The 1929−30 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won by Agen that defeated the Quillan in the final.
The Championship was contested by 40 clubs divided into 8 pools of five.
Some team were qualified for their results in regional championship: CASG (2nd in Paris), Libourne (4th en Côte d'Argent), FC Lyon (4th en Lyonnais) and CS Oyonnax (5th du Lyonnais).
Five new clubs was promoted in the "Excellence" : Hendaye, Lyon OU, Oyonnax, Roanne (champion Honneur 1929) and Soustons.
They replace Stade Bagnères, Dax. Mazamet, Montauban and Racing.
First round
In Bold the qualified teams:
Pool A Hendaye, Lézignan, Limoges, Lourdes , Lyon OU Pool B AS Bayonne, Carcassonne, CASG, Cognac , Pamiers Pool C Biarritz , Quillan , St Girons, Vienne, Fumel Pool D Agen , Libourne, Montferrand , US Perpignan , Soustons Pool E Aviron bayonnais, SBUC, Grenoble, Narbonne, Toulouse Olymp.EC Pool F Bordeaux, Le Boucau, Arlequins Perpignan , Roanne, Stadoceste gruppo G: Albi, Bègles , Béziers , FC Lyon, Pau gruppo H: Stade Français , Oyonnax, Périgueux, Tolone, Toulouse
Second round
In Bold the qualified teams:
Carcassonne , Touloun, Fumel Narbonne, Stadoceste, Toulouse Lézignan, Pau, Perpignan Lourdes, Montferrand, Stade Français Cognac, Quillan, Toulouse OEC Bègles, Biarritz, Grenoble Béziers, SA Bordeaux, US Perpignan Agen, Limoges, Pamiers
Quarterfinals
(le 13 April 1930) April 1930Pau-Stade Français5–3Clermont-Ferrand April 1930Carcassonne-Biarritz18–3Tarbes April 1930Agen-Stadoceste18–0Bordeaux April 1930Quillan-SA Bordeaux10–5, o.t.Toulouse
Semifinals 4 May 1930Agen-Pau18–5Bordeaux4 May 1930Quillan-Carcassonne0–0 o.t.Colombes11 May 1930Quillan-Carcassonne3–0Lyon
The match Agen-Pau was signed by the death of the wing of Agen Michel Pradié (18 years), after a violent tackle.
Final Teams Agen - Quillan Score 4-0 after over time Date 18 May 1930 Venue Parc Lescure de BordeauxReferee Henri Lahitte Line-up Agen Marius Guiral, Lucien Augras, Max Vigerie, Guy Mieyaa, Didier Lamoulien, Louis Castaing, Gaston Capgras, Robert Samatan, Louis Dattas, Jean Dupuy, Jean-Baptiste Bédère, Etienne Dupouy, Pierre Soulès, Urbain Sourbie, Robert Gibertha Quillan Louis Destarac, Antonin Barbazanges, René Bonnemaison, Marcel Baillette, Marcel Soler, Amédée Cutzach, François Corbin, Eugène Ribère, Jean Galia, Charles Bigot, Germain Raynaud, Joseph Raynaud, Georges Delort, Baco, Guy Flamand Scorers Agen 1 drop de Guiral Quillan
Other competitions
L'Amicale Sportive Bortoise became Champione de France Honneur (2nd division) winning in the final against F:C: Saint-Claude 5−0.
In the Promotion Championship (3rd division), Stade Niortais beat Sporting Club Salonais 6−3.
En 4th division, the A.S. de la Bourse est French Champion beating US Mourillonnaise (Toulon) 10−3.
L'US Perpigan was winner of tournament for 2nd XV winning against the Stade Français 14−5.
Sources L'Humanité, Le Figaro 1929-1930 Compte rendu de la finale de 1930, sur lnr.fr finalesrugby.com