The 1913–14 French Rugby Championship was contested by the winners of the regional championship of the USFSA.
AS Perpignan was the French Champion, beating Stadoceste tarbais in the final 8–7.
First round
Winner of regional championship:
AS Perpignan (Languedoc) RC Toulon (Littoral) Stade Bordelais (Côte d'Argent) RC Compiègne (Picardy) Le Havre (Normandy) Stade Nantais (Atlantique) Stadoceste tarbais (Armagnac-Bigorre) Périgueux (Périgord-Agenais) Racing Club de France (Paris) Chalon (Bourgogne and Franche-Comté) Toulouse (Pyrénées) Limoges (Limousin) Bayonne (Côte Basque) La Rochelle Charente Grenoble (Alpes) FC Lyon (Lyonnais)
22 feb.Perpignan-Toulon25–0Perpignan22 feb.Stade Bordelais-RC Compiègne23–0Bordeaux22 feb.Le Havre AC-Stade Nantais 13–3Parc des Princes, Paris22 feb.Stadoceste tarbais-Periguex3 – 0 o.t.Tarbes22 feb.Chalon-Racing Club de France0 – 5 Chalon, leaves the ground after first half Chalon-sur-Saône22 feb.Limoges-Toulouse0–14Limoges22 feb.Bayonne-La Rochelle28–0Bayonne1 mar.FC Lyon-Grenoble – 99Lyon
Semifinals Pools The eight qualified teams were divided in two pools . The first two were qualified for the final.
Poule A Stadoceste tarbais Stade Bordelais (champion 1911) Le Havre AC Racing Club de France
Poule B Perpignan Stade Toulousain Bayonne (champion 1913) Grenoble Bayonne-Perpignan 15–8 Stade Toulousain-Bayonne 5–3 Perpignan-Stade Toulousain 13–0
pool tiebreaker Aving three time with same points, a new match between Perpignan and Bayonne was drawn. The winner was to play against Toulouse for the final.
The first match was played in March won and was tied (6–6 after two overtime of 10 minutes)
The match was repeated on April 5, and Perpignan won 3–0, and after won against Toulose 6–0
Perpignan-Bayonne 6–6 (ap. prol.), puis 3–0 Stade Toulousain-Perpignan 0–6
Final Teams Perpignan – Stadoceste tarbais Score 8–7 (0–0) Date 3 mai 1914 Venue Stade des Ponts Jumeaux à ToulouseReferee Charles Gondouin Line-up Perpignan Joseph Couffé, Joseph Amilhat, Max Courregé, Félix Barbe, Paul Serre, Aimé Giral, François Fournié, Georges Lacarra, Jean Roques, Joseph Lyda, Maurice Gravas, François Naute, Edouard Joué, Raymond Schuller, André Cutzach Stadoceste tarbaisJean Caujolle, Albert Cazajous, Amédée Gardex, Jean Sentilles, Robert Lacoste, Jean Pourtau, Guillaume Laterrade, Roger Lavigne, Albert Vogt, Paul Gallay, Maurice Labeyrie, Emile Mousseigne, Jean-Marcellin Lastegaray, Félix Faure, René Duffour Scorers Perpignan 2 tries Lyda and Courragé1 conversion de Giral Stadoceste tarbais 1 try Lastegaray1 drop de Gardex
The Tarbes' team finished the match with 13 player after the send off of the hooker Fauré and an injury to the captain Duffour (broken bones). Despite this, they led the match 7–0 for a long time and only in the final was defeated.
Other competitions
In the final of Championship for the 2nd XV the Stade Bordelais won with Perpignan 6 – 0.
In the second division championship the Saint-Girons won against CASG 8 à 7.
Sources Le Figaro, 1914 Compte rendu de la finale de 1914, sur lnr.fr finalesrugby.com
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