French rugby union club, based in Mont-de-Marsan
Rugby team
Stade Montois Rugby![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/Stademontoislogo.png/250px-Stademontoislogo.png) |
Full name | Stade Montois Rugby Pro |
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Nickname(s) | Les Abeilles (The Bees) |
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Founded | 1908; 116 years ago (1908) |
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Location | Mont-de-Marsan, France |
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Ground(s) | Stade André et Guy Boniface (Capacity: 16,800) |
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President | Philippe Cazaubon |
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Coach(es) | David Auradou |
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Captain(s) | Jérôme Dhien |
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League(s) | Pro D2 |
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2023–24 | 8th |
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Official website |
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www.stademontoisrugby.fr |
Stade Montois Rugby is a French rugby union team that currently is playing in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.
They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black. They are based in Mont-de-Marsan, the capital of the Landes département, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and play at the Stade Guy Boniface.
History
Stade Montois is a multi-sports club (28 sections) but its rugby team has always been its flagship. After winning a few regional titles between the two world wars, it reached the top of French club rugby four times in 15 years. It lost its first three French championship finals to Castres Olympique in 1949 (3-14, in a replay, after the original final had ended in a 3-3 draw), to FC Lourdes in 1953 (16-21), and to Racing Club de France in 1959 (3-8). Their finest hour came in 1963 in an all Landes-final against US Dax, won by the Yellow and Black 9-6. They had finally won one, whereas their Dax neighbours would lose all five finals they would play in.
It finished in the bottom table in the first-tier Top 14 in the 2008–09 season. They had just been promoted to the Top 14 after winning the Pro D2 promotion playoffs. They remained in Pro D2 for three seasons before successfully navigating the 2012 promotion playoffs.
Stade Montois' players include the Boniface brothers (André and Guy, who died in a car accident on 1 January 1968), Thomas Castaignède, Christian Darrouy, Benoît Dauga, Laurent Rodriguez. Former Leicester Tigers and Fiji scrum-half wizard Waisale Serevi also played for them as well as other notable Fijians such as Viliame Satala and Vilimoni Delasau.
Honours
Finals results
French championship
Challenge Yves du Manoir
Current standings
2023–24 Pro D2 Table Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
1 | Provence | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 803 | 632 | +171 | 8 | 3 | 95 | Semi-final promotion playoff place |
2 | Vannes | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 777 | 508 | +269 | 10 | 7 | 89 |
3 | Béziers | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 789 | 715 | +74 | 6 | 4 | 80 | Quarter-final promotion playoff place |
4 | Grenoble | 30 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 826 | 694 | +132 | 8 | 3 | 79[a] |
5 | Dax | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 626 | 683 | −57 | 5 | 2 | 77 |
6 | Brive | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 689 | 583 | +106 | 8 | 2 | 76 |
7 | Nevers | 30 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 682 | 610 | +72 | 6 | 9 | 75 | |
8 | Mont-de-Marsan | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 766 | 641 | +125 | 5 | 7 | 74 |
9 | Aurillac | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 593 | 764 | −171 | 3 | 3 | 64 |
10 | Colomiers | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 661 | 657 | +4 | 4 | 6 | 64 |
11 | Valence Romans | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 623 | 640 | −17 | 5 | 5 | 62 |
12 | Soyaux Angoulême | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 563 | 616 | −53 | 0 | 6 | 62 |
13 | Agen | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 597 | 732 | −135 | 2 | 5 | 61 |
14 | Biarritz | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 618 | 811 | −193 | 4 | 5 | 53 |
15 | Montauban | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 577 | 755 | −178 | 2 | 5 | 51 | Relegation play-off |
16 | Rouen | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 604 | 753 | −149 | 5 | 5 | 48 | Relegation to Nationale |
Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2024. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
- Points difference in head-to-head matches
- Try differential in head-to-head matches
- Points difference in all matches
- Try differential in all matches
- Points scored in all matches
- Tries scored in all matches
- Fewer matches forfeited
- Classification in the previous Top 14 season
Notes:
- ^ Following the decisions rendered by the Appeal Commission on July 6, 2023 and December 14, 2023 by the Disciplinary Council, a withdrawal of 12 points applies for FC Grenoble Rugby.The total sanction was reduced on appeal on 31 January 2024, recovering four points in the ranking.
Current squad
The squad for the 2023–24 season is:[1][2]
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Espoirs squad
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Player | Position | Union | Matéo Chérifi | Hooker | France | Mathys Bat | Prop | France | Giovanni Sefa | Prop | France | Jules Duusutour | Lock | France | Carl Vangsgaard | Lock | Denmark | Léo Banos | Back row | France | Jean-Jacques Cassio | Back row | France | Raphaël Darquier | Back row | France | Enzo Prosper | Back row | France | | Player | Position | Union | Baptiste David | Scrum-half | France | Nicolas Darquier | Scrum-half | France | Baptiste Grulovic | Centre | France | Pierre André | Wing | France | Romain Duthoit | Wing | France | Harrison Obatoyinbo | Wing | England | Semi Lagivala | Wing | Fiji | Myrtho Linguet | Wing | France | Ian Ratu | Wing | Fiji | Théo Cortes | Fullback | France | |
See also
References
- ^ "Joueurs". Stade Montois Rugby. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Mont-de-Marsan squad for season 2023/2024". all.rugby. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
External links
- (in French) Stade Montois Official website
- (in French) Blog "Marine et Jaune"
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