1959–60 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1959-60
Countries	France
Number of teams	56
Champions	Lourdes (7th title)
Runners-up	Béziers

The 1958-59 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 clubs divided in seven pools of eight clubs.

The four better of each pool and the four better classified as 5th (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified for the final phase.

The Championship was won by Lourdes who beat the Béziers in the final.

Context

The 1960 Five Nations Championship was won by France and by Ireland.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Mont-de-Marsan that beat the Béziers (9-9 the score but Mont de Maresan won for the number of tries scored)

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase

Poule A Limoges Castres Touloun Tulle Racing Carmaux Lavelanet Montferrand	Poule B Dijon Bayonne Saint-Claude Agen Mont-de-Marsan Saint-Girons Biarritz Aurillac	Poule C Roanne (Roanne) SBUC US Bressane Cognac Lourdes Béziers Cahors Montauban
Poule D Nantes Lyon OU Soustons Tolouse Olympique EC La Voulte Vienne Angoulême Graulhet	Poule E Stade Niortais Foix (Foix) Tyrosse La Rochelle Mazamet Perpignan Toulouse Vichy	Poule F Chalon Grenoble Hendaye Chambéry Stadoceste Boucau Romans Dax
Poule G Périgueux Saint-Sever Narbonne Paris Université Club Bègles Pau Brive Auch

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	Toulouse Olympique EC	14-6
Cahors	Limoges	14-3
Chambéry	La Voulte	6-3
Tulle	Angoulême	11-3
Dax	Toulose	8-0
Tyrosse	Montferrand	8-6
Vichy	Bayonne	16-3
Mazamet	Toulon	9-3
Béziers	Auch	18-0
Foix	Périgueux	9-0
Mont-de-Marsan	Hendaye	15-3
Stadoceste	Vienne	6-3
Pau	Racing	14-6
Aurillac	Biarritz	9-5
Graulhet	Cognac	8-3
Brive	Grenoble	21-5

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	Cahors	10-3
Chambéry	Tulle	9-3
Dax	Tyrosse	11-3
Vichy	Mazamet	8-6
Béziers	Foix	6-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Stadoceste	14-3
Pau	Aurillac	8-6
Graulhet	Brive	9-6

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	Chambéry	15-3
Dax	Vichy	12-5
Béziers	Mont-de-Marsan	19-16
Pau	Graulhet	12-6

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	Dax	13-8
Béziers	Pau	3-3

The Béziers because with the same number of point and tries, had a better number of penalties (1 –0, Pau score only a drop)

Final

Teams	Lourdes - Béziers
Score	14-11
Date	22 May 1960
Venue	Stadium Municipal , Toulouse
Referee	Louis Parrot
Line-up
Lourdes	Jean-Louis Taillantou, Pierre Deslus, Thomas Manterola, André Laffont, Louis Guinle, Michel Crauste, Henri Domec, Roland Crancée, François Vallée, Antoine Labazuy, Pierre Faur, Roger Martine, Arnaud Marquesuzaa, Pierre Tarricq, Guy Calvo
Béziers	Raoul Barrière, Emile Bolzan, Francis Mas, Pierre Mercier, André Gayraud, Roger Gensane, François Rondi, Jean Arnal, Pierre Danos, Robert Raynal, Jacques Fratangelle, Robert Spagnolo, Yvan Boggiano, Lucien Rogé, Paul Dedieu
Scorers
Lourdes	2 tries Fauré and Crauste, 2 penaltys and 1 conversion Labazuy
Béziers	1 try Raynal, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Danos

Lourdes team was renewed from the previous year because of the retirement of Maurice and Jean Prat, The farewell of François Labazuy (moved to Tarbes), Henri Rancoule (to Touloun), Pierre Lacaze and Jean Barthe (to play rugby league). The departures was compensated by the arrivals of Michel Crauste and Arnaud Marquesuzaa and Roland Crancée.

Notes and References

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1960 lnr.fr

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1959–60 French Rugby Union Championship

Context

Qualification round

Poule A

Poule B

Poule C

Poule D

Poule E

Poule F

Poule G

"Last 32"

"Last 16"

Quarter of finals

Semifinals

Final

Notes and References

External links