# 1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 48 clubs divided into six pools of eight. The five better of each pool and the two better sixths (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified to play a "single match play-off" tournament.
Previously the FFR created three divisions: Nationale (or first division), Fédérale (second division) and Excellence (third division).
The Championship of first division was won by the Perpignan that defeated Lourdes in the final. It was the sixth won by Perpignan.

## Context

The 1955 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales and France with some points.
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Perpignan that defeated Mazamet in the final.

## Qualification phase

In bold the qualified for "last 32" round
| Poule A Soustons Grenoble Pau Castres Narbonne Roanne (Roanne) Dax Lavelanet | Poule B Lyon OU Toulouse Tulle Racing Limoges Biarritz Cognac Graulhet | Poule C Agen La Rochelle Lourdes Montélimar Vichy Périgueux Mont de Marsan US Bressane |
| Poule D Bayonne Angoulême Bergerac Touloun Entente Côte-Vermeille (Port-Vendres-Banyuls-sur-Mer) Carmaux Romans Brive | Poule E Montauban Vienne Tyrosse Montferrand Stade Bagnérais Paris Université Club Stadoceste Albi | Poule F Bègles Perpignan Béziers Le Creusot Mazamet TOEC Niort Auch |

## "Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for The "last 16".
| 1955 | Perpignan | - | Graulhet | 17 - 5 |
| 1955 | Periguex | - | Castres | 6 - 0 |
| 1955 | Mont-de-Marsan | - | Bergerac | 12 - 3 |
| 1955 | Dax | - | Agen | 12 - 9 |
| 1955 | Romans | - | Cognac | 9 - 3 |
| 1955 | Albi | - | Racing Paris | 9 - 0 |
| 1955 | Lavelanet | - | Béziers | 3 - 0 |
| 1955 | Toulon | - | Vichy | 9 - 6 |
| 1955 | Lourdes | - | Grenoble | 10 - 0 |
| 1955 | Vienne | - | Montauban | 16 - 3 |
| 1955 | Montferrand | - | Toulouse | 18 - 0 |
| 1955 | Mazamet | - | Lyon OU | 9 - 0 |
| 1955 | Paris Université Club | - | Entente Côte-Vermeille | 34 - 3 |
| 1955 | Tulle | - | Carmaux | 9 - 3 |
| 1955 | Pau | - | Toulouse OEC | 8 - 0 |
| 1955 | Angoulême | - | Auch | 3 - 0 |

## "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the quarter of finals.
| 1955 | Perpignan | - | Periguex | 15 - 3 |
| 1955 | Mont-de-Marsan | - | Dax | 14 - 3 |
| 1955 | Romans | - | Albi | 14 - 11 |
| 1955 | Lavelanet | - | Toulon | 13 - 0 |
| 1955 | Lourdes | - | Vienne | 22 - 5 |
| 1955 | Montferrand | - | Mazamet | 6 - 3 |
| 1955 | Paris Université Club | - | Tulle | 24 - 5 |
| 1955 | Pau | - | Angoulême | 13 - 8 |

## Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the semifinals.
| 1955 | Perpignan | - | Mont-de-Marsan | 17 - 11 |
| 1955 | Romans | - | Lavelanet | 15 - 0 |
| 1955 | Lourdes | - | Montferrand | 21 - 3 |
| 1955 | Paris Université Club | - | Pau | 14 - 9 |

## Semifinals

| May 1955 | Perpignan | - | Romans | 18 - 0 |
| May 1955 | Lourdes | - | Paris Université Club | 8 - 6 |

## Final

| Teams | Perpignan - Lourdes |
| Score | 11-6 |
| Date | 22 May 1955 |
| Venue | Parc Lescure de Bordeaux |
| Referee | Georges Laffitte |
| Line-up | |
| Perpignan | François Gimenez, Richard Pallach, Roger Capell, Gérard Roucariès, André Sanac, Vincent Mestres, Henri Doutres, Gérard Llaury, Georges Gauby, Jean Serre, René Garrigue, Gaston Rous, René Monie, Serge Torreilles, Jacques Sagols |
| Lourdes | André Lafont, André Abadie (rugby)|André Abadie, Daniel Saint-Pastous, Jean Barthe, Louis Guinle, Jean Prat, Célestin Domec, Thomas Manterola, François Labazuy, Antoine Labazuy, Guy Calvo, Roger Martine, Maurice Prat, Henri Rancoule, Pierre Lacaze |
| Scorers | |
| Perpignan | 3 tries Gauby, Garrigue and Torreilles, 1 conversion Serre |
| Lourdes | 2 drops Jean Prat and F.Labazuy |
The match was played at the Parc Lescure that host the final of French Championship for the first time.