French rugby union club
Rugby team
Colomiers |
Full name | Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby |
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Founded | 1915; 109 years ago (1915) |
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Location | Colomiers, France |
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Ground(s) | Stade Michel Bendichou (Capacity: 11,430) |
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President | Alain Carre |
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Coach(es) | Olivier Baragnon |
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League(s) | Pro D2 |
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2023–24 | 10th |
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Official website |
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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 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
Heineken Cup/European Rugby Champions Cup
European Rugby Challenge Cup
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 | Robin Bellemand | Prop | France | Romain Fierret | Prop | France | Pierre-Emmanuel Pacheco | Prop | France | Louis Descoux | Lock | France | Théo Pédémons | Lock | France | Jeremy Bechu | Back row | France | Alexis Caumel | Back row | France | Elliot Maurel | Back row | France | Paolo Parpagiola | Back row | France | | Player | Position | Union | Arthur Diaz | Scrum-half | France | Baptiste Serraro | Centre | France | Lucas Paulien-Camy | Wing | France | Antoine Lere | Fullback | France | Ugo Pacome | Fullback | France | |
Notable former players
Coaches
See also
References
- ^ "Effectif". US Colomiers. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Colomiers squad for season 2023/2024". All Rugby. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
External links
- (in French) Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby Official website
- The Fourth Heineken Cup Final
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Governing body | |
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Colomiers – current squad |
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Forwards | - Romain Bezian
- Clément Chartier
- Karl Château
- Anthony Coletta
- Jorick Dastugue
- Victor Delmas
- Hugo Djehi
- Thomas Dubois
- Hika Elliot
- Maxime Granouillet
- Thomas Larrieu
- Aldric Lescure
- Mihai Macovei
- Pierre-Samuel Pacheco
- Kane Palma-Newport
- Yann Peysson
- Hugo Pirlet
- Wael Ponpon
- Alexandre Ricard
- Lilian Rousset
- Youssef Saaidia
- Beka Sheklashvili
- Guillaume Tartas
- Jean Thomas
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