1955–56 French Rugby Union Championship

1955–56 French Rugby Union Championship
1955–56 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Lourdes
Runners-up	Dax
	← 1954-1955 1956-1957 →

The 1955-56 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 48 clubs divided in six pools of eight. The five better of each pool and the two better sixths (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified to play a "single match play-off" tournament.

The Championship was won by Lourdes that beat Dax in the final.

Preliminary phase[]

In bold the clubs qualified for next round

Last 32[]

in bold the teams qualified for next round

1956	Lourdes	-	Stadoceste	31 - 11
1956	Periguex	-		8 - 6
1956		-	Grenoble	29 - 10
1956	Toulouse	-	Paris Université Club	9 - 8
1956	Pau	-		3 - 0
1956	Agen	-	Tyrosse	11 - 3
1956	Mont de Marasn	-	Narbonne	9 - 3
1956	Toulon	-	Cognac	8 - 0
1956	Dax	-	Cahors	13 - 3
1956	Montferrand	-		11 - 9
1956	Perpignan	-	Albi	17 - 0
1956	Bayonne	-		14 - 5
1956	Castres	-	Biarritz	8 - 0
1956		-	Graulhet	13 - 0
1956		-	Béziers	6 - 0
1956	Angoulême	-		8 - 6

Last 16[]

in bold the teams qualified for next round

1956	Lourdes	-	Periguex	24 - 3
1956		-	Toulouse	15 - 3
1956	Pau	-	Agen	12 - 8
1956	Mont de Marasn	-	Toulon	8 - 0
1956	Dax	-	Montferrand	12 - 6
1956	Perpignan	-	Bayonne	11 - 3
1956	Castres	-		10 - 8
1956		-	Angoulême	6 - 3

Quarters of finals[]

in bold the teams qualified for next round

1956	Lourdes	-		14 - 3
1956	Pau	-	Mont de Marasn	14 - 9
1956	Dax	-	Perpignan	11 - 0
1956	Castres	-		3 - 0

Semifinals[]

May 1956	Lourdes	-	Pau	3 - 0
May 1956	Dax	-	Castres	3 - 0

Final[]

Teams	Lourdes - Dax
Score	20-0
Date	3 June 1956
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Ange Siccardi
Line-up
Lourdes	Jean-Louis Taillantou, Pierre-André Capdevielle, , André Laffond, , , Jean Prat, Jean Barthe, François Labazuy, , , , , Henri Rancoule, Pierre Lacaze
Dax	Christian Lasserre, Jean Bachelé, André Bérilhe, Pierre Augé, René Lapique, Roland Darracq, Gaston Dubois, Daniel Labadie, Pierre Castra, Claude Boniface, Jean Susbielle, , , Raymond Albaladejo, Pierre Albaladejo
Scorers
Lourdes	2 tries A.Labazuy and Tarricq, 1 conversion and 2 penalties A.Labazuy, 2 drops Jean Prat
Dax

External links[]

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1955–56 French Rugby Union Championship

Preliminary phase[]

Poule A[]

Poule B[]

Poule C[]

Poule D[]

Poule E[]

Poule F[]

Last 32[]

Last 16[]

Quarters of finals[]

Semifinals[]

Final[]

External links[]