1958–59 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1958–59 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 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.

Context

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

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

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

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

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