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1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship

French rugby championship

French rugby championship

FieldValue
countriesFrance
championsLourdes
runnersupPerpignan
prevseason1950–51
nextseason1952–53

The 1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools. Thirty-two teams were qualified to play a second phase with eight pools of four clubs. The best two from each pool were qualified to play the "last 16".

The Championship was won by Lourdes beating l'Perpignan in the final.

Context

In 1952, France, was threatened with exclusion from the Five Nation Championship responsible by the British of "professionalism".

To avoid this sanction, the French Federation promised to abolish the championship and created a list of players accused of professionalism including Jean Dauger, Robert Soro and Maurice Siman.

The exclusion was avoided but the championship is maintained cause the pressure of the clubs.

FFR in any case decided to reduce the number of matches played during the season, cancelling the Coupe de France.

For the first (and last) time, the club excluded from the qualification round, played a consolation tournament called Coupe Cyril-Rutherford in memory of a French rugby pioneer.

The 1952 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales, France finished fourth.

France won the first edition of ''European Cup''', beating Italy in the final.

Le Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Pau.

Second qualification round

The teams qualifying for the "last 16" phase are in bold

Last 16

The teams qualifying for the quarterfinals are in bold.

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Quarterfinals

The teams qualifying for the semifinals are in bold.

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Semifinals

Perpignan-Agen11 - 8

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Final

Perpignan2 tries F.Grau and J.Galy, 1 conversion and 1 penalty J.Guasch

References

References

  1. "Un siècle de rugby", Escot and Rivière (1997), p. 117.
  2. "Un siècle de rugby", Escot and Rivière (1997), p. 119.
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