1947–48 French Rugby Union Championship

1947–48 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Lourdes
Runners-up	Touloun
← 1946-47 1948-49 →

The 1947-48 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 40 clubs divided in 8 pools of five.

Thirty-two teams qualified from a federal selection and 8 from "Championnat d'Excellence".

The two better of each pool, for a total of 16 clubs was admitted to the play-off finals

The Championship was won by Lourdes who beat Toulon in the final.

Context

The 1948 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, France was second.
The "Coupe de France" was won by Castres that beat Lourdes in the final.

Qualification round

Teams in bold qualified for the "last 16" phase.

Pool A

Touloun
Montferrand
Montélimar
Tulle
Limoges

Pool B

Lourdes
Stadoceste
Gujan-Mestras
Béziers
Stade aurillacois

Pool C

Pool D

Castres
Racing
Bergerac
Angoulême
Soustons

Pool E

Pool F

Montauban
Romans
Paris Université Club
Bort-The-Orgues
Vienne

Pool G

Dax
Perpignan
Mont-de-Marsan
Marmande
Bègles

Pool H

Last 16

Teams in bold qualified for the quarter finals.

Lourdes	-	Agen	6 - 3
Begles	-	Bergerac	8 - 5
Montferrand	-	Tyrosse	6 - 6
Toulouse	-	Aurillac	3 - 0
Toulon	-	Biarritz	13 - 7
Bayonne	-	Mont-de-Marsan	3 - 0
Vienne	-	Pau	15 - 3
Romans	-	Castres	7 - 5

Quarter finals

Teams in bold qualified for the semi finals.

Lourdes	-	Begles	5 - 3
Montferrand	-	Toulouse	11 - 6
Toulon	-	Bayonne	7 - 5
Vienne	-	Romans	10 - 3

Semi finals

	Lourdes	-	Montferrand	12 - 0
	Toulon	-	Vienne	11 - 6

Final

Teams	Lourdes - Toulon
Score	11-3
Date	18 April 1948
Venue	Stade des Ponts-Jumeaux de Toulouse
Referee	Paul Faur
Line-up
Lourdes	Daniel Saint-Pastous, Fernand Carassus, Louis Thil, Jean Massare, Eugène Buzy, Jean Prat, Bernard Hourcade, Félix Lacrampe, Robert Labarthette, Henri Claverie, Guy Faget, Jean Estrade, Antoine Labazuy, Georges Bernadet, Maurice Prat
Toulon	Joseph Alessandri, Henri Laugier, Pierre Monier, Firmin Bonnus, Raymond Sancey, Hubert Cutzach, Marc Jaffrain, Georges Pinardeau, Guy Vassal, Georges Frois, Daniel Loiseau, Léon Bordenave, Dominique Salomone, Pierre Jeanjean, Marcel Bodrero
Scorers
Lourdes	3 tries: collective, Bernadet and J.Prat 1 conversion de J.Prat
Touloun	1 penalty de Bodrero

External links

Compte rendu de la finale de 1948 lnr.fr

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