Aviron Bayonnais
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| Full name | Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro | |||
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| Founded | 1904 | |||
| Location | Bayonne, France | |||
| Ground(s) | Stade Jean Dauger (Capacity: 16,934) | |||
| President | Philippe Tayeb | |||
| Coach(es) | Yannick Bru | |||
| Captain(s) | Antoine Battut | |||
| League(s) | Pro D2 | |||
| 2020–21 | Top 14, 13th (relegated via play-off) | |||
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Aviron Bayonnais (Basque: Baionako Arrauna), commonly called Bayonne, is a French rugby union club from Bayonne (Baiona, in Basque) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques which, for the 2016-17 season, competed in the top tier of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition. In the 2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 Season they were promoted after finishing 2nd and winning the playoff final against Aurillac. In the 2016-2017 season, they finished in last place, and will be relegated back to Pro D2 for the 2017-18 season. Founded in 1904, they play at the Parc des Sports also known as Jean Dauger in Bayonne. Their mascot is a pottok pony called pottoka. They have ties to the French Basque community.
History[]
The club was established in 1904, making their first final appearance in the 1913 season, where they defeated S.C.U.F. 31-8 at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir. The national domestic championship was replaced by the Coupe de l'Espérance during World War I. The competition was played for four seasons, with Aviron Bayonnais contesting the last final, which they lost to Stadoceste Tarbais 4 to 3.
With the French championship resumed, the club made their next championship game in the 1922 season where they met Toulouse. Aviron Bayonnais lost the final 6 to nil. The two clubs would meet again the next season to again contest the championship final, which Toulouse won again, 3 to nil.
Aviron Bayonnais enjoyed success during the mid-1930s, defeating Biarritz 13 to 8 in Toulouse to win their second championship, and first since 1913. They also won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1936, defeating Perpignan in the final. The club saw similar results during the mid-1940s as well, with two championship final appearances; defeating SU Agen in the 1943 final at Parc des Princes in Paris and losing the 1944 season final to Perpignan.
Since the 1940s the club did not find a lot of success over the coming years, as they would have to wait until the 1980s until they would again reach any of the championship finals. In 1980 they contested the final of the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating AS Béziers 16 to 10 to gain their second title of that competition. They made it to the final of the 1982 season, although they were defeated by SU Agen, 18 to 9.
Honours[]
- French championship:
- Champions: 1913, 1934 and 1943
- Finalist: 1922, 1923, 1944 and 1982
- Challenge Yves du Manoir:
- Champions: 1936 and 1980
- Coupe de l'Espérance:
- Champions: 1919
- Coupe André Moga:
- Champions: 1995
- Pro D2
- Champions: 2019
- Euro Basque Rugby Challenge
- Champions: 2019[1]
Finals results[]
French championship[]
| Date | Champions | Runners-up | Score | Venue | Spectators |
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| 20 April 1913 | Aviron Bayonnais | 31-8 | Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes | 20.000 | |
| 23 April 1922 | Stade Toulousain | Aviron Bayonnais | 6-0 | , Le Bouscat | 20.000 |
| 13 May 1923 | Stade Toulousain | Aviron Bayonnais | 3-0 | Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes | 15.000 |
| 13 May 1934 | Aviron Bayonnais | Biarritz Olympique | 13-8 | Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse | 18.000 |
| 21 March 1943 | Aviron Bayonnais | SU Agen | 3-0 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 28.000 |
| 26 March 1944 | USA Perpignan | Aviron Bayonnais | 20-5 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 35.000 |
| 29 May 1982 | SU Agen | Aviron Bayonnais | 18-9 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 41.165 |
Challenge Yves du Manoir[]
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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| 1936 | Aviron Bayonnais | 9-3 | USA Perpignan |
| 1980 | Aviron Bayonnais | 16-10 | AS Béziers |
Coupe de l'Espérance[]
| Date | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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| 1919 | Stadoceste Tarbais | 4-3 | Aviron Bayonnais |
Current standings[]
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| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points diff. | Tries for | Tries against | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Points | |||||
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| 1 | Toulouse (C) | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 767 | 557 | +210 | 92 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 81 | ||||
| 2 | La Rochelle (RU) | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 726 | 452 | +274 | 79 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 78 | ||||
| 3 | Racing (SF) | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 757 | 577 | +180 | 82 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 78 | ||||
| 4 | Bordeaux Bègles (SF) | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 740 | 546 | +216 | 78 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 72 | ||||
