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US Montauban

US Montauban
Full nameUnion Sportive Montalbanaise
UnionFédération Française de Rugby
Founded1903
LocationMontauban, France
Ground(s)Stade Sapiac (Capacity: 12,600)
PresidentRobert Gomes
Coach(es)Sébastien Calvet
League(s)Pro D2
2023–2415th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
usmsapiac.fr

US Montauban (Occitan: Union Esportiva Montalban) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system. They have also competed at the top level, Top 14, in the past, most recently between 2007 and 2010. The club is based in Montauban in the département of Tarn-et-Garonne in Occitania.

In April 2010, it was announced the club would be relegated from the Top 14 to the Pro D2 at the end of the 2009/2010 season after breaking budget rules for the league. Although the club appealed the ruling it started to release players to reduce its budget.[1] The club was not in the relegation zone at the time, thereby saving CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, Aviron Bayonnais and Montpellier Hérault RC a nervous run in as they were in the relegation battle with Montauban. On the 26 April 2010, the club filed for bankruptcy at a commercial court following a meeting of the club's board of directors.[2]

On 24 May 2014, it was announced that they had won promotion back to Pro D2 for the 2014–15 season as a result of winning the Fédérale 1 semi-final 35 – 12 against Lille Métropole Rugby.[3] They went on to win the Fédérale 1 title, defeating Massy 18–14 in the final.[4]

History

The club was established in 1903. The club made its first championship appearance in the 1967 season, when it captured its first championship title, defeating CA Bègles 11 points to 3 in Bordeaux. It gained promotion from Pro D2 for the 2006–07 season.

In its first match of the 2006-07 season, Montauban defeated Narbonne 41–20, gaining five points (including a bonus point) to go to second in the table after round one. The team continued in surprisingly strong form for a newly promoted team, notably handing early runaway league leaders Stade Français their first defeat of the season, 15–9, in Round 10 on 6 October. Montauban ended the season in seventh place, a respectable position for a newly promoted team. The 2007-08 season saw it consolidate its Top 14 position, again finishing seventh. Because Toulouse advanced to the final of that year's Heineken Cup, which was farther than any team from England or Italy, Montauban was given a place in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup, pooled with champions Munster.

Honours

Finals results

French championship

Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Spectators
28 May 1967 US Montauban 11-3 CA Bègles Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 32,115

Trophée Jean-Prat

Date Winner Runner-up Score Venue Attendance
7 June 2014 US Montauban RC Massy 18-14 Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix, Libourne 4,500

Current standings

2024–25 Pro D2 Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Provence 10 6 1 3 245 192 +53 3 2 31 Semi-final promotion playoff place
2 Grenoble 10 7 0 3 263 229 +34 2 1 31
3 Montauban 10 7 0 3 274 251 +23 1 2 31 Quarter-final promotion playoff place
4 Brive 10 6 0 4 265 217 +48 3 2 29
5 Biarritz 10 6 0 4 249 234 +15 2 1 27
6 Béziers 10 5 0 5 252 191 +61 2 5 27
7 Soyaux Angoulême 10 5 2 3 225 215 +10 1 1 26
8 Colomiers 10 5 1 4 212 235 −23 0 2 24
9 Agen 10 4 0 6 230 232 −2 0 5 21
10 Mont-de-Marsan 10 4 0 6 264 247 +17 2 3 21
11 Dax 10 5 0 5 192 219 −27 0 1 21
12 Nevers 10 4 0 6 194 243 −49 1 2 19
13 Oyonnax 10 4 0 6 201 217 −16 1 1 18
14 Aurillac 10 4 0 6 231 282 −51 0 1 17
15 Nice 10 3 0 7 193 267 −74 0 4 16 Relegation play-off
16 Valence Romans 10 3 0 7 255 274 −19 0 3 15 Relegation to Nationale
Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2024. Source: [1]

Current squad

The Montauban squad for the 2023–24 season is:[5][6]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Badri Alkhazashvili Hooker Georgia (country) Georgia
Kévin Firmin Hooker France France
Ru-Hann Greyling Hooker South Africa South Africa
Germán Kessler Hooker Uruguay Uruguay
Nicolas Agnési Prop France France
Léo Aouf Prop France France
Mirian Burduli Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Victor Delmas Prop France France
WillGriff John Prop Wales Wales
Victor Laval Prop France France
Lucas Seyrolle Prop France France
Tietie Tuimauga Prop Samoa Samoa
Malino Vanaĭ Prop France France
Lewis Bean Lock England England
Frank Bradshaw Ryan Lock Ireland Ireland
Kévin Gimeno Lock France France
Tjiuee Uanivi Lock Namibia Namibia
Dimitri Vaotoa Lock France France
Lui Naeata Back row Tonga Tonga
Otar Giorgadze Back row Georgia (country) Georgia
Tomás Lezana Back row Argentina Argentina
Stéphane Munoz Back row France France
Fred Quercy Back row France France
Tyrone Vi'iga Back row Australia Australia
Karl Wilkins Back row England England
Quentin Witt Back row France France
Player Position Union
Alexis Bernadet Scrum-half France France
Yoan Cottin Scrum-half France France
Shaun Venter Scrum-half South Africa South Africa
Tedo Abzhandadze Fly-half Georgia (country) Georgia
Jerome Bosviel Fly-half France France
Thomas Fortunel Fly-half France France
Seva Galala Centre Fiji Fiji
Dan Goggin Centre Ireland Ireland
Maxime Mathy Centre France France
Yvan Reilhac Centre France France
Simon Renda Centre France France
Raphaël Sanchez Centre France France
Stephané Ahmed Wing France France
Bastien Guillemin Wing France France
Semesa Rokoduguni Wing England England
Josua Vici Wing Fiji Fiji
Thomas Larregain Fullback France France
Segundo Tuculet Fullback Argentina Argentina

Espoirs squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Jules Casile Hooker France France
Maxime Da Costa Hooker France France
Thomas Buí Prop France France
Florian Maffre Prop France France
Roydon Swift Prop South Africa South Africa
Corentin Coularis Back row France France
Hugo Fuentes Back row France France
Inem Iskhakov Back row France France
Noa Kanika Back row France France
Matis Prime Back row France France
Kyllan Ringuet Back row France France
Player Position Union
Maël Castel Scrum-half France France
Beau Peart Fly-half New Zealand New Zealand
Théo Adaba Centre Belgium Belgium
Maxence Bonnin Centre France France
Mathis Marchand Centre France France
Victor Olivier Centre France France
Hugo Tournier Centre France France
Romain Fonnicola Wing France France
Raphaël Grandmougin Wing France France
Matthieu Piperol Wing France France
Alexis Rey Fullback France France
Siméon Soenen Fullback France France

References

  1. ^ "Planet Rugby | Rugby Union Tournaments | Top 14 | Delasau begins likely Montauban exodus". www.planetrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-13.
  2. ^ "Yahoo UK & Ireland - Sports News - Live Scores - Results". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Demi-finale Fédérale 1 - Massy et Montauban retrouvent la Pro D2". Midi Olympique (in French). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Rugby: Montauban champion de France de Fédérale 1". L'Équipe (in French). 7 June 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  5. ^ "USM Sapiac - Les Joueurs". US Montauban (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Montauban squad for season 2023/2024". all.rugby. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
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