1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship

1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship
1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries	France
Champions	Lourdes
Runners-up	Racing
	← 1955-56 1957-58 →

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
Touloun
Mazamet
Cahors
Grenoble

Poule B[]

La Rochelle
Bayonne
Montferrand
Dax
Bègles
Vichy
Cognac

Poule C[]

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes		37-13
Auch	Stadoceste	12-6
Béziers		8-6
Mont-de-Marsan		8-3
Toulouse	Pau	3-0
Grenoble	Biarritz	3-0
Dax	Narbonne	11-3
	Angoulême	8-6
Racing	Agen	19-3
Romans	Cognac	3-0
Bayonne	Vichy	29-3
Montferrand	Mazamet	6-0
Graulhet	Aurillac	16-0
	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		8-3
Racing	Romans	6-0
Bayonne	Montferrand	10-0
Graulhet		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, , André Laffond, , , Jean Prat, Jean Barthe, François Labazuy, , , , , Henri Rancoule, Pierre Lacaze
Racing	Marc Paillassa, Jacques Labèque, Claude Bourbié, Michel Gri, Serge Grousset, Jacques Brun, François Moncla, Michel Crauste, , Pierre Chaubet, Alain Chappuis, Christian Vignes, Arnaud Marquesuzaa, Pierre Conquet,
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[]