1948–49 French Rugby Union Championship

1948–49 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Castres
Runners-up	Mont-de-Marsan

The 1948–49 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Castres that beat Mont-de-Marsan in the final.

Formulas

The tournament was played by 48 teams divided into 8 pools.

Twenty-four teams were qualified to play in the second phase with eight pools of three teams. Sixteen teams were qualified to play the "Last 16" phase.

Context

The 1949 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, France ended second.

The "Coupe de France" was won by Bègles that beat Toulose in the final.

Second round

In bold the qualified for "last 16" phase.

Poule A Béziers Auch Stadoceste	Poule B Bègles Limoges Dax	Poule C Lourdes Bergerac Montauban
Poule D Montferrand Tyrosse Pau	Poule E Brive Touloun Soustons	Poule F Castres Mont-de-Marsan Valence
Poule G Vienne Agen Lyon OU	Poule H Biarritz Toulouse Paris Université Club

Last 16

In bold the clubs qualified for the quarter of finals.

Castres - Limoges 21 - 6 Toulon - Biarritz 21 - 3 Vienne - Tyrosse 11 - 3 Agen - Begles 14 - 9 Mont-de-Marsan - Stadoceste 11 - 0 Toulouse - Auch 9 - 8 Brive - Montauban 8 - 3 Montferrand - Loudes 16 - 8

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for The semifinals.

Castres - Toulon 17 - 6 Vienne - Agen 14 - 6 Mont-de-Marsan - Toulouse 6 - 5 Brive - Montferrand 8 - 0

Semifinals

Castres - Vienne 12 - 6 Mont-de-Marsan - Brive 8 - 0

Final

The first match ended 3–3 after over time. A second match was necessary.

Teams	Castres - Mont-de-Marsan
Score	14-3
Date	22 May 1949
Venue	Stade des Ponts-Jumeaux, Toulouse
Referee	Lucien Barbe
Line-up
Castres	Clément Fité, André Alary, Jacques Larzabal, Victor Lachat, Jean Pierre-Antoine, René Coll, Jean Matheu-Cambas, Raphael Lopez, André Chanfreau, Albert Torrens, Armand Balent, Robert Espanol, Raymond Fabre, Maurice Siman, Joseph Moreno
Mont-de-Marsan	Léonce Beheregaray, Pierre Pascalin, André Brocas, Pierre Casassus, Jean-Noël Brocas, Georges Berrocq-Irigoin, René Lasserre, Jacques Larrezet, Jean Darrieussecq, Emmanuel Baradat, André Labeyrie, Jean Loyola, Jean Dachary, Rémy Cabos, Albert Bonnecaze
Scorers
Castres	3 tries Matheu, Balent and Coll, 1 drop Torrens, 1 conversion de Pierre-Antoine
Mont-de-Marsan	1 try Larrezet

External links

• Compte rendu de la finale de 1949 lnr.fr