1902–03 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1902–03 French Rugby Union Championship was held on Sunday 26th April, 1903 and was between Stade Français and Stade Olympiens des étudiants Toulousains (SOET) The match was held at Prairie des filtres in Toulouse and was refereed by Robert Coulon.

1902–03 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries France
ChampionsStade Français
Runners-upSOE Toulouse

The winner of the match was Stade Français with a score of 16-8.

Qualification for the final

Racing Club were supposed to be the champions of Paris (the team representing Paris in the Union Championship), having won against Le Havre A.C, but they were disqualified as one of their players was not properly licensed, so instead, Stade Français managed to qualify, by beating Le Havre 14–0.

SOET were the champions of the Garonne Region, they qualified after beating Stade Bordelais (8–3).

First round

Quarter finals

  • Toulouse beats Bordeaux 8-3 in Toulouse on the 1st of March
  • Le Havre beats Chartres 9-0 at Parc des Princes Stadium on the 8th of March
  • FC Lyon beats Grenoble 6-0 in Lyon on the 22nd of March. Despite having already beaten them in a previous match the 15th of March, the FC Lyon and FC Grenoble faced each-other again. Due to an error in the previous game, where the referee had forgotten to make the teams switch sides of the field during overtime, an appeal had been issued for a rematch by Grenoble.

Semi-Finals

Final

Teams Stade Français SOE toulousains
Score 16–8 (11–0)
Date Sunday 26 April 1903
Venue Prairie des Filtres (Toulouse)
Referee Robert Coulon
Line-up
Stade Français M.Cheno, Raoul Saulnier, Guillaume Beaurin, Fernando Ancona, Émile Lesieur, Henri Amand, Stuart Forsyth, Allan Muhr (Team Captain), M.Barbe, Charles Beaurin, Pierre Gaudermen, Pierre Rousseau, R.Holbert, G.Poirier, Georges Jérôme
SOE toulousains François Jacoubet, Augustin Pujol, Albert Bongras, Auguste Fabregat, Bories, Denis Gaubain, Arrascle, Albert Cuillé, Georges Merle, Joannes Fischer, G.Huggins, Jean Lagaillarde, Paul Bordreuil, Camille Herbray, Picart
Scorers
Stade Français 4 tries Lesieur, Ancona, Jérôme, Amand
2 conversions by Muhr
SOE toulousains 2 tries Fischer, Fabrégat
1 conversion by Pujol

Two of the students from SOET, Albert Cuillé and Augustin Pujol later played for Stade Français in the final in 1906.

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