Dax is a commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France, sub-prefecture of the Landes department.
The Romania national rugby union team, nicknamed Stejarii, has long been considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations. They have participated in all but one Rugby World Cup and currently compete in the first division of the European Nations Cup, which they won in 2017. Rugby union in Romania is administered by the Romanian Rugby Federation.
Aviron Bayonnais, commonly called Bayonne, is a French rugby union club from Bayonne in Pyrénées-Atlantiques which competes in the Top 14, the top tier of the French league system. Founded in 1904, they play at the Parc des Sports, also known as Stade Jean-Dauger, in Bayonne. The club mascot is a pottok pony called pottoka. They have ties to the French Basque community.
Association Sportive Béziers Hérault, often referred to by rugby media simply by its location of Béziers, is a French rugby union club currently playing in the second level of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2. They earned their most recent promotion as 2011 Fédérale 1 champions, but the club also won 11 Top 14 titles since its establishment in 1911.
Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club located in the Occitanian city of Castres and is currently competing in the top level of the French league system.
FC Lourdais is a French rugby union club from Lourdes currently competing in the French league system. Formed in 1911, they have won the French league eight times and the French cup six times. They play in the Stade Antoine-Beguere and traditionally wear blue and red jerseys. Their most notable former player is Jean Prat. They are based in Lourdes in Hautes-Pyrénées. The team currently competes in the sixth tier of French rugby, Fédérale 2.
Union Sportive Dax Rugby Landes, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.
Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde is a French multisports club, established in 1907, based in Bègles, in the southern suburbs of Bordeaux. Their rugby union section, Union Bordeaux Bègles is their flagship. They play in blue and white chequered shirts, hence their nickname Les Damiers.
Mark Bartholomeusz is a retired Australian professional rugby union footballer. He played in the positions of fullback, flyhalf, inside centre, outside centre and wing.
The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy is a rugby union trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Six Nations Championship match between France and Italy.
Events from the year 1974 in France.
The 1972 France rugby union tour of Australia was a series of nine matches played by the France national rugby union team in Australia in May and June 1972. The French team went through the tour unbeaten by winning eight of its nine matches and drawing the other. France won the two-match test series against Australia 1–0 with the other match drawn. As of 2023 this remains France's only series victory on Australian soil.
The 1974 France rugby union tour of Brazil and Argentina was a series of rugby union team matches played in June 1974 by the France national team in Argentina and Brazil.
The 1965–66 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools, The four first teams of each pool and the better for classified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".
Mathieu Dourthe is a French rugby union player whose usual position is at a fullback. Prior to joining Section Paloise, he played for US Dax and SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne. He earned his only cap for France on 18 November 2000 against All Blacks.
Dourthe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Claude Dourthe is a former French rugby union player. He played as a centre.
Jean-Paul Jauffret is a French oenologist, business manager, politician and tennis player, born August 22, 1930 in Bordeaux, eldest of a famous French tennis family
Jérôme Daret is a French rugby union coach and former player who played as a scrum-half. He spent his entire professional playing career with the US Dax and at the same time had several international selections in rugby sevens. He then transitioned to a career as a coach, with US Dax, then the French rugby sevens team.
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