SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne

SU Agen
Full name	Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne
Founded	1908; 113 years ago
Location	Agen, France
Ground(s)	Stade Armandie (Capacity: 14,000)
President
Coach(es)	Christophe Laussucq;
Captain(s)
League(s)	Pro D2
2020–21	Top 14, 14th (relegated)
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.agen-rugby.com

Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne, commonly referred to as Agen [aʒɛ̃], is a French rugby union club based in Agen in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. They currently play in Pro Division 2 of .

They were founded in 1908. Their home stadium is called Stade Armandie (capacity 14,000). They wear blue and white in domestic competitions. For the season 2017–18 they also wore red for European cup matches.

History[]

The club was established in 1900. They made their first championship final in the 1930 season, where they met US Quillan, and defeated them 4 points to nil in Bordeaux, and thus capturing their first championship title. The club experienced some success in the coming years in the Challenge Yves du Manoir competition as well; winning it in the 1932 season and then becoming runners-up to Lyon OU in the 1933 season.

Agen would have another successful run in the 1940s, beginning with the 1943 season when they defeated Stade Bordelais 11 to 4 to win the Coupe de France. That season they also made it to the championship final; though they were defeated by Aviron Bayonnais 3 points to nil at Parc des Princes in Paris.

In 1945 they again won the title of the French championship, defeating FC Lourdes 7 points to 3 in the final in Paris. The championship was one of two titles that season, as Agen also won the Coupe de France, defeating Montferrand 14 to 13. Agen featured in one more championship that decade, losing to Toulouse 10 points to 3.

Agen were relatively quiet during the 1950s, though they again rose to prominence during the 1960s. In 1962 they again became of the champions of France after defeating Béziers 14 points to 11 in the season final. The following season they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating Brive 11 points to nil in the final. Agen became the French champions on two more occasions during the 1960s, defeating Brive in 1965 and then Dax in 1966.

The club had another successful run during the 1970s, starting with an unsuccessful Challenge Yves du Manoir final, losing to Toulon 25 points to 22. They were unsuccessful again in 1975 in the Challenge Yves du Manoir, losing to Béziers 16 points to 12 in the final. However they would then meet Béziers in the championship final of the 1976 season, and defeat them 13 to 10 to win their first championship since 1966.

Agen went through period of success in the 1980s after winning the championship in 1982, defeating Aviron Bayonnais 18 points to 9 in the final. The following season they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir as well after defeating Toulon 29 points to 7. In 1984 they again contested the championship final, though they eventually lost it to Béziers. They unsuccessfully contested it again in 1986, losing to Toulouse 16 to 6. They were also runners-up in the 1987 Challenge Yves du Manoir, losing to Grenoble. However, in 1988 they again won the championship, defeating Stadoceste Tarbais 9 to 3 in the final.

They contested the final again in the 1990 season, losing to Racing Club de France 22 points to 12. In 1992 they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating RC Narbonne 23 to 18.

Professional era[]

In 1998 they played in their first European cup final, the European Challenge Cup, losing to fellow French team US Colomiers 43 to 5 in the final. On June 8, 2002 they lost to Biarritz Olympique in the championship final.

In recent years, one of their biggest stars has been Fijian winger Rupeni Caucaunibuca. He led the team in tries in 2005 and 2006, and led Pro D2 in that category during Agen's most recent promotion season in 2010. However, he would be dismissed from the team in September 2010 after failing to report to the team for preseason workouts (several weeks later, he would reemerge at Toulouse).

Honours[]

French championship:
- Champions: 1930, 1945, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1976, 1982, 1988
- Runners-up: 1943, 1947, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2002
Challenge Yves du Manoir:
- Champions: 1932, 1963, 1983, 1992
- Runners-up: 1933, 1970, 1975, 1987
Coupe de France:
- Champions: 1943, 1945
European Challenge Cup:
- Runners-up: 1998
Challenge Armand Vaquerin:
- Champions: 1999
Pro D2:
- Champions: 2010
- Promotion playoff winners: 2015, 2017

Finals results[]

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
18 May 1930	SU Agen	US Quillan	4-0 (aet)	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	28.000
21 March 1943	Aviron Bayonnais	SU Agen	3-0	Parc des Princes, Paris	28.000
7 April 1945	SU Agen	FC Lourdes	7-3	Parc des Princes, Paris	30.000
13 April 1947	Stade Toulousain	SU Agen	10-3	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse	25.000
27 May 1962	SU Agen	AS Béziers	14-11	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	37.705
23 May 1965	SU Agen	CA Brive	15-8	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	28.758
22 May 1966	SU Agen	US Dax	9-8	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	28.803
23 May 1976	SU Agen	AS Béziers	13-10 (aet)	Parc des Princes, Paris	40.300
29 May 1982	SU Agen	Aviron Bayonnais	18-9	Parc des Princes, Paris	41.165
26 May 1984	AS Béziers	SU Agen	21-21 (aet)	Parc des Princes, Paris	44.076
24 May 1986	Stade Toulousain	SU Agen	16-6	Parc des Princes, Paris	45.145
28 May 1988	SU Agen	Stadoceste Tarbais	9-3	Parc des Princes, Paris	48.000
26 May 1990	Racing Club de France	SU Agen	22-12 (aet)	Parc des Princes, Paris	45.069
8 June 2002	Biarritz Olympique	SU Agen	25-22 (aet)	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	78.457

