Stade Montois Rugby

Stade Montois Rugby

Full name	Stade Montois Rugby Pro
Nickname(s)	Les Abeilles (The Bees)
Founded	1908;117 years ago (1908)
Location	Mont-de-Marsan, France
Ground(s)	Stade André et Guy Boniface (Capacity: 16,800)
President	Philippe Cazaubon
Coach(es)	David Auradou
Captain(s)	Jérôme Dhien
League(s)	Pro D2
2024–25	13th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.stademontoisrugby.fr

Stade Montois Rugby 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 Nouvelle-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 Top 14
  • Champions (1): 1963
  • Runners-up (3): 1949, 1953, 1959
• Challenge Yves du Manoir
  • Champions (3): 1960, 1961, 1962
  • Runners-up (2): 1958, 1966
• Pro D2
  • Champions: 2002
  • Promotion playoff winners: 2008, 2012
• Second Division (Groupe B):
  • Champions: 1998

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Spectators
22 May 1949	Castres Olympique	14-3	Stade Montois	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse	23,000
17 May 1953	FC Lourdes	21-16	Stade Montois	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	32,500
24 May 1959	Racing Club de France	8-3	Stade Montois	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	31,098
2 June 1963	Stade Montois	9-6	US Dax	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	39,000

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up
1958	SC Mazamet	3-0	Stade Montois
1960	Stade Montois	9-9	AS Béziers
1961	Stade Montois	17-8	AS Béziers
1962	Stade Montois	14-9	Section Paloise
1966	FC Lourdes	16-6	Stade Montois

Current standings

2024–25 Pro D2 Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Grenoble	30	21	0	9	987	677	+310	11	3	98	Semi-final promotion playoff place
2	Brive	30	20	0	10	764	615	+149	10	4	94
3	Colomiers	30	18	1	11	926	778	+148	7	5	86	Quarter-final promotion playoff place
4	Provence	30	17	1	12	818	722	+96	7	5	82
5	Soyaux Angoulême	30	17	2	11	761	727	+34	6	2	80
6	Montauban	30	17	0	13	781	762	+19	4	5	77
7	Béziers	30	16	0	14	769	695	+74	7	6	77
8	Valence Romans	30	13	0	17	840	782	+58	4	8	64
9	Biarritz	30	14	0	16	718	757	−39	4	5	64
10	Nevers	30	14	0	16	706	857	−151	3	3	62
11	Dax	30	13	1	16	634	745	−111	3	4	61
12	Oyonnax	30	12	1	17	749	716	+33	6	5	61
13	Mont-de-Marsan	30	13	0	17	768	838	−70	3	5	60
14	Agen	30	12	0	18	699	727	−28	3	8	59
15	Aurillac	30	13	0	17	700	873	−173	2	3	57	Relegation play-off
16	Nice	30	7	0	23	592	941	−349	1	6	35	Relegation to Nationale

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2025. Source:

Current squad

For player movements before or during the 2024–25 season, see List of 2024–25 Rugby Pro D2 transfers § Mont-de-Marsan.

The squad for the 2024–25 season is: ^{[1] [2]}

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

Player Position Union Luka Begic Hooker Portugal Florian Dufour Hooker France Samuel Lagrange Hooker France Anthony Alves Prop Portugal Thomas Bultel Prop France Gheorghe Gajion Prop Romania Luka Goginava Prop Georgia Jean-Luc Innocente Prop France Mattéo Lalanne Prop France Romain Durrand Lock France Jules Dussutour Lock France Myles Edwards Lock England Aston Fortuin Lock South Africa Nicolas Garrault Lock France Harison Mataele Lock Tonga Ewan Bertheau Back row France Yann Brethous Back row France Michael Faleafa Back row Tonga Ioane Iashagashvili Back row Georgia Aurelien Lafforgue Back row France Waёl Ponpon Back row France Raphaёl Robic Back row France

Player Position Union Baptiste Canut Scrum-half France Nicolas Darquier Scrum-half France Christophe Loustalot Scrum-half France Yoann Laousse Azpiazu Fly-half France Willi du Plessis Fly-half Netherlands Jules Even Centre France Patricio Fernández Centre Argentina Gatien Masse Centre France Nacani Wakaya Centre Fiji Mosese Dawai Wing Fiji Semi Lagivala Wing Fiji Eroni Sau Wing Fiji Pierre Sayerse Wing France Simão Bento Fullback Portugal Theo Cortes Fullback France Alexandre de Nardi Fullback France

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 Mateo Cherifi Hooker France Rouane Sione Hooker France Mathys Bat Prop France Maxime Grange Prop France Ali Osman-Bosch Prop South Africa Giovanni Sefa Prop France Maёl Turpin Prop France Jean-Jacques Cassio Back row France Raphaeёl Darquier Back row France Alexis Durand Back row France Louis Paillas Back row France Kelyan Takosi Back row France

Player Position Union Ruben Maka Scrum-half France Yann Rennault Fly-half France Youn Ezzemzami Centre France Baptiste Grulovic Centre France Romain Duthoit Wing France Myrtho Linguet Wing France Ian Ratu Wing Fiji

Notable former players

• Carlos Muzzio
• Lucio Sordoni
• Ben Coutts
• Jens Torfs
• Josh Jackson
• Luke Tait
• Martin Jágr
• Laurence Pearce
• James Voss
• Adriu Delai
• Vilimoni Delasau
• Vereniki Goneva
• Wame Lewaravu
• Timoci Matanavou
• William Ryder
• Waisale Serevi
• Viliame Satala
• Cédric Beal
• Alexandre Bécognée
• André Boniface
• Guy Boniface
• Romain Cabannes
• André Carrère
• Stéphane Castaignède
• Thomas Castaignède
• Fernand Cazenave
• Damien Cler
• Pierre Corréia
• Marc Dal Maso
• Jean Darrieussecq
• Christian Darrouy
• Benoît Dauga
• Walter Desmaison
• Fabien Devecchi
• Pierre Lacroix
• Grégory Le Corvec
• Laurent Magnaval
• Rémy Martin
• Florent Massip
• Jean-Marc Mazzonetto
• Eric Melville
• Alexandre Menini
• Arnaud Mignardi
• Adrien Oléon
• Sébastien Ormaechea
• Clément Otazo
• Laurent Rodriguez
• Olivier Sourgens
• Jocelino Suta
• Rémi Talès
• 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

• List of rugby union clubs in France
• Rugby union in France

References

1. "Joueurs". Stade Montois Rugby. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
2. "Mont-de-Marsan squad for season 2024/2025". all.rugby. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

External links

• (in French) Stade Montois Official website
• (in French) Blog "Marine et Jaune"