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 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 Toulon5-3 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, BordeauxReferee 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-MarsanPierre 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-Marsan1 try Guy Boniface
François Moncla, Michel Crauste and Arnaud Marquesuzaa
References
External links Compte rendu finale de 1959 lnr.fr