Colomiers Rugby

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Colomiers
Full nameUnion Sportive Colomiers Rugby
Founded1915; 109 years ago (1915)
LocationColomiers, France
Ground(s)Stade Michel Bendichou (Capacity: 11,430)
PresidentAlain Carre
Coach(es)Olivier Baragnon
League(s)Pro D2
2022–237th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.colomiers-rugby.com

Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby or Rugby Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006–07 season, but earned promotion from Fédérale 1 at the first opportunity in 2007-08, and survived a relegation scare in 2008–09, finishing 14th, in the last safe position. The club was relegated from Pro D2 in the 2010–11 season. The club, based in Colomiers in the Haute-Garonne département of Occitania, was founded in 1915 and plays at the Stade Michel Bendichou (capacity 11,000). The players wear blue and white. Colomiers have been runners-up in the French championship and Heineken Cup, as well as winners of the European Challenge Cup.

US Colomiers were established in 1915. Colomiers had various European success in the late 1990s. In 1998 they won the European Challenge Cup, the competition below the Heineken Cup, defeating fellow French club SU Agen in the final. The following season they competed in the Heineken Cup. They made it all the way to the final, which took place at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. The capacity crowd saw Irish side Ulster win 21 points to 6.

Colomiers also competed in the 1999–00 and 2000–01 Heineken Cups, but did not make the finals stages of the tournament. The club made its first domestic championship final when they met Stade Français in 2000. The Paris club won the game 28 points to 23 at Stade de France. In 2005 they were crowned Fédérale 1 champions and were promoted back up to Rugby Pro D2, but went back down to Fédérale 1 after two seasons in the second flight. They again claimed the Fédérale 1 title in 2008 to return to Pro D2.

Honours

Finals results

French championship

Date Winners Runner-up Score Venue Spectators
15 July 2000 Stade Français US Colomiers 28-23 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 78,000

Heineken Cup

Date Winners Runner-up Score Venue Spectators
30 January 1999 Ulster Rugby US Colomiers 21-6 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 49,000

European Challenge Cup

Date Winners Runner-up Score Venue Spectators
1 February 1998 US Colomiers SU Agen 43-5 Stade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse 12,500

Current standings

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD B Pts
1 Oyonnax (C, P) 30 23 1 6 904 457 +447 17 111 Semi-final promotion playoff place
2 Grenoble 30 19 3 8 672 588 +84 8 87[a]
3 Mont-de-Marsan 30 19 0 11 764 649 +115 10 86 Quarter-final promotion playoff place
4 Nevers 30 17 3 10 718 551 +167 11 85
5 Vannes 30 17 1 12 718 633 +85 11 81
6 Agen 30 15 1 14 653 583 +70 15 77
7 Colomiers 30 15 0 15 674 678 −4 10 70
8 Provence 30 13 4 13 652 638 +14 9 69
9 Béziers 30 13 1 16 700 716 −16 11 65
10 Aurillac 30 15 0 15 586 706 −120 5 65
11 Biarritz 30 12 2 16 690 699 −9 8 60
12 Rouen 30 12 2 16 594 767 −173 6 58
13 Montauban 30 12 1 17 678 784 −106 6 54[a]
14 Soyaux Angoulême 30 11 0 19 569 697 −128 8 52
15 Carcassonne (R) 30 10 1 19 553 677 −124 10 52 Relegation to Nationale
16 Massy (R) 30 7 0 23 499 801 −302 5 33
Source: Pro D2
Rules for classification: When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Grenoble were penalised three competition points, and Montauban were penalised two, for financial and administrative issues that made the clubs "non-compliant with the regulatory provisions and decisions of the CCCP".[1][2]

Current squad

The squad for the 2022–23 season is:[3]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Hika Elliot Hooker New Zealand New Zealand
Thomas Larrieu Hooker France France
Andrew Ready Hooker Australia Australia
Robin Bellemand Prop France France
Hugo Djehi Prop France France
Thomas Dubois Prop France France
Marco Fepulea'i Prop Samoa Samoa
Toma Kokokilagi Prop France France
Hugo Pirlet Prop France France
Beka Sheklashvili Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Guillaume Tartas Prop France France
Anthony Coletta Lock France France
Maxime Granouillet Lock France France
Alexandre Ricard Lock France France
Jack Whetton Lock New Zealand New Zealand
Romain Bezian Back row France France
Jorick Dastugue Back row France France
Aldric Lescure Back row France France
Pierre-Samuel Pacheco Back row France France
Yann Peysson Back row France France
Waël Ponpon Back row France France
Jean Thomas Back row France France
Player Position Union
Mathis Galthie Scrum-half France France
Edoardo Gori Scrum-half Italy Italy
Ugo Seguela Scrum-half France France
Maxime Javaux Fly-half France France
Romauld Seguy Fly-half France France
Michele Campagnaro Centre Italy Italy
Johan Deysel Centre Namibia Namibia
Victor Moro Centre France France
Gregoire Maurino Centre France France
Fabien Perrin Centre Spain Spain
Paul Pimienta Centre France France
Simon Delas Wing France France
Alexis Palisson Wing France France
Peni Rokodoguni Wing Fiji Fiji
Valentin Saurs Wing France France
Thomas Girard Fullback France France

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
Emilien Sergues Hooker France France
Romain Fricou Prop France France
Pierre-Emmanuel Pacheco Prop France France
Louis Descoux Lock France France
Enzo Zaitri Lock France France
Jeremy Bechu Back row France France
Enzo Salles Centre France France

Notable former players

Coaches

See also

References

  1. ^ "Le FCG sanctionné de trois points de retrait au classement par la Ligue !". Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). 21 November 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023. Un retrait de cinq points dont deux points avec sursis au classement du championnat professionnel de Pro D2 de la saison en cours [...] Cette sanction a été prononcée au motif du « non-respect des dispositions réglementaires et décisions de la CCCP ».
  2. ^ "Pro D2 : l'US Montauban sanctionnée de cinq points de retrait pour la prochaine saison !" [Pro D2: US Montauban sanctioned with five withdrawal points for the next season!]. La Dépêche (in French). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Effectif 2017-2018". US Colomiers. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

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