US Colomiers
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| Full name | Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby | ||
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| Founded | 1915 (1915) | ||
| Location | Colomiers, France | ||
| Ground(s) | Stade Michel Bendichou (Capacity: 11,000) | ||
| President | Alain Carre | ||
| Coach(es) | Olivier Baragnon | ||
| League(s) | Pro D2 | ||
| 2017–18 | 9th | ||
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| Official website | |||
| www.colomiers-rugby.com | |||
Union sportive Colomiers rugby or US 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.
Contents
1 Honours
2 Finals results
2.1 French championship
2.2 Heineken Cup
2.3 European Challenge Cup
3 Current standings
4 Current squad
5 Notable former players
6 Coaches
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Honours
French championship:
- Runners-up: 2000
Heineken Cup:
- Runners-up: 1999
European Challenge Cup:
- Champions: 1998
Fédérale 1:
- Champions: 2005, 2008
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
The current table for the 2018–19 Rugby Pro D2 is:[1]
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| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | ||||||
| 1 | Nevers | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 318 | 233 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 41 | ||||||
| 2 | Bayonne | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 314 | 233 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 38 | ||||||
| 3 | Mont-de-Marsan | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 300 | 238 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 38 | ||||||
| 4 | Brive | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 296 | 231 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 37 | ||||||
| 5 | Oyonnax | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 341 | 283 | 58 | 3 | 4 | 36 | ||||||
| 6 | Carcassonne | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 286 | 271 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 33 | ||||||
| 7 | Soyaux Angoulême | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 260 | 305 | -45 | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||||||
| 8 | Béziers | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 274 | 265 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||||||
| 9 | Biarritz | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 298 | 263 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 32 | ||||||
| 10 | Aurillac | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 243 | 288 | -45 | 2 | 3 | 29 | ||||||
| 11 | Montauban | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 253 | 287 | –34 | 1 | 2 | 27 | ||||||
| 12 | Vannes | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 258 | 250 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 27 | ||||||
| 13 | Provence | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 304 | 350 | -46 | 2 | 3 | 25 | ||||||
| 14 | Colomiers | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 240 | 287 | -47 | 0 | 5 | 21 | ||||||
| 15 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 208 | 349 | -141 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| 16 | Massy | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 247 | 307 | -60 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Points Total Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final Promotion play-off places. Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final Promotion play-off places. Red background relegation to Fédérale 1. Notes: When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference. | |||||||||||||||||
Current squad
The squad for the 2017-18 season is:[2]
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
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Notable former players
Jean-Luc Sadourny / 1984-2003
Fabien Galthié / 1985-2001
Yannick Bru / 1997-1998
David Skrela / 1997-2003 and 2013-2016
Patrick Tabacco / 1997-2000
Marc Dal Maso / 1998-2000
Yannick Jauzion / 1999-2002
Francis Ntamack / 1999-2004 and 2006-2007
Julien Arias / 2001-2004
Hugues Miorin / 2002-2003
Yannick Forestier / 2003-2004
Thierry Dusautoir / 2003-2004
Jean-Philippe Grandclaude / 2003-2004
Patricio Albacete / 2003-2004
Benjamin Thiéry / 2003-2004
Jonathan Wisniewski / 2007
Coaches
- Jean-Luc Sadourny
- Bernard de Giusti
See also
- List of rugby union clubs in France
- Rugby union in France
References
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^ "Effectif 2017-2018". US Colomiers. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
External links
(in French) Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby Official website- The Fourth Heineken Cup Final
