1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship
1956–57 French Rugby Union Championship | |
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Countries | ![]() |
Champions | Lourdes |
Runners-up | Racing |
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
[edit]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
[edit]In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Poule A[edit] |
Poule B[edit] |
Poule C[edit] |
Poule D[edit] |
Poule E[edit] |
Poule F[edit] |
"Last 32"
[edit]In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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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"
[edit]In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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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
[edit]In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Lourdes | Béziers | 8-6 |
Toulouse | Dax | 6-3 |
Racing | Bayonne | 14-3 |
Graulhet | Perpignan | 14-3 |
Semifinals
[edit]Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
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Lourdes | Toulose | 9-0 |
Racing | Graulhet | 6-6 o.t. |
Racing was declared winner, thanks to the younger medium age of the player.
Final
[edit]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 |