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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.

Stade Montois Rugby
Full nameStade Montois Rugby Pro
Nickname(s)Les Abeilles (The Bees)
Founded1908; 116 years ago (1908)
LocationMont-de-Marsan, France
Ground(s)Stade André et Guy Boniface (Capacity: 16,800)
PresidentPhilippe Cazaubon
Coach(es)David Auradou
Captain(s)Jérôme Dhien
League(s)Pro D2
2023–248th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.stademontoisrugby.fr

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

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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

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Finals results

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French championship

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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

Current standings

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2023–24 Pro D2 Table
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Provence 30 20 2 8 803 632 +171 8 3 95 Semi-final promotion playoff place
2 Vannes 30 17 2 11 777 508 +269 10 7 89
3 Béziers 30 17 1 12 789 715 +74 6 4 80 Quarter-final promotion playoff place
4 Grenoble 30 19 0 11 826 694 +132 8 3 79[a]
5 Dax 30 17 1 12 626 683 −57 5 2 77
6 Brive 30 16 1 13 689 583 +106 8 2 76
7 Nevers 30 15 0 15 682 610 +72 6 9 75
8 Mont-de-Marsan 30 15 1 14 766 641 +125 5 7 74
9 Aurillac 30 14 1 15 593 764 −171 3 3 64
10 Colomiers 30 13 1 16 661 657 +4 4 6 64
11 Valence Romans 30 13 0 17 623 640 −17 5 5 62
12 Soyaux Angoulême 30 13 2 15 563 616 −53 0 6 62
13 Agen 30 13 1 16 597 732 −135 2 5 61
14 Biarritz 30 11 0 19 618 811 −193 4 5 53
15 Montauban 30 11 0 19 577 755 −178 2 5 51 Relegation play-off
16 Rouen 30 9 1 20 604 753 −149 5 5 48 Relegation to Nationale
Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2024. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
  2. Points difference in head-to-head matches
  3. Try differential in head-to-head matches
  4. Points difference in all matches
  5. Try differential in all matches
  6. Points scored in all matches
  7. Tries scored in all matches
  8. Fewer matches forfeited
  9. Classification in the previous Top 14 season
    Notes:
  1. ^ Following the decisions rendered by the Appeal Commission on July 6, 2023 and December 14, 2023 by the Disciplinary Council, a withdrawal of 12 points applies for FC Grenoble Rugby.The total sanction was reduced on appeal on 31 January 2024, recovering four points in the ranking.

Current squad

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For player movements before or during the 2023–24 season, see List of 2023–24 Rugby Pro D2 transfers § Mont-de-Marsan.

The squad for the 2023–24 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
Florian Dufour Hooker   France
Torsten van Jaarsveld Hooker   Namibia
Simon Labouyrie Hooker   France
Samuel Lagrange Hooker   France
Anthony Alvés Prop   France
Thomas Bultel Prop   France
Dino Casadei Prop   France
Gheorghe Gajion Prop   Romania
Jean-Luc Innocente Prop   France
Mattèo Lalanne Prop   France
Cherif Traoré Prop   Italy
Romain Durand Lock   France
Myles Edwards Lock   England
Aston Fortuin Lock   South Africa
Nicolas Garrault Lock   France
Andrei Ostrikov Lock   Russia
Yann Bréthous Back row   France
Michael Faleafa Back row   Tonga
Aurélien Laforgue Back row   France
Veresa Ramototabua Back row   Fiji
Raphaël Robic Back row   France
William Wavrin Back row   France
Player Position Union
Baptiste Canut Scrum-half   France
Christophe Loustalot Scrum-half   France
Kévin Viallard Scrum-half   France
Joris Pialot Fly-half   France
Willie du Plessis Fly-half   Netherlands
Simon Desaubiés Centre   France
Jules Even Centre   France
Patricio Fernández Centre   Argentina
Nacani Wakaya Centre   Fiji
Simão Bento Wing   Portugal
Gatien Massé Wing   France
Eroni Sau Wing   Fiji
Pierre Sayerse Wing   France
Yoann Laousse-Azpiazu Fullback   France

Espoirs squad

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

Player Position Union
Matéo Chérifi Hooker   France
Mathys Bat Prop   France
Giovanni Sefa Prop   France
Jules Duusutour Lock   France
Carl Vangsgaard Lock   Denmark
Léo Banos Back row   France
Jean-Jacques Cassio Back row   France
Raphaël Darquier Back row   France
Enzo Prosper Back row   France
Player Position Union
Baptiste David Scrum-half   France
Nicolas Darquier Scrum-half   France
Baptiste Grulovic Centre   France
Pierre André Wing   France
Romain Duthoit Wing   France
Harrison Obatoyinbo Wing   England
Semi Lagivala Wing   Fiji
Myrtho Linguet Wing   France
Ian Ratu Wing   Fiji
Théo Cortes Fullback   France

Notable former players

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See also

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References

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