1929–30 French Rugby Union Championship

1929–30 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Agen'
Runners-up	Quillan
← 1928-29 1930-31 →

The 1929−30 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won by Agen that defeated the Quillan in the final.

The Championship was contested by 40 clubs divided in 8 pools of five.

Some team were qualified for their results in regional championship: CASG (2nd in Paris), Libourne (4th en Côte d'Argent), FC Lyon (4th en Lyonnais) and CS Oyonnax (5th du Lyonnais).

Five new clubs was promoted in the "Excellence" : Hendaye, Lyon OU, Oyonnax, Roanne (champion Honneur 1929) and Soustons.

They raplace Stade Bagnères, Dax. Mazamet, Montauban and Racing.

First Round

In Bold the qualified teams:

Pool A
Hendaye, Lézignan, Limoges, Lourdes , Lyon OU
Pool B
AS Bayonne, Carcassone, CASG, Cognac , Pamiers
Pool C
Biarritz , Quillan , St Girons, Vienne, Fumel
Pool D
Agen , Libourne, Montferrand , US Perpignan , Soustons
Pool E
Aviron bayonnais, SBUC, Grenoble, Narbonne, Toulouse Olymp.EC
Pool F
Bordeaux, Le Boucau, Arlequins Perpignan , Roanne, Stadoceste
gruppo G:
Albi, Bègles , Béziers , FC Lyon, Pau
gruppo H:
Stade Français , Oyonnax, Périgueux, Tolone, Toulouse

Second Round

In Bold the qualified teams:

Carcassone , Touloun, Fumel
Narbonne, Stadoceste, Toulouse
Lézignan, Pau, Perpignan
Lourdes, Montferrand, Stade Français
Cognac, Quillan, Toulouse OEC
Bègles, Biarritz, Grenoble
Béziers, SA Bordeaux, US Perpignan
Agen, Limoges, Pamiers

Quarter of finals

(le 13 April 1930)

April 1930	Pau	-	Stade Français	5 - 3	Clermont-Ferrand
April 1930	Carcassone	-	Biarritz	18 - 3	Tarbes
April 1930	Agen	-	Stadoceste	18 - 0	Bordeaux
April 1930	Quillan	-	SA Bordeaux	10–5 o.t.	Toulouse

Semifinals

4 May 1930	Agen	-	Pau	18 - 5	Bordeaux
4 May 1930	Quillan	-	Carcassone	0–0 o.t.	Colombes
11 May 1930	Quillan	-	Carcassone	3 - 0	Lyon

The match Agen-Pau was signed by the death of the wing of Agen Michel Pradié (18 years), after a violent tackle.

Final

Teams	Agen - Quillan
Score	4-0 after over time
Date	18 May 1930
Venue	Parc Lescure de Bordeaux
Referee	Henri Lahitte
Line-up
Agen	Marius Guiral, Lucien Augras, Max Vigerie, Guy Mieyaa, Didier Lamoulien, Louis Castaing, Gaston Capgras, Robert Samatan, Louis Dattas, Jean Dupuy, Jean-Baptiste Bédère, Etienne Dupouy, Pierre Soulès, Urbain Sourbie, Robert Gibertha
Quillan	Louis Destarac, Antonin Barbazanges, René Bonnemaison, Marcel Baillette, Marcel Soler, Amédée Cutzach, François Corbin, Eugène Ribère, Jean Galia, Charles Bigot, Germain Raynaud, Joseph Raynaud, Georges Delort, Baco, Guy Flamand
Scorers
Agen	1 drop de Guiral
Quillan

Other competitions

L'Amicale Sportive Bortoise became Champione de France Honneur (2nd division) winning in the final against F:C: Saint-Claude 5−0.

In the Promotion Championship (3rd division), Stade Niortais beat Sporting Club Salonais 6−3.

En 4th division, the A.S. de la Bourse est French Champion beating US Mourillonnaise (Toulon) 10−3.

L'US Perpigan was winner of tournament for 2nd XV winning against the Stade Français 14−5.

Sources

L'Humanité, Le Figaro 1929-1930
Compte rendu de la finale de 1930, sur lnr.fr
finalesrugby.com

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