1958–59 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1958–59 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 48 clubs divided in six pools of eight.

French Rugby Championship 1958–59
Countries France
Number of teams48 teams
ChampionsRacing Paris (4th title)
Runners-upMont-de-Marsan

The five better of each pool and the two better 6th (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified to play a play-off phase.

The championship was won by Racing Paris that defeated Mont-de-Marsan in the final.

Context

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The 1959 Five Nations Championship was won France .

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Dax that beat Pau for 12-8.

Qualification round

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In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase

Poule A

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Poule B

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Poule C

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Poule D

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Poule E

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Poule F

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"Last 32"

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Lourdes Graulhet 12-6
Béziers Brive 13-9
Pau Toulouse Olympique EC 30-3
Dax Vichy 9-0
Racing Montferrand 8-0
Vienne Auch 3-3
Grenoble Tulle 12-6
Toulon Toulose 14-6
La Voulte Cognac 6-0
Perpignan Stadoceste 8-3
Mazamet Montauban 23-3
Bayonne Chambéry 13-3
Mont-de-Marsan Agen 5-0
Castres Angoulême 15-0
Périgueux Aurillac 19-0
Biarritz Cahors 6-3

"Last 16"

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Lourdes Béziers 6-5
Pau Dax 12-6
Racing Vienne 6-0
Grenoble Toulon 5-3
La Voulte Perpignan 3-0
Mazamet Bayonne 6-3
Mont-de-Marsan Castres 6-0
Périgueux Biarritz 16-3

Quarter of finals

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In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1 Team 2 Results
Lourdes Pau 9-8
Racing Grenoble 14-5
La Voulte Mazamet 3-0
Mont-de-Marsan Périgueux 20-3

Semifinals

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Team 1 Team 2 Results
Mont-de-Marsan La Voulte 16-9
Racing Lourdes 19-3

Final

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Teams Racing - Mont-de-Marsan
Score 8-3
Date 24 May 1959
Venue Parc municipal des sports, Bordeaux
Referee Albert Ferrasse
Line-up
Racing Roger Labernède, Claude Obadia, Jean-Pierre Beigbeder, Serge Grousset, Stéphane Boize, François Moncla, Michel Crauste, Marc Paillassa, Henri Lasserre, Louis Fernandez, Robert Navarre, Emile Barbaste, Arnaud Marquesuzaa, Alain Chappuis, Michel Debet
Mont-de-Marsan Pierre Cazals, Pierre Pascalin, Jean-Baptiste Amestoy, Paul Tignol, Pierre Capbert, Jean-Roger Bourdeu, Jacques Bourdeu, Ferdinand Roumat, Pierre Lacroix, Louis Requenna, Christian Darrouy, André Boniface, Guy Boniface, Gérard Dagès, Francis Darroze
Scorers
Racing 1 try Boize, 1 conversion and 1 penalty Debet
Mont-de-Marsan 1 try Guy Boniface

François Moncla, Michel Crauste and Arnaud Marquesuzaa

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