1921–22 French Rugby Union Championship Explained

Titre:French Rugby Championship 1921-1922
Organisateur:FFR
Nombre D'éditions:26
Countries: France
Participants:30 teams
Champions:Toulouse
Runnersup:Bayonne
Prevseason:1920–21
Nextseason:1922–23

The 1921–22 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won by Toulouse beating Bayonne in the final.

The qualification round was completed by two pools of five teams.Stade Toulousain and Bayonne were the teams who qualified to the final.

Context

The 1922 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales, while France came last.

First round

Thirty clubs participated, divided into 10 pools of 3 (with home and away matches).3 points were awarded for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss.

The winner of each pool qualified four the semifinal pool.

Second round

Two groups of five played, with the winners qualifying onto the final.

Pool A

Pool B

Final

TeamsToulouse - Bayonne
Score6-0 (0-0)
Date23 April 1922
VenueStade du Bouscat - Bordeaux
RefereeGilbert Brutus
Line-up
Toulouse André Maury, Pierre Pons, Gabriel Serres, Louis Puesch, Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère, Jean Larrieu, Alfred Prévost, Henri Vignolles, Philippe Struxiano, Henri Galau, Joseph Dournac, Léon Nougal, François Borde, Adolphe Jauréguy, André Chilo
BayonneEdouard Lahirigoyen, Pierre Magens, Jean-Marie Vigneau, Silvano Andia, Henri Suhubiette, Eugène Landrieu, Joseph Laurent, Jean Etcheparre, Angel Sarratte, Eugène Billac, André Lafond, Henri Béhotéguy, André Béhotéguy, Jean Arnaudin, Dominique Etchegaray
Scorers
Toulouse 1 try Galau
1 penalty de Struxiano
Bayonne

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