Henri Lacassagne
Introduction '''Henri André Lacassagne''' (27 December 1883 – 11 November 1916) was a French rugby union player. He played at scrum half for Stade Bordelais. He was capped twice for .
Career Henri Lacassagne's first test was on 1 January 1906, against .France played its first official match in the old Parc des Princes, against New Zealand. In their tour of the British Isles, the "All Blacks" accepted a challenge for a match in Paris. After playing their second match in Swansea on 30 December, they took the ferry to Boulogne-sur-Mer, then the train to the Gare du Nord. Fatigued by their voyage, and after a three-month tour, in which they won 31 of 32 matches, they won easily by 38–8 against France in front of 3000 spectators.Henri Lacassagne played his last test match on 5 January 1907, against the England national rugby union team.He was on the champion team of France in 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 and a finalist in 1908.===Club===* SBUC===Highlights===*Championnat de France '''Date of Final''' '''Winner''' '''Finalists''''''Score''''''Place of the final''''''Spectators'''27 March 1904'''Stade bordelais UC'''Stade Français3-0La Faisanderie, Saint-Cloud2,00016 April 1905'''Stade bordelais UC'''Stade Français12-3Stade Sainte-Germaine, Le Bouscat6,0008 April 1906'''Stade bordelais UC'''Stade Français9-0Parc des Princes, Paris4,00024 March 1907'''Stade bordelais UC'''Stade Français14-3Stade Sainte-Germaine, Le Bouscat12,0005 April 1908'''Stade Français'''Stade bordelais UC16-3Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes10,000===International===He played the first official match of the France national rugby union team in 1906, and a test match in 1907.
Notes and references
Further reading *  Collectif Midi olympique, ''Cent ans de XV de France '', Midi olympique, 2005, * Godwin, Terry ''Complete Who's Who of International Rugby'' (Cassell, 1987,  )
External links *   ffr.fr*   finalesrugby.com