1953–54 French Rugby Union Championship

none January 2013 France Grenoble Cognac 1952–53 1954–55 The 1953–54 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 clubs divided in eight pools of six teams and two pools of eight teams. The pools of six qualified 28 teams (the three best of each pool plus the four best fourths) and four teams from each of the pools of eight. The championship was won by Grenoble , which beat Cognac in the final. This was the only championship in the history of Grenoble's club. The 1992-93 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Castres who beat Grenoble 14-11 in the final, in a match decided by an irregular try accorded by the referee.fr Richard Escot Jacques Rivière Un siècle de rugby Calmann-Lévy 2010 13th 978-2-7021-4118-2 268 Context The 1954 Five Nations Championship was won - tied by Wales, France and Ireland. France won the second (and last) edition of Europe Cup, beating Italy in the final. Le Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Lourdes, which defeated Toulon in the final. Qualification phase There were eight pools of six teams each. Teams in bold qualified for the next round. The teams that qualified from the pools of eight were Niort, Albi, Stade Bagnérais and the TOEC. Pool A Lourdes Vichy Dax Oloron (Oloron) Bègles Touloun Pool B Paris Université Club Mont-de-Marsan Agen Limoges Tyrosse Narbonne Pool C Cognac La Rochelle Béziers Soustons (Soustons) Bayonne Périgueux Pool D Auch Lavelanet Boucau (Boucau) Castres Biarritz Montferrand Pool E Montauban Toulouse Valence Carmaux Grenoble Perpignan Pool F Roanne US Bressane Vienne Le Creusot Lyon OU Montélimar (Montélimar) Pool G Bergerac Racing Stadoceste Aurillac Romans Brive Pool H Pau Angoulême Mazamet Graulhet Entente Côte-Vermeille (Port-Vendres-Banyuls-sur-Mer) Tulle "Last 32" Clubs in bold the qualified for the "last 16". Grenoble-Mazamet14 - 12 Agen-Tulle11 - 0 Vienne-Toulouse OEC12 - 3 Pau-Racing Paris8 - 3 Romans-Bergerac18 - 3 US Bressane-Stadoceste10 - 6 Perpignan-Niort18 - 0 Toulouse-Toulon14 - 0 Cognac-Albi6 - 3 Biarritz-Lavelanet15 - 0 Béziers-Dax11 - 6 Angoulême -Paris Université Club6 - 3 Lourdes-Stade Bagnerais27 - 0 Roanne-Mont-de-Marsan8 - 6 Montferrand-Auch8 - 3 Carmaux-Periguex8 - 0 "Last 16" Clubs in bold qualified for the quarterfinals. 1954Grenoble-Agen11 - 3 1954Vienne-Pau9 - 6 1954Romans-US Bressane12 - 6 1954Perpignan-Toulouse11 - 0 1954Cognac-Biarritz22 - 5 1954Béziers-Angoulême 3 - 0 1954Lourdes-Roanne12 - 0 1954Montferrand-Carmaux3 - 0 Quarterfinals Clubs in bold qualified for the semifinals. 1954Grenoble-Vienne3 - 0 1954Romans-Perpignan8 - 6 1954Cognac-Béziers8 - 3 1954Lourdes'-Montferrand17 - 8 Semifinals May 1954Grenoble-Romans8 - 5 May 1954Cognac-Lourdes21 - 20 Final Teams Grenoble - Cognac Score 5-3 Date 23 May 1954 Venue Stadium Municipal, ToulouseReferee Roger Taddeï Line-up Grenoble René Duhau, Innocent Bionda, René Martin, Duilio Parolai, Paul Rein, Henri Coquet, Sergio Lanfranchi, Eugène Smogor, Jean Liénard, Roger Baqué, André Morel, Georges Echevet, Guy Belletante, Michel Pliassof, Pierre Claret US Cognac|CognacCrescent Rouby, Pierre Tissandier, Francis Robert, Robert Porchier, Jean Lagrange, Francis Puissant, René Savin, René Biénès, Gérard Dumont, Raymond Sureau, Gérard Béhotéguy, Alain Puissant, Jacques Meynard, Pierre Rarboteau, Guy Mauroux Scorers Grenoble 1 try Lanfranchi, 1 conversion Echevet Cognac1 penalty Meynard References External links Compte rendu finale de 1954 lnr.fr 1954 France 1954 Category:1953 in French sport