1928–29 French Rugby Union Championship

1928–29 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Quillan
Runners-up	Lézignan

The 1928–29 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won by Quillan, which defeated the Lézignan in the final.

The championship was contested by 40 clubs, divided into 8 pools of five.

First round

In bold the club qualified to next round

Pool A Albi US Carcassonne FC Lyon Pau Périgueux	Pool B Bayonne Grenoble Quillan Racing club de France Toulouse Olympique EC	Pool C Stade bagnérais SBUC Arlequins Perpignan Toulouse Vienne
Pool D AS Bayonne CASG Cognac Pamiers Touloun	Pool E Bègles Béziers Boucau Saint-Girons Stade Francais	Pool F Biarritz Lourdes Montauban Montferrand US Perpignan
Gruppo G Dax Libourne Limoges Narbonne Fumel	Gruppo H Agen SA Bordeaux Lézignan Mazamet Stadoceste

Second round

In bold the club qualified to next round

Pool A Toulon Toulouse Narbonne	Pool B vAgen Arlequins Perpignan Biarritz	Pool C SBUC Pau Montferrand
Pool D Quillan Bègles Limoges	Pool E Lézignan Grenoble Boucau	Gruppo F US Carcassonne Dax CASG
Gruppo G Béziers SA Bordeaux Albi	Gruppo H US Perpignan Bayonne Cognac

Quarterfinals

1929 Lézignan - SBUC 17–5 Toulouse 1929 Béziers - Carcassonne 3–0 Narbone 1929 Agen - Perpignan 6–6 1929 Agen - Perpignan 15–4 1929 Quillan - Toulon 27–3

Semifinals

1929 Lézignan - Béziers 9–6 1929 Quillan - Agen 17–3 Bordeaux

Final

Teams	Quillan - Lézignan
Score	11-8 (3-0)
Date	19 May 1929
Venue	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse
Referee	André Jasmin
Line-up
Quillan	Jean Lladères, Marcel Soler, Marcel Baillette, René Bonnemaison, Jean Bonnet, Amédée Cutzach, François Corbin, Eugène Ribère, Pierre Pourrech, Jean Galia, André Rière, Germain Raynaud, Georges Delort, Georges Martres, Guy Flamand
Lézignan	André Calmet, Michel Bigorre, Marius Dedieu, Robert Gachein, Pierre Cance, Louis Bès, Roger Llary, Antoine Wisser, Célestin Wisser, Arthur Boyer, Louis Haener, André Clady, Léon Duezo, Maurice Porra, Léopold Fabre
Scorers
Quillan	3 tries Bonnet, Rière, Baillette 1 conversion de Ribère
Lézignan	2 tries Clady and Fabre 1 conversion de Clady

Other competitions

In the French Championship "Honneur" (Second division), Roanne beat Olympique de Carmaux in the final, 11–0.

In the Promotion (3rd division), the FC Auscitain beat l'US, 6–3.

In Fourth Division, the Club Amical de Morcenx beat Saint-Marcellin, 16–0.

Le Stade Français was French Champion for 2nd XV, beating Biarritz, 3–0.

Sources

• L'Humanité, 1928-1929
• Compte rendu de la finale de 1929, sur lnr.fr
• finalesrugby.com