1959–60 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1958–59 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 clubs divided in seven pools of eight clubs.

The four better of each pool and the four better classified as 5th (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified for the final phase.

The Championship was won by Lourdes who beat the Béziers in the final.

Context

The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Mont-de-Marsan that beat the Béziers (9-9 the score but Mont de Maresan won for the number of tries scored)

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase

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

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
Lourdes	Dax	13-8
Béziers	Pau	3-3

The Béziers because with the same number of point and tries, had a better number of penalties (1 –0, Pau score only a drop)

Teams	Lourdes - Béziers
Score	14-11
Date	22 May 1960
Venue	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Referee	Louis Parrot
Line-up
Lourdes	Jean-Louis Taillantou, Pierre Deslus, Thomas Manterola, André Laffont, Louis Guinle, Michel Crauste, Henri Domec, Roland Crancée, François Vallée, Antoine Labazuy, Pierre Faur, Roger Martine, Arnaud Marquesuzaa, Pierre Tarricq, Guy Calvo
Béziers	Raoul Barrière, Emile Bolzan, Francis Mas, Pierre Mercier, André Gayraud, Roger Gensane, François Rondi, Jean Arnal, Pierre Danos, Robert Raynal, Jacques Fratangelle, Robert Spagnolo, Yvan Boggiano, Lucien Rogé, Paul Dedieu
Scorers
Lourdes	2 tries Fauré and Crauste, 2 penalties and 1 conversion Labazuy
Béziers	1 try Raynal, 1 conversion and 2 penalties Danos

Lourdes team was renewed from the previous year because of the retirement of Maurice and Jean Prat, The farewell of François Labazuy (moved to Tarbes), Henri Rancoule (to Touloun), Pierre Lacaze and Jean Barthe (to play rugby league). The departures was compensated by the arrivals of Michel Crauste and Arnaud Marquesuzaa and Roland Crancée.