| 1955–56 French Rugby Union Championship | |
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| Countries |  France |
| Champions | Lourdes |
| Runners-up | Dax |
The 1955–56 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 48 clubs divided in six pools of eight. The five better of each pool and the two better sixths (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified to play a "single match play-off" tournament.
The Championship was won byLourdes that beatDax in the final.
Inbold the clubs qualified for next round
Poule A[edit] | Poule B[edit] | Poule C[edit] |
Poule D[edit] | Poule E[edit] | Poule F[edit] |
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| Teams | Lourdes -Dax |
| Score | 20-0 |
| Date | 3 June 1956 |
| Venue | Stadium Municipal,Toulouse |
| Referee | Ange Siccardi |
| Line-up | |
| Lourdes | Jean-Louis Taillantou, Pierre-André Capdevielle,Thomas Manterola, André Laffond,Louis Guinle,Henri Domec,Jean Prat,Jean Barthe, François Labazuy,Antoine Labazuy,Pierre Tarricq,Guy Calvo,Maurice Prat,Henri Rancoule,Pierre Lacaze |
| Dax | Christian Lasserre, Jean Bachelé, André Bérilhe, Pierre Augé, René Lapique, Roland Darracq, Gaston Dubois, Daniel Labadie, Pierre Castra, Claude Boniface, Jean Susbielle,Paul Lasaosa,Jean Othats, Raymond Albaladejo,Pierre Albaladejo |
| Scorers | |
| Lourdes | 2 tries A.Labazuy and Tarricq, 1 conversion and 2 penalties A.Labazuy, 2 drops Jean Prat |
| Dax |