1902–03 French Rugby Union Championship

1902–03 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Stade Français
Runners-up	SOE Toulouse

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.

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

FC Grenoble beat Union Athlétique de Provence. Following incidents during a match between the Union Athlétique de Provence and Olympique de Marseille, the UAP were disqualified by the USFSA on March 3.
FC Lyon beats Chalon 36-0 in Chalon on the 22nd of February

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

Toulouse beats FC Lyon 3-0 on the 29 of March at Parc des Princes Stadium
Stade Français beats Le Havre 14-0 in Le Havre on the 5th of April

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.

External links

Compte rendu de la finale de 1903, sur lnr.fr

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