Stade Niçois

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Stade Niçois
Stade Niçois logo.jpg
Full nameStade Niçois RFC
UnionFrench Rugby Federation
Nickname(s)Les Aigles (The Eagles)
Founded2012; 9 years ago (2012)
LocationNice, France
Ground(s)Stade des Arboras (Capacity: 3,000)
League(s)Nationale
2020–211st (playoff semi-finalists)
1st kit
2nd kit

Stade Niçois is a French amateur rugby club based in Nice, founded in 2012. It currently operates in Nationale, one division below the French professional Top14 and Pro D2 leagues.

History[]

The club was previously known as Rugby Nice Côte d'Azur Université-Racing. However this club was liquated in 2012.[1]

The new club Stade Niçois was formed for the season 2012-13. They play under new colours: red, white and black.

The club won promotion from Fédérale 2 at the end of season 2017-18 and will play in Fédérale 1 for season 2018-19.[2]

Honours[]

Finals results[]

French championship[]

Date Winner Runner-up Score 'Venue Spectators
20 May 1983 AS Béziers RRC Nice 14-6 Parc des Princes, Paris 43,100

Challenge Yves du Manoir[]

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1985 RC Nice 21-16 AS Montferrand

Current standings[]

The current table for the 2020–21 Championnat Fédéral Nationale is:[3]

2020–21 Nationale season Table · · discuss
Pos Club Pl W D L PF PA PD TB LB PPG
1 Nice 18 13 2 3 500 312 +188 5 3 75.1
2 Bourg-en-Bresse (C, P) 20 16 0 4 498 320 +178 4 3 75
3 Albi 20 12 1 7 451 349 +102 4 6 64
4 Narbonne (P) 20 13 0 7 450 366 +84 5 3 62
5 Massy 20 10 1 9 456 359 +97 4 7 57
6 Dax 20 11 0 9 393 406 –13 0 5 53
7 Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély 18 8 1 9 392 408 –16 2 5 49.54
8 Bourgoin-Jallieu 19 7 0 12 433 457 –24 3 8 45.05
9 Tarbes 20 9 2 9 334 405 –71 0 3 45
10 Blagnac 19 8 0 11 357 421 –64 1 4 42.94
11 Dijon 20 7 1 12 402 462 –60 1 6 41
12 Chambéry 19 6 1 12 337 409 –72 0 6 37.68
13 Suresnes 19 6 0 13 381 536 –155 2 5 36.63
14 Aubenas Vals 20 5 1 14 340 514 –174 0 6 32
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 and 4) receive semi-final Promotion play-off places.

Notes:
When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.


Women[]

The club includes a women's section: the Nice University Racing Rugby Club, which plays in the second division (Federale 1).

Academy[]

The club includes a rugby school.

Performance Pathway with the Scottish Rugby Union[]

On 25 July 2017, the Scottish Rugby Union announced a 'Performance Pathway' partnership with Stade Niçois.[4]

As part of this partnership, former Scotland international rugby union players Peter Murchie and Tyrone Holmes joined the French club. Peter Murchie joined as a coach, while Tyrone Holmes joined as a Strength and Conditioning Coach.[4]

Two Glasgow Warriors players from the Scottish Rugby Academy; fly-half Josh Henderson and flanker Bruce Flockhart were loaned to the club for game time for the season 2017-18. In addition, former London Scottish player David Cherry also joined the club.[4] although he later moved back to Edinburgh.

Notable former players[]

Internationalists[]

Italy Luciano Orquera

References[]

  1. ^ "Google Translate". translate.googleusercontent.com.
  2. ^ "France Bleu Azur on Twitter". Twitter.
  3. ^ "Classement NATIONALE". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Scottish Rugby creates performance links with Stade Nicois - Scottish Rugby Union". www.scottishrugby.org.
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