1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship

1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Lourdes
Runners-up	Racing

The 1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 48 clubs divided in six pools of eight. The five better of each pool and the two better sixth (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified to play the final phase .

The Championship was won by Lourdes that defeated Racing in the final. Lourdes maintained the title won in 1956.

Context

The 1957 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, France ended last with won a match.

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Dax that beat the Montferrand (the final match was tied 6-6 but Dax won for the lower medium age of the players)

Qualification round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Poule A Lourdes Orthez Touloun Roanne Mazamet Montélimar Cahors Grenoble	Poule B La Rochelle Bayonne Montferrand Dax Bègles La Voulte Vichy Cognac	Poule C Toulouse Lyon OU Montauban Paris Université Club Graulhet Périgueux Saint-Girons Castres
Poule D Pau Chambéry Auch Agen Niort Angoulême Narbonne Carmaux	Poule E Perpignan Bergerac Tulle Soustons Béziers Albi Biarritz Romans	Poule F Mont-de-Marsan TOEC Aurillac Racing Vienne Stadoceste Tyrosse Lavelanet

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	La Voulte	37-13
Auch	Stadoceste	12-6
Béziers	Tulle	8-6
Mont-de-Marsan	Carmaux	8-3
Toulouse	Pau	3-0
Grenoble	Biarritz	3-0
Dax	Narbonne	11-3
Saint-Girons	Angoulême	8-6
Racing	Agen	19-3
Romans	Cognac	3-0
Bayonne	Vichy	29-3
Montferrand	Mazamet	6-0
Graulhet	Aurillac	16-0
Vienne	Castres	5-3
Perpignan	Toulon	8-3
Cahors	Montauban	16-6

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	Auch	19-3
Béziers	Mont-de-Marsan	14-6
Toulouse	Grenoble	9-5
Dax	Saint-Girons	8-3
Racing	Romans	6-0
Bayonne	Montferrand	10-0
Graulhet	Vienne	12-3
Perpignan	Cahors	6-5

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	Béziers	8-6
Toulouse	Dax	6-3
Racing	Bayonne	14-3
Graulhet	Perpignan	14-3

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	Toulose	9-0
Racing	Graulhet	6-6 o.t.

Racing was declared winner, thanks to the younger medium age of the player.

Final

Teams	Lourdes – Racing
Score	16-13
Date	26 May 1957
Venue	Stade Gerland, Lyon
Referee	Charles Durand
Line-up
Lourdes	Jean-Louis Taillantou, Pierre Deslus, Thomas Manterola, André Laffond, Louis Guinle, Henri Domec, Jean Prat, Jean Barthe, François Labazuy, Antoine Labazuy, Pierre Tarricq, Roger Martine, Maurice Prat, Henri Rancoule, Pierre Lacaze
Racing	Marc Paillassa, Jacques Labèque, Claude Bourbié, Michel Gri, Serge Grousset, Jacques Brun, François Moncla, Michel Crauste, Gérard Dufau, Pierre Chaubet, Alain Chappuis, Christian Vignes, Arnaud Marquesuzaa, Pierre Conquet, Michel Vannier
Scorers
Lourdes	4 tries Barthe, Domec and Rancoule (2), 2 conversions Lacaze (1) and A.Labazuy (1)
Racing	2 tries Gri and Vannier, 2 conversions and 1 penalty Vannier

External links

Compte rendu finale de 1957 lnr.fr

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1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship

Context

Qualification round

Poule A

Poule B

Poule C

Poule D

Poule E

Poule F

"Last 32"

"Last 16"

Quarter of finals

Semifinals

Final

External links