Rugby union at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Rugby union at the 1900 Summer Olympics was played in Paris.<ref name="rugby union">The IOC and most Olympic history organizations refer to the sport played at the 1900 Summer Olympics simply as "rugby", though it was a form of rugby union.</ref> Rugby union matches at the 1900 Summer Olympics were held on 14 October and 28 October. Forty-seven athletes competed, most from three nations and including a Haitian and a French-born American.

Summary

France, represented by Union des Sociétés Françaises, Germany, represented mainly by the FC 1880 Frankfurt,<ref>Die Gründerjahre des deutschen Rugbysports Template:Webarchive Template:In lang DRV website – Foundation years, accessed: 25 February 2010</ref> and Great Britain, represented by the Moseley Wanderers,<ref name="Rugby at the Olympics">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> all participated in the inaugural rugby event at the Olympics. Only two games were contested, France played both Germany and Great Britain, the French winning both matches.

This saw the gold go to France, and both Germany and Great Britain are credited with silver, with no bronze awarded. For medal purposes, the IOC regards the side from France as a "Mixed Team", as Constantin Henriquez was from Haiti.<ref name="oly2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Further, André Roosevelt, an American born in France, was also on the French team.

Results

Match 1

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Scene of the France v Germany match played on 14 October

In the first half, France scored a try by Émile Sarrade and a conversion. Germany scored tries by Heinrich Reitz and August Schmierer, with two conversions as well as a drop goal. Under the custom scoring rules of the Olympic tournament (3 points for tries or penalties, 2 points for conversions, 4 points for drop goals), this gave Germany a lead of 14–5.

The second half was vastly different, as Serrade scored two more tries while André Roosevelt also scored two and Frantz Reichel and Abel Albert added one each. Two more conversions were made, bringing France's score to a total of 27. Germany, on the other hand, scored only one try, by one of the Ludwigs.<ref name=Ludwig>The scorer's name is listed as "Ludwig", but there were two Ludwigs playing for Germany. It is unclear if the scorer was Erich Ludwig or Richard Ludwig.</ref> France thus won the match 27–17.<ref>Match report on ESPN</ref>

Match 2

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The British team failed to score in the first half, while France continued the scoring barrage they had experienced in the second half of the Germany match. Sarrade scored two tries, bringing his tournament total to five. Joseph Olivier, Jean Collas, and Jean-Guy Gauthier each added a try. No conversions were scored, though André Rischmann's two penalties brought France's first-half total to 21.

Britain actually outscored France in the second half, 8–6, but had little chance of catching up. Joseph Wallis scored a try while J. Henry Birtles made a conversion and a penalty for Britain. Reichel scored his second try of the tournament, and Léon Binoche added a try to bring France's victory to a 27–8 margin.<ref>October 28, 1900 on Rugby Football History</ref>

A Reuters report of the match noted that the British squad's loss may have been in part to fatigue, as the players arrived in Paris only on the morning of the match. A crowd of 10,000 fans witnessed the match.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Medal table

The German squad shared the silver medal with Great Britain
Rank Team Matches Points Avg points Tries Avg tries
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Template:Silver02 Template:Flagicon Germany 1 17 17 ? ?
Template:Flagicon Great Britain 1 8 8 ? ?
Template:Bronze03 (none awarded)

Rosters

France (Mixed Team)

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Germany

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Great Britain

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Notes

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References

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