1924–25 French Rugby Union Championship Explained

Titre:1924–25 French Rugby Championship
Organisateur:FFR
Nombre D'éditions:29
Countries: France
Participants:30 teams
Champions:US Perpignan
Runnersup:Carcassonne
Prevseason:1923–24

The 1924–25 French Rugby Union Championship was won by the US Perpignan that defeated the Carcassonne in the final.

The Championship was contested by 30 teams divided in 6 pools of 5.

The championship of "première série", was now called "excellence", the second division become "honneur".

Seven new clubs make their debut in "Excellence" : Angoulême, Stade Bagnères, Boucau, Limoges, Mazamet (champion of second division 1924), Arlequins Perpignan and La Teste.

They replaced: Biarritz, SBUC, Chalon, Lézignan, Lourdes, Olympique du Paris and Poitiers.

First round

(3 point for victory, 2 for draw, 1 for defeat, 0 in case of forfait)

In bold the teams qualified for next round

Quarter of finals

(3 point for victory, 2 for draw, 1 for defeat, 0 in case of forfait)

Semifinals

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Final

The US Perpignan beat AS Carcassonnaise 5 - 0 (after un first match tied 0-0, on 26 April 1925 at Toulouse, Stade des Ponts-Jumeaux).

Teams
Score5-0 (5-0)
Date3 May 1925
Venue
RefereeRobert Vigné
Line-up
US Perpignan
CarcassonneFrançois Andrieu, Henri Gleyzes, Jean Roux, Albert Miquel, Albert Domec, Philippe Marty, Jean Darsans, Jean Sébédio, Joseph Raynaud, Henri Séguier, Achille Cadenat, Germain Raynaud, Jean Casterot, Roger Mauran, Etienne Aguado
Scorers
US Perpignan 1 try and 1 conversion de Ramis
Carcassonne

Other competitions

The 19 April 1925, in Bordeaux, the Montferrand beat Biarritz in the final of the "Championnat de France Honneur" (2° division) for 14 - 6

In Third division Cercle Athlétique d'Esperaza beat in the final Cheminots de Béziers 25 - 0

Sources