fr. Archived from the original on 25 November 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2006.

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