1960–61 French Rugby Union Championship

French Rugby Championship 1960-61
French Rugby Championship 1960-61
Countries	France
Number of teams	56
Champions	Béziers (1st title)
Runners-up	Dax
	← 1959-60 1961-62 →

The French Rugby Union Championship - was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.

THE Béziers won the tournament beating the US Dax in the final.

Context[]

The was won France

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Mont-de-Marsan that beat the Béziers par 17 – 8.

Qualification round[]

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase

Pool 1[]

Lourdes
Agen
Cognac
Tyrosse
Brive
Racing

Pool 2[]

Dijon
Lyon OU
SBUC
Toulouse
Béziers
Stadoceste
Bayonne

Pool 3[]

Pool 7[]

"Last 32"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Stadoceste	6-0
Touloun	Périgueux	8-6
Vichy	Montferrand	10-3
Lourdes	Aurillac	3-0
Mont-de-Marsan	Perpignan	16-6
Grenoble		14-3
Brive	Limoges	16-5
Cahors		0-0
Dax	Romans	9-3
SBUC	Agen	12-11
La Rochelle	Racing	15-0
Bayonne	Graulhet	6-0
	Cognac	13-6
Auch		9-0
Mazamet	Toulose	16-8
Pau	Angoulême	20-3

"Last 16"[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Toulon	14-0
Vichy	Lourdes	6-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Grenoble	10-6
Brive	Cahors	8-3
Dax	SBUC	14-3
La Rochelle	Bayonne	5-3
	Auch	5-3
Mazamet	Pau	8-3

Quarter of finals[]

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Vichy	12-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Brive	12-6
Dax	La Rochelle	11-9
	Mazamet	19-3

Semifinals[]

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Béziers	Mont-de-Marsan	12-6
Dax		11-5

Final[]

Teams	Béziers - Dax
Score	6-3
Date	28 May 1961
Venue	Stade Gerland, Lyon
Referee	Bernard Marie
Line-up
Béziers	Raoul Barrière, Emile Bolzan, Francis Mas, Jean Salas, André Gayraud, Louis Angeli, François Rondi, Jean Arnal, Pierre Danos, Roger Bousquet, Lucien Rogé, Robert Raynal, Jacques Fratangelle, Robert Spagnolo,
Dax	Jean Bachélé, Léon Berho, André Bérilhe, Christian Lasserre, Marcel Cassiède, Gaston Dubois, Pierre Darbos, Claude Contis, , Pierre Albaladejo, Raymond Albaladejo, Jacques Bénédé, Jean Othats, Claude Darbos, Emile Carrère
Scorers
Béziers	1 penalty Dedieu, 1 drop Danos
Dax	1 penalty Pierre Albaladejo

External links[]

Compte rendu finale de 1961 lnr.fr

v t Top 14
2021–22 Teams	Biarritz Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Pau Perpignan Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse
Early years	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Interbellum era	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39
World War II	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45
Post-war years	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–80	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–95	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Professional era and Top 16	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
Top 14	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

1960–61 French Rugby Union Championship

Context[]

Qualification round[]

Pool 1[]

Pool 2[]

Pool 3[]

Pool 4[]

Pool 5[]

Pool 6[]

Pool 7[]

"Last 32"[]

"Last 16"[]

Quarter of finals[]

Semifinals[]

Final[]

External links[]