Challenge Yves du Manoir[]

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1932	SU Agen	round robin	Lyon OU
1933	Lyon OU	round robin	SU Agen
1963	SU Agen	11-0	CA Brive
1970	RC Toulon	25-22	SU Agen
1975	AS Béziers	16-12	SU Agen
1983	SU Agen	29-7	Toulon
1987	FC Grenoble	26-7	SU Agen
1992	SU Agen	23-18	RC Narbonne

Coupe de France[]

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1943	SU Agen	11-4	Stade Bordelais
1945	SU Agen	14-13	AS Montferrand

European Shield[]

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
1998	US Colomiers	SU Agen	43-5	Stade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse	12.500

Pro D2 promotion playoffs[]

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
2014	La Rochelle	SU Agen	31–22	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	33,262
2015	SU Agen	Stade Montois	16–15	Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
2017	SU Agen	US Montauban	41-20	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux

Current standings[]

2020–21 Top 14 Table

· · discuss

Club

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points for

Points against

Points diff.

Tries for

Tries against

Try bonus

Losing bonus

Points

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

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

26

315

1101

−696

30

146

0

2

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

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 Agen squad for the 2021–22 season is:^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Jaba Bregvadze	Hooker	Georgia
	Hooker	France
	Hooker	France
	Hooker	France
	Prop	France
	Prop	France
Walter Desmaison	Prop	France
	Prop	France
	Prop	France
	Prop	France
	Prop	France
Dave Ryan	Prop	Ireland
	Prop	France
William Demotte	Lock	France
	Lock	Georgia
	Lock	France
	Lock	France
Toby Salmon	Lock	England
	Lock	France
	Back row	France
	Back row	France
	Back row	France
Camille Gérondeau	Back row	France
	Back row	France
	Back row	France
Fotu Lokotui	Back row	Tonga
	Back row	France
Laurence Pearce	Back row	England

Player	Position	Union
	Scrum-half	France
	Scrum-half	France
	Scrum-half	France
	Fly-half	France
	Fly-half	France
	Fly-half	France
	Fly-half	France
	Centre	France
	Centre	Netherlands
	Centre	Fiji
Noel Reid	Centre	Ireland
Harry Sloan	Centre	England
Iban Etcheverry	Wing	France
	Wing	France
	Wing	France
	Wing	France
	Wing	Fiji
	Wing	Fiji
Jean-Marcelin Buttin	Fullback	France
	Fullback	France
	Fullback	France
	Fullback	France

Notable former players[]

Belisario Agulla
Eusebio Guiñazú
Omar Hasan
Scott Daruda
Junior Pelesasa
Colin Yukes
Jason Marshall
Sergio Valdes
Silvère Tian
Rupeni Caucaunibuca
Osea Kolinisau
Taniela Rawaqa
Saïmoni Vaka
Mathieu Barrau
Guy Basquet
Abdelatif Benazzi
Philippe Benetton
Pierre Berbizier
Philippe Bérot
Sébastien Bonetti
Christian Califano
Valentin Courrent
David Couzinet
Jean-François Coux
Jean-Jacques Crenca
Marc Dal Maso
Daniel Dubroca
Brice Dulin
Jean-Louis Dupont
Sylvain Dupuy
Pépito Elhorga
Dominique Erbani
François Gelez
Francis Haget
Cédric Heymans
Pierre Lacroix
Christophe Lamaison
Grégoire Lascubé
Marcel Laurent
Bernard Lavigne
Matthieu Lièvremont
Jean-Claude Malbet
Jean Monribot
Christophe Porcu
Olivier Sarraméa
Philippe Sella
Michel Sitjar
Jean-Louis Tolot
Irakli Machkhaneli
Giorgi Nemsadze
Anton Peikrishvili
Konstantin Mikautadze
Beka Sheklashvili
Denis Fogarty
Santiago Dellapè
Alessio Galasso
Aaron Persico
Djalil Narjissi
Ben Blair
Richard Fromont
Kees Meeuws
John Schwalger
Sorin Socol
Adri Badenhorst
Conrad Barnard
Gert Muller
Ross Skeate
Kirill Kulemin
Viliamu Afatia
Lisiate Fa'aoso
Opeti Fonua
Semisi Telefoni
Inaki Basauri
Kevin Swiryn
Luke Hamilton
Jamie Robinson

References[]

^ "EFFECTIF VERSION 19/20". Sporting Union Agenais (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2019.

External links[]

(in French) SU Agen Lot et Garonne Official website
(in French) SU-Agen Unofficial website

[Équipe_Pro-1] "EFFECTIF VERSION 19/20". Sporting Union Agenais (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2019.

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Interbellum era	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39
World War II	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45
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Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

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Forwards	Jaba Bregvadze William Demotte Walter Desmaison Camille Gérondeau Fotu Lokotui Laurence Pearce Dave Ryan Toby Salmon
Backs	Jean-Marcellin Buttin Iban Etcheverry Noel Reid Harry Sloan
Coach

SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne

Contents

History[]

Professional era[]

Honours[]

Finals results[]

Finals results[]

Challenge Yves du Manoir[]

Coupe de France[]

European Shield[]

Pro D2 promotion playoffs[]

Current standings[]

Current squad[]

Notable former players[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]