1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship

1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship
Countries France
ChampionsLourdes
Runners-upRacing

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 England; France ended last with no matches won.

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

Poule B

Poule C

Poule D

Poule E

Poule F

"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