Societe Generale, its employees and major rugby competitions

By Xavier Breuil | Historian at the Historical Archives | 03/10/11

The quality of its rugby-playing employees and other members of the CASG meant that Societe Generale was present in the major international competitions from 1920 to 1963.

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As a member of the French rugby elite between the two world wars, the Societe Generale sports club (CASG) had a number of international players in its ranks. The prop forward Eugène Soulié was capped nine times by the French Rugby Federation selection committee between 1920 and 1922. He played alongside other members of the CASG such as Raoul Thiercelin, Raymond Berrurier and Edouard Bader. A few years later it was the turn of Gilbert Gerintes, Marcel Lousteau, the wing three-quarters Marcel Besson and Réveillon, the prop forward Robert Hutin and the fly half Henri Haget to make it into the French XV. In the 1930's Finat and Malherbe played in the national side against Germany. After the war, Jean-Pierre Saux joined this prestigious list when he was capped twenty two times between 1960 and 1963.

Thanks to its employees and other members of the CASG, Societe Generale was present in the great international competitions of the time. First of all, many of the players mentioned here took part in matches in the Five Nations tournament. Réveillon and Hutin, for example, played against Scotland in 1927. After that, Societe Generale was present at the Olympic Games of 1920 and 1924. As rugby was still recognised by the IOC at the time, a tournament took place at both the Anvers and Paris Games. Players from Societe Generale took part in the victories of the French team and brought back a total of five silver medals to the club (4 in 1920, 1 in 1924).

An Olympic tradition that Societe Generale plans to revive in 2016 as the sponsor of seven-a-side rugby.

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