Stade Montois Rugby

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Stade Montois Rugby
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Full nameStade Montois Rugby Pro
Nickname(s)Les Abeilles (The Bees)
Founded1908;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
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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.

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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

Finals results

French championship

DateWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueSpectators
22 May 1949 Castres Olympique 14-3Stade Montois Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse 23,000
17 May 1953 FC Lourdes 21-16Stade Montois Stadium Municipal, Toulouse 32,500
24 May 1959 Racing Club de France 8-3Stade Montois Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 31,098
2 June 1963Stade Montois9-6 US Dax Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 39,000

Challenge Yves du Manoir

DateWinnersScoreRunners-up
1958 SC Mazamet 3-0Stade Montois
1960Stade Montois9-9 AS Béziers
1961Stade Montois17-8 AS Béziers
1962Stade Montois14-9 Section Paloise
1966 FC Lourdes 16-6Stade Montois

Current standings

2024–25 Pro D2 Table
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTBLBPtsQualification
1 Grenoble 302109987677+31011398Semi-final promotion playoff place
2 Brive 3020010764615+14910494
3 Colomiers 3018111926778+1487586Quarter-final promotion playoff place
4 Provence 3017112818722+967582
5 Soyaux Angoulême 3017211761727+346280
6 Montauban 3017013781762+194577
7 Béziers 3016014769695+747677
8 Valence Romans 3013017840782+584864
9 Biarritz 3014016718757394564
10 Nevers 30140167068571513362
11 Dax 30131166347451113461
12 Oyonnax 3012117749716+336561
13 Mont-de-Marsan 3013017768838703560
14 Agen 3012018699727283859
15 Aurillac 30130177008731732357 Relegation play-off
16 Nice 3070235929413491635Relegation to Nationale
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2025. Source:

Current squad

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.

PlayerPositionUnion
Luka Begic Hooker Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Florian Dufour Hooker Flag of France.svg France
Samuel Lagrange Hooker Flag of France.svg France
Anthony Alves Prop Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Thomas Bultel Prop Flag of France.svg France
Gheorghe Gajion Prop Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Luka Goginava Prop Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
Jean-Luc Innocente Prop Flag of France.svg France
Mattéo Lalanne Prop Flag of France.svg France
Romain Durrand Lock Flag of France.svg France
Jules Dussutour Lock Flag of France.svg France
Myles Edwards Lock Flag of England.svg England
Aston Fortuin Lock Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Nicolas Garrault Lock Flag of France.svg France
Harison Mataele Lock Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga
Ewan Bertheau Back row Flag of France.svg France
Yann Brethous Back row Flag of France.svg France
Michael Faleafa Back row Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga
Ioane Iashagashvili Back row Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
Aurelien Lafforgue Back row Flag of France.svg France
Waёl Ponpon Back row Flag of France.svg France
Raphaёl Robic Back row Flag of France.svg France
PlayerPositionUnion
Baptiste Canut Scrum-half Flag of France.svg France
Nicolas Darquier Scrum-half Flag of France.svg France
Christophe Loustalot Scrum-half Flag of France.svg France
Yoann Laousse Azpiazu Fly-half Flag of France.svg France
Willi du Plessis Fly-half Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Jules Even Centre Flag of France.svg France
Patricio Fernández Centre Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Gatien Masse Centre Flag of France.svg France
Nacani Wakaya Centre Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Mosese Dawai Wing Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Semi Lagivala Wing Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Eroni Sau Wing Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Pierre Sayerse Wing Flag of France.svg France
Simão Bento Fullback Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Theo Cortes Fullback Flag of France.svg France
Alexandre de Nardi Fullback Flag of France.svg France

Espoirs squad

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

PlayerPositionUnion
Mateo Cherifi Hooker Flag of France.svg France
Rouane Sione Hooker Flag of France.svg France
Mathys Bat Prop Flag of France.svg France
Maxime Grange Prop Flag of France.svg France
Ali Osman-Bosch Prop Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Giovanni Sefa Prop Flag of France.svg France
Maёl Turpin Prop Flag of France.svg France
Jean-Jacques Cassio Back row Flag of France.svg France
Raphaeёl Darquier Back row Flag of France.svg France
Alexis Durand Back row Flag of France.svg France
Louis Paillas Back row Flag of France.svg France
Kelyan Takosi Back row Flag of France.svg France
PlayerPositionUnion
Ruben Maka Scrum-half Flag of France.svg France
Yann Rennault Fly-half Flag of France.svg France
Youn Ezzemzami Centre Flag of France.svg France
Baptiste Grulovic Centre Flag of France.svg France
Romain Duthoit Wing Flag of France.svg France
Myrtho Linguet Wing Flag of France.svg France
Ian Ratu Wing Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji

Notable former players

See also

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.