USON Nevers

USON Nevers

Full name	Union Sportive Olympique Nivernaise Nevers Rugby
Founded	1 August 1903;120 years ago (1903-08-01)
Location	Nevers, France
Ground(s)	Stade du Pré Fleuri (Capacity: 7,500)
Coach(es)	Xavier Péméja Guillaume Jan Sébastien Fouassier
League(s)	Pro D2
2022–23	4th (playoff quarter-finalists)
Official website
www.usonneversrugby.com

Union Sportive Olympique Nivernaise is a French rugby union club from Nevers, currently playing in the second level of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2.

History

The team origins dates back to 1 August 1903, when Gustave Bossut created the PAG (Peloton d’avant-garde). This quickly became USN (Union sportive nivernaise) and then USON (Union sportive olympique nivernaise) in 1956. The name was changed to USON Nevers Rugby in 2016 to mark a new step in the club's history. ^[1]

After finishing 3rd at the end of the 2016–17 Fédérale 1 season, they won promotion to the second tier of French rugby after coming back to beat SO Chambéry in the second round of their promotion play-offs. For the first time in their history, they will compete in the Rugby Pro D2 starting from the 2017–18 season. ^[2]

The team plays in yellow and blue shirts and play their home matches at the 7,500 -capacity Stade du Pré Fleuri in Nevers. ^[3]

Current standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	B	Pts	Qualification
1	Oyonnax (C, P)	30	23	1	6	904	457	+447	17	111	Top 14 promotion play-offs
2	Grenoble	30	19	3	8	672	588	+84	8	87 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Mont-de-Marsan	30	19	0	11	764	649	+115	10	86
4	Nevers	30	17	3	10	718	551	+167	11	85
5	Vannes	30	17	1	12	718	633	+85	11	81
6	Agen	30	15	1	14	653	583	+70	15	77
7	Colomiers	30	15	0	15	674	678	−4	10	70
8	Provence	30	13	4	13	652	638	+14	9	69
9	Béziers	30	13	1	16	700	716	−16	11	65
10	Aurillac	30	15	0	15	586	706	−120	5	65
11	Biarritz	30	12	2	16	690	699	−9	8	60
12	Rouen	30	12	2	16	594	767	−173	6	58
13	Montauban	30	12	1	17	678	784	−106	6	54 [lower-alpha 1]
14	Soyaux Angoulême	30	11	0	19	569	697	−128	8	52
15	Carcassonne (R)	30	10	1	19	553	677	−124	10	52	Relegation to Nationale
16	Massy (R)	30	7	0	23	499	801	−302	5	33

Source: Pro D2
Rules for classification: When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Grenoble were penalised three competition points, and Montauban were penalised two, for financial and administrative issues that made the clubs "non-compliant with the regulatory provisions and decisions of the CCCP". ^{[4] [5]}

Current squad

For player movements before or during the 2022–23 season, see List of 2022–23 Rugby Pro D2 transfers § Nevers.

The USON Nevers squad for the 2022–23 season is: ^[6]

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

Player Position Union Elia Elia Hooker Samoa Issam Hamel Hooker Algeria Tapu Falatea Prop France Ilya Kaikatshishvili Prop Georgia Aitor Kitutu Prop France Cleopas Kundiona Prop Zimbabwe4 Tornike Mataradze Prop Georgia Farai Mudariki Prop Zimbabwe Jordan Seneca Prop France Kamaliele Tufele Prop France Maxence Barjaud Lock France Lasha Jaiani Lock Georgia Senio Toleafoa Lock Samoa Christiaan van der Merwe Lock South Africa Shaun Adendorff Back row South Africa Hugues Bastide Back row France Steven David Back row France Jason Fraser Back row South Africa Julien Kazubek Back row France Luka Plataret Back row France Maka Polutele Back row France

Player Position Union Arthur Barbier Scrum-half France Yoan Cottin Scrum-half France Guillaume Manevy Scrum-half France Yohan Le Bourhis Fly-half France Shaun Reynolds Fly-half South Africa Rudy Derrieux Centre France Matteo Faucher Centre France Alivereti Loaloa Centre Fiji Leonard Paris Centre France Lucas Blanc Wing France Christian Ambadiang Wing Cameroon Andrzej Charlat Wing France Christiaan Erasmus Wing South Africa Benjamin Dumas Fullback France Kylian Jaminet Fullback France Thomas Zanon 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 Quentin Beaudaux Hooker France Aselo Ikahehegi Prop France Lado Chachanidze Lock Georgia Gareth Graham Lock South Africa Kevin Noah Back row France Charlie Rorke Back row New Zealand Enzo Saytour Back row France Rati Zazadze Back row Georgia

Player Position Union Mateo Guerret Scrum-half France Alvaro Vilchez Scrum-half Spain Hugo Auger Fly-half France Nolan Decap Fly-half France Tanguy Menoret Fly-half France Sacha Moulin Centre France Yvannick Mufana Centre France Emmanuel Vaitulukina Centre France Dylan Jaminet Fullback France Perry Mayo Fullback France Johan Wasserman Fullback South Africa

See also

• List of rugby union clubs in France

References

1. "Histoire". USON Nevers Rugby (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2017.
2. "FÉDÉRALE 1 - Nevers gagne sa montée en Pro D2". Rugbyrama (in French). 15 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
3. "Infrastructures". USON Nevers Rugby (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2017.
4. "Le FCG sanctionné de trois points de retrait au classement par la Ligue !". Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). 21 November 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023. Un retrait de cinq points dont deux points avec sursis au classement du championnat professionnel de Pro D2 de la saison en cours [...] Cette sanction a été prononcée au motif du « non-respect des dispositions réglementaires et décisions de la CCCP ».
5. "Pro D2 : l'US Montauban sanctionnée de cinq points de retrait pour la prochaine saison !" [Pro D2: US Montauban sanctioned with five withdrawal points for the next season!]. La Dépêche (in French). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
6. "USON Nevers Rugby Squad" (in French). USO Nevers Rugby. 22 April 2021.

External links

• Official website