1958–59 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1958–59 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 48 clubs divided in six pools of eight.^[1]

French Rugby Championship 1958–59
Countries	France
Number of teams	48 teams
Champions	Racing Paris (4th title)
Runners-up	Mont-de-Marsan
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

The five better of each pool and the two better 6th (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified to play a play-off phase.

The championship was won by Racing Paris that defeated Mont-de-Marsan in the final.^[2]

Context

The 1959 Five Nations Championship was won France .

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Dax that beat Pau for 12-8.

Qualification round

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase

Poule A Lourdes Chalon Lavelanet Vienne Toulouse Olympique EC Brive Auch Montauban	Poule B Toulouse Stade Niortais Narbonne La Voulte Castres Agen Saint-Claude Mazamet	Poule C Boucau Pau Mont-de-Marsan Aurillac Bayonne Saint-Girons Stadoceste Romans
Poule D Angoulême Dax US Bressane Tulle Bègles Touloun Paris Université Club Racing	Poule E Perpignan Cognac Saint-Sever Périgueux Biarritz Graulhet Chambéry Soustons	Poule F La Rochelle Grenoble Béziers Tyrosse Cahors Vichy Carmaux Montferrand

"Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	Graulhet	12-6
Béziers	Brive	13-9
Pau	Toulouse Olympique EC	30-3
Dax	Vichy	9-0
Racing	Montferrand	8-0
Vienne	Auch	3-3
Grenoble	Tulle	12-6
Toulon	Toulose	14-6
La Voulte	Cognac	6-0
Perpignan	Stadoceste	8-3
Mazamet	Montauban	23-3
Bayonne	Chambéry	13-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Agen	5-0
Castres	Angoulême	15-0
Périgueux	Aurillac	19-0
Biarritz	Cahors	6-3

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	Béziers	6-5
Pau	Dax	12-6
Racing	Vienne	6-0
Grenoble	Toulon	5-3
La Voulte	Perpignan	3-0
Mazamet	Bayonne	6-3
Mont-de-Marsan	Castres	6-0
Périgueux	Biarritz	16-3

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Lourdes	Pau	9-8
Racing	Grenoble	14-5
La Voulte	Mazamet	3-0
Mont-de-Marsan	Périgueux	20-3

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Results
Mont-de-Marsan	La Voulte	16-9
Racing	Lourdes	19-3

Final

Teams	Racing - Mont-de-Marsan
Score	8-3
Date	24 May 1959
Venue	Parc municipal des sports, Bordeaux
Referee	Albert Ferrasse
Line-up
Racing	Roger Labernède, Claude Obadia, Jean-Pierre Beigbeder, Serge Grousset, Stéphane Boize, François Moncla, Michel Crauste, Marc Paillassa, Henri Lasserre, Louis Fernandez, Robert Navarre, Emile Barbaste, Arnaud Marquesuzaa, Alain Chappuis, Michel Debet
Mont-de-Marsan	Pierre Cazals, Pierre Pascalin, Jean-Baptiste Amestoy, Paul Tignol, Pierre Capbert, Jean-Roger Bourdeu, Jacques Bourdeu, Ferdinand Roumat, Pierre Lacroix, Louis Requenna, Christian Darrouy, André Boniface, Guy Boniface, Gérard Dagès, Francis Darroze
Scorers
Racing	1 try Boize, 1 conversion and 1 penalty Debet
Mont-de-Marsan	1 try Guy Boniface

François Moncla, Michel Crauste and Arnaud Marquesuzaa