# 1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship

The 1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.
The four first teams of each pool and the better fourclassified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".
The Mont-de-Marsan won the Championship 1962-63 after beating l'Dax in the final. For the first time from 1934, the final opposes two teams of the same department (The Landes).

## Context

The 1963 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, France finished second.
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Agen that beat Brive par 11 - 0.

## Qualification round

In bold the qualified to "last 32" phase
| Pool 1 Agen Dijon Lannemezan La Voulte Marmande Perpignan Saint-Sever SBUC | Pool 2 Angoulême Béziers Biarritz Brive Chalon Limoges Toulouse Olympique EC Vichy | Pool 3 Albi Bayonne Lourdes Mazamet Montauban Paris Université Club Toulouse Tyrosse |
| Pool 4 Aurillac Dax Espéraza (Espéraza) Romans Mont-de-Marsan Narbonne Touloun Vienne | Pool 5 Stade Beaumontois Castres Chambéry Lyon OU Périgueux Racing Saint-Claude La Rochelle | Pool 6 Auch Cahors Carmaux Cognac Le Creusot Graulhet Montferrand Valence |
| Pool 7 Bègles Figeac Foix (Foix) Grenoble Pau Saint-Girons Stadoceste Tulle | | |

## "Last 32"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Mont-de-Marsan | Vienne | 17-11 |
| Biarritz | Brive | 8-3 |
| Chalon | Agen | 12-3 |
| Vichy | Bègles | 11-0 |
| Lourdes | Mazamet | 14-6 |
| Stadoceste | Paris Université Club | 8-0 |
| Cahors | Castres | 25-6 |
| SBUC | Toulose | 9-6 |
| Dax | Aurillac | 21-3 |
| Touloun | Racing | 21-14 |
| Chambéry | Graulhet | 17-9 |
| La Voulte | Lyon OU | 11-3 |
| Grenoble | Lannemezan | 10-6 |
| Tulle | Périgueux | 12-5 |
| Béziers | Pau | 6-3 |
| Auch | Montferrand | 12-6 |
Le SU Agen, champion sortant and winner du Challenge Yves du Manoir, was eliminateddès The "last 32" phases par Chalon.

## "Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Mont-de-Marsan | Biarritz | 14-6 |
| Chalon | Vichy | 6-0 |
| Lourdes | Stadoceste | 12-3 |
| Cahors | SBUC | 3-0 |
| Dax | Toulon | 8-3 |
| Chambéry | La Voulte | 6-5 |
| Grenoble | Tulle | 22-3 |
| Béziers | Auch | 11-6 |

## Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Mont-de-Marsan | Chalon | 9-3 |
| Lourdes | Cahors | 3-0 |
| Dax | Chambéry | 6-5 |
| Grenoble | Béziers | 9-3 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Results |
| Mont-de-Marsan | Lourdes | 9-8 |
| Dax | Grenoble | 5-0 |

## Final

| Teams | Mont-de-Marsan - Dax |
| Score | 9-6 |
| Date | 2 Juin 1963 |
| Venue | Parc Municipal des Sports, Bordeaux |
| Referee | Albert Capelle |
| Line-up | |
| Mont-de-Marsan | Pierre Cazals, Bernard Ces, Jean-Baptiste Amestoy, Paul Tignol, Guy Urbieta, Gilbert Hilcocq, Bernard Couralet, Fernand Martinez, Pierre Lestage, Alain Caillau, André Caillau, André Boniface, Guy Boniface, Christian Darrouy, Jacques Gourgues |
| Dax | André Bérilhe, Léon Berho, Christian Lasserre, Jean-Claude Labadie, Marcel Cassiède, Bernard Dutin, Gaston Dubois, Claude Contis, Jean-Claude Lasserre, Pierre Albaladejo, Raymond Albaladejo, Jacques Bénédé, Henri Willems, Claude Darbos, Pierre Barbe |
| Scorers | |
| Mont-de-Marsan | 1 penalty A.Boniface, 2 drops A.Boniface and Lestage |
| Dax | 1 try J.C.Lasserre, 1 drop P.Albaladejo |
Lestage score the decisive drop at minute 75th : It was the first and only victory of the "permet au Stade montois" and the third final lost by US Dax.