Though Racing Club was not one of them and chose to remain loyal to the French Federation, its board considered it had a duty to put the fun back into rugby.
Therefore, organizers were very keen to ensure that teams had an attacking style of play, freed from the terse, stressful obligations of championship matches where winning was all that mattered.
The name of the competition has gone down in the history of French rugby as the epitome of le beau jeu (the beautiful game) and fair play.
The competition bears the name of a young promising French international player from Racing Club de France, Yves du Manoir, who died in a plane crash in January 1928 at the age of 23.
The competition died out because of the lack of time available in the year and the development of European cups and international duties for top players.