Aviron Bayonnais
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Full name | Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro | ||
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Nickname(s) | L'Aviron (The Rowing Club) Les Ciel et Blanc (The Sky Blue and Whites) | ||
Founded | 1906 | ||
Location | Bayonne, France | ||
Ground(s) | Stade Jean-Dauger (Capacity: 14,370) | ||
President | Philippe Tayeb | ||
Coach(es) | Grégory Patat | ||
Captain(s) | Denis Marchois | ||
League(s) | Top 14 | ||
2023–24 | 12th | ||
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Aviron Bayonnais (AB, Basque: Baionako Arrauna), commonly called Bayonne, is a French rugby union club from Bayonne (Baiona in Basque) 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.
History
[edit]The club was established in 1904. They made their first final appearance in the 1913 season, when they defeated S.C.U.F. 31–8 at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir. The national domestic championship was replaced by the Coupe de l'Espérance during World War I. This competition was played for four seasons, with Aviron Bayonnais contesting the last final, which they lost to Stadoceste Tarbais 4–3.
With the French championship resumed, the club made their next championship game in the 1922 season, when they met Toulouse. Bayonne lost the final 6–0. The two teams would contest the championship final once more the next season, which Toulouse won again, 3–0.
Aviron Bayonnais enjoyed success during the mid-1930s, beating Biarritz 13–8 in Toulouse to win their second championship, their first since 1913. They also won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1936, defeating Perpignan in the final. The club saw similar results during the mid-1940s, with two championship final appearances, defeating SU Agen in the 1943 final at Parc des Princes in Paris and losing the 1944 season final to Perpignan.
The following decades were less successful, and the club would have to wait until the 1980s to reach another championship final. In 1980 they contested the final of the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating AS Béziers 16–10 to win their second title in that competition. They made it to the championship final in the 1982 season, but were defeated by SU Agen, 18–9.
Aviron Bayonnais was relegated to the Group A2 in 1996, where it spent eight seasons. Following promotion to the Top 16/14 in 2004, they remained in the top flight for 11 consecutive seasons. The team was relegated to the Pro D2 in 2015, and has been a yo-yo club since then. In the 2021–22 Rugby Pro D2 season, they were promoted after defeating Stade Montois 49–20 in the playoff final.
Honours
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- French championship/Top 14
- Pro D2
- Challenge Yves du Manoir
- Champions (2): 1936, 1980
- Coupe de l'Espérance
- Runners-up: 1919
Finals results
[edit]French championship
[edit]Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Spectators |
20 April 1913 | Aviron Bayonnais | 31–8 | S.C.U.F. | Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes | 20.000 |
23 April 1922 | Stade Toulousain | 6–0 | Aviron Bayonnais | Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat | 20.000 |
13 May 1923 | Stade Toulousain | 3–0 | Aviron Bayonnais | Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes | 15.000 |
13 May 1934 | Aviron Bayonnais | 13–8 | Biarritz Olympique | Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse | 18.000 |
21 March 1943 | Aviron Bayonