1950–51 French Rugby Union Championship

1950–51 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Carmaux
Runners-up	Stadoceste

The 1950–51 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 48 teams divided into eight pools of six. Twenty-four teams qualified to play a second phase with eight pools of three clubs. The first of each pool were qualified to play in the quarterfinals.

The championship was won by Carmaux, which beat Stadoceste in the final. It was the only title won by Carmaux.

Context

The 1951 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, while France finished second.

The "Coupe de France" was won by Lourdes, which beat Stadoceste in the final.

The situation both inside and outside the ground during the final was so bad that British unions asked to withdraw.

Second qualification round

Teams that qualified for quarterfinals are in bold.

Pool A Bergerac Lourdes Brive	Pool B Toulon Toulouse Périgueux	Pool C Pau Lyon OU Castres
Pool D Carmaux Bègles Racing	Pool E Montauban Agen Cognac	Pool F Perpignan Biarritz Mont-de-Marsan
Pool G Stadoceste Vienne Romans	Pool H Limoges Montferrand Angoulême

Quarterfinals

Clubs in bold qualified for the semifinals.

Carmaux - Agen 5 - 0 Montferrand - Lourdes 5 - 0 Stadoceste - Toulon 6 - 3 Perpignan - Lyon OU 5 - 0

Semifinals

Carmaux - Montferrand 16 - 9 Stadocest - Perpignan 15 - 0

Final

Teams	Carmaux - Stadoceste
Score	14-12 (o.t.)
Date	20 May 1951
Venue	Stadium, Toulouse
Referee	Jean Rous
Line-up
Carmaux	Raymond Carrère, Louis Combettes, Jean-Marie Bez, Jean Gervais, Alexis Dalla-Riva, René Pailhous, Louis Aué, Jean Régis, René Pagès, Gérard Lasmolles, René Deleris, Gustave Golajewski, Georges Cassou, Francis Cassou, Jacques Sagols
Stadoceste	Albert Fourcade, Robert Bel, Marc Laffitte, René Soulet, Joseph Dutrey, Armand Save, Gilbert Paradge, Serge Tonus, Lucien Dufourc, Adrien Abadie, Albert Bagnères, Louis Suberbie, Albert Lavantes, Maurice Cazaux, René Chaubet
Scorers
Carmaux	1 try, 1 conversion and 3 penalties Aué
Stadoceste	1 try Lavantes, 3 penalties Chaubet

External links

• Compte rendu finale de 1951 lnr.fr