1959–60 French Rugby Union Championship
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French Rugby Championship 1959-60 | |
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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[]
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Poule B[]
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Poule C[] |
Poule D[] |
Poule E[] |
Poule F[] |
Poule G[] |
"Last 32"[]
In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Lourdes | 14-6 | |
Cahors | Limoges | 14-3 |
6-3 | ||
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 | 15-3 | |
Stadoceste | 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 |
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Lourdes | Cahors | 10-3 |
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 |
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Lourdes | 15-3 | |
Dax | Vichy | 12-5 |
Béziers | Mont-de-Marsan | 19-16 |
Pau | Graulhet | 12-6 |
Semifinals[]
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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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, , André Laffont, , Michel Crauste, , , François Vallée, , Pierre Faur, , Arnaud Marquesuzaa, , Guy Calvo |
Béziers | Raoul Barrière, Emile Bolzan, Francis Mas, Pierre Mercier, André Gayraud, , François Rondi, Jean Arnal, Pierre Danos, Robert Raynal, Jacques Fratangelle, Robert Spagnolo, Yvan Boggiano, Lucien Rogé, |
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 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 .
Notes and References[]
External links[]
- French rugby union championship
- 1959–60 rugby union tournaments for clubs
- 1959–60 in French rugby union