| 5 | Clermont (QF) | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 830 | 619 | +211 | 88 | 61 | 6 | 5 | 71 | ||||
| 6 | Stade Français (QF) | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 701 | 622 | +79 | 69 | 63 | 6 | 6 | 70 | ||||
| 7 | Castres | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 625 | 676 | −51 | 61 | 63 | 3 | 5 | 69 | ||||
| 8 | Toulon | 26 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 641 | 605 | +36 | 62 | 53 | 7 | 4 | 66 | ||||
| 9 | Lyon | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 678 | 568 | +110 | 74 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 65 | ||||
| 10 | Montpellier | 26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 579 | 615 | –36 | 51 | 58 | 6 | 9 | 54 | ||||
| 11 | Brive | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 585 | 711 | −126 | 52 | 78 | 2 | 5 | 51 | ||||
| 12 | Pau | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 688 | 752 | −64 | 65 | 76 | 3 | 10 | 46 | ||||
| 13 | Bayonne (R) | 26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 565 | 796 | −231 | 48 | 94 | 1 | 5 | 46 | ||||
| 14 | Agen (R) | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 315 | 1101 | −696 | 30 | 146 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
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If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
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| Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup. Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup. Yellow background (rows 7 and Montpellier) indicates teams outside the play-offs that also earn a place in the Champions Cup. Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2021–22 European Rugby Challenge Cup. Pink background (row 13) will qualify to the relegation play-offs. Red background (row 14) will automatically be relegated to Rugby Pro D2. Final table — source: [1] Updated: 5 June 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Current squad[]
The Bayonne squad for the 2021–22 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[]
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Lisandro Arbizu- Martín Bustos Moyano
- Matías Cortese
- Nicolás Fernández Miranda
- Santiago Fernández
- José María Núñez Piossek
- Juan Pablo Orlandi
Rodney Blake- Mark Chisholm
- Cameron Treloar
Ramón Ayarza
Phil Davies
Filimoni Bolavucu- Gabiriele Lovobalavu
- Savenaca Rawaca
- Metuisela Talebula
- Saïmoni Vaka
- Clément Ancely
- Grégory Arganese
- Yoan Audrin
- Julien Audy
- Denis Avril
- Marc Baget
- Antoine Battut
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- André Béhotéguy
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- Benjamin Boyet
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- Baptiste Chouzenoux
- Jean Condom
- Jean Dauger
- Walter Desmaison
- Pierre Dospital
- Richard Dourthe
- Bernard Duprat
- Pépito Elhorga
- Jean-Pierre Élissalde
- Anthony Étrillard
- Benjamin Fall
- Fernand Forgues
- Xavier Garbajosa
- Pierre Gayraud
- Jean-Michel Gonzalez
- Steven Hall
- Arnaud Héguy
- Cédric Heymans
- Yoann Huget
- Aretz Iguiniz
- Vincent Inigo
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- Simon Labouyrie
- Thibault Lacroix
- Patrice Lagisquet
- Damien Lagrange
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- Grégoire Lascubé
- René Lasserre
- Christophe Lamaison
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- Jean-Jo Marmouyet
- Romain Martial
- Rémy Martin
- Lionel Mazars
- Yannick N'Gog
- Marvin O'Connor
- Charles Ollivon
- Clément Otazo
- Laurent Pardo
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- Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet
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- Lucas Pointud
- Julien Puricelli
- Jérôme Schuster
- Scott Spedding
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- David Roumieu
- Benjamin Thiéry
- Matthieu Ugalde
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Giorgi Jgenti- Davit Khinchaguishvili
- Avto Kopaliani
Lorenzo Cittadini- Craig Gower
- Salvatore Perugini
- Ramiro Pez
Wataru Murata
P. J. van Lill
Stephen Brett- Tom Donnelly
- Ross Filipo
- Troy Flavell
- Gerard Fraser
- Dwayne Haare
- Tanerau Latimer
- Sione Lauaki
- Joe Rokocoko
- Blair Stewart
- Neemia Tialata
Willie du Plessis- Sam Gerber
- JC Janse van Rensburg
- Rassie Jansen van Vuuren
- Joe Pietersen
Viacheslav Grachev
Census Johnston- Leo Lafaiali'i
- Jeremy Tomuli
Johnnie Beattie- James McLaren
Oscar Astarloa- Cédric Garcia
- Francisco Puertas Soto
Manu Ahotaeiloa- Lisiate Faʻaoso
- Pila Fifita
- Opeti Fonua
Ben Broster- Mike Phillips
Coaches[]
- Janu.2010-2010 :
- 2010-Dec.2011 : , Thomas Lièvremont
- Dec.2011-Janu.2012 : Jean-Pierre Elissalde, , .
- Janu.2012-June 2012 : , Denis Avril.
- 2012-2013 : , Christophe Deylaud, Denis Avril.
- 2013-2014 : , Christophe Deylaud
- 2014-2015 : Patricio Noriega
- 2015–2017 :
- 2017–present : Pierre Berbizier
See also[]
- List of rugby union clubs in France
- Rugby union in France
Further reading[]
- Castiella, Manuel (2001). Un siècle de rugby à Bayonne (in French). Atlantica.
References[]
- ^ (in Spanish). eurobasquerugbychallenge https://eurobasquerugbychallenge.com/ganador-ebrc-07-09-2019/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ "Effectif saison 2019-2020" (in French). Aviron Bayonnais. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
External links[]
- (in French) Aviron Bayonnais Official website
- (in French) Club information
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- Organizations based in Northern Basque Country
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