Stade Montois
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| Full name | Stade Montois Rugby Pro | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Abeilles (The Bees) | ||
| Founded | 1908 | ||
| Location | Mont-de-Marsan, France | ||
| Ground(s) | Stade Guy Boniface (Capacity: 16,800) | ||
| President | |||
| Coach(es) | David Auradou | ||
| Captain(s) | |||
| League(s) | Pro D2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 11th | ||
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| Official website | |||
| www | |||
Stade Montois is a French rugby union team that currently is playing in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.
They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black. They are based in Mont-de-Marsan, the capital of the Landes département, in New Aquitaine, and play at the Stade Guy Boniface.
History[]
Stade Montois is a multi-sports club (28 sections) but its rugby team has always been its flagship. After winning a few regional titles between the two world wars, it reached the top of French club rugby four times in 15 years. It lost its first three French championship finals to Castres Olympique in 1949 (3-14, in a replay, after the original final had ended in a 3-3 draw), to FC Lourdes in 1953 (16-21), and to Racing Club de France in 1959 (3-8). Their finest hour came in 1963 in an all Landes-final against US Dax, won by the Yellow and Black 9-6. They had finally won one, whereas their Dax neighbours would lose all five finals they would play in.
It finished in the bottom table in the first-tier Top 14 in the 2008–09 season. They had just been promoted to the Top 14 after winning the Pro D2 promotion playoffs. They remained in Pro D2 for three seasons before successfully navigating the 2012 promotion playoffs.
Stade Montois' players include the Boniface brothers (André and Guy, who died in a car accident on 1 January 1968), Thomas Castaignède, Christian Darrouy, Benoît Dauga, Laurent Rodriguez. Former Leicester Tigers and Fiji scrum-half wizard Waisale Serevi also played for them as well as other notable Fijians such as Viliame Satala and Vilimoni Delasau.
Honours[]
- French championship::
- Champions: 1963
- Runners-up: 1949, 1953, 1959
- Challenge Yves du Manoir/Coupe de France:
- Champions: 1960, 1961, 1962
- Runners-up: 1958, 1966
- Rugby Pro D2:
- Champions: 2002
- Promotion playoff winners: 2008, 2012
- Second Division (Groupe B):
- Champions: 1998
Finals results[]
French championship[]
| Date | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Venue | Spectators |
| 22 May 1949 | Castres Olympique | Stade Montois | 14-3 | Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse | 23,000 |
| 17 May 1953 | FC Lourdes | Stade Montois | 21-16 | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse | 32,500 |
| 24 May 1959 | Racing Club de France | Stade Montois | 8-3 | Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | 31,098 |
| 2 June 1963 | Stade Montois | US Dax | 9-6 | Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | 39,000 |
Current standings[]
The current table for the 2020–21 Rugby Pro D2 is:[1]
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| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | ||||||
| 1 | Perpignan (C, P) | 30 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 821 | 504 | +317 | 9 | 3 | 107 | ||||||
| 2 | Vannes | 30 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 722 | 513 | +209 | 10 | 3 | 99 | ||||||
| 3 | Biarritz (PO) | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 700 | 578 | +422 | 7 | 5 | 91 | ||||||
| 4 | Oyonnax | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 808 | 657 | +151 | 5 | 5 | 81 | ||||||
| 5 | Grenoble | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 666 | 594 | +72 | 4 | 6 | 75 | ||||||
| 6 | Colomiers | 29 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 617 | 587 | +30 | 8 | 6 | 74 | ||||||
| 7 | Carcassonne | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 653 | 665 | –12 | 5 | 7 | 65 | ||||||
| 8 | Nevers | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 650 | 652 | –2 | 5 | 5 | 65 | ||||||
| 9 | Montauban | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 627 | 762 | –99 | 2 | 3 | 60 | ||||||
| 10 | Aurillac | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 557 | 585 | –28 | 1 | 12 | 58 | ||||||
| 11 | Mont-de-Marsan | 29 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 550 | 662 | –112 | 2 | 7 | 56 | ||||||
| 12 | Béziers | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 620 | 671 | –51 | 2 | 8 | 56 | ||||||
| 13 | Provence | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 622 | 743 | –121 | 1 | 12 | 55 | ||||||
| 14 | Rouen | 30 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 552 | 605 | –53 | 1 | 7 | 54 | ||||||
| 15 | Valence Romans (R) | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 647 | 804 | –157 | 2 | 8 | 49 | ||||||
| 16 | Soyaux Angoulême (R) | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 522 | 752 | –230 | 1 | 8 | 42 | ||||||
| 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 Nationale. 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 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[]
 | This list of "famous" or "notable" persons has no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria. Please help to define clear inclusion criteria and edit the list to contain only subjects that fit those criteria. (June 2012) |
Ben Coutts
Josh Jackson- Luke Tait
Martin Jágr
Adriu Delai- Vilimoni Delasau
- Wame Lewaravu
- Timoci Matanavou
- William Ryder
- Waisale Serevi
- Viliame Satala
Cédric Beal- André Boniface
- Guy Boniface
- Romain Cabannes
- André Carrère
- Stéphane Castaignède
- Thomas Castaignède
- Fernand Cazenave
- Damien Cler
- Pierre Corréia
- Marc Dal Maso
- Christian Darrouy
- Benoît Dauga
- Walter Desmaison
- Fabien Devecchi
- Pierre Lacroix
- Grégory Le Corvec
- Laurent Magnaval
- Rémy Martin
- Florent Massip
- Jean-Marc Mazzonetto
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- Alexandre Menini
- Arnaud Mignardi
- Adrien Oléon
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- Clément Otazo
- Laurent Rodriguez
- Olivier Sourgens
- Jocelino Suta
- Willy Taofifénua
- Lucas Tauzin
- Mikaele Tuugahala
Beka Gorgadze- Tamaz Mchedlidze
- Irakli Machkhaneli
Gilles Pagnon
Walter Cristofoletto- Andrea De Marchi
- Laurent Travini
Raoul Larson
António Aguilar- André da Silva
Trevor Leota
Sébastien Loubsens
Tevita Mailau- Ephraim Taukafa
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Classement PRO D2". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Joueurs". Stade Montois Rugby. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
External links[]
- (in French) Stade Montois Official website
- (in French) Blog "Marine et Jaune"
- French rugby union clubs
- Rugby clubs established in 1908
- Mont-de-Marsan
- 1908 establishments in France
- Sport in Landes (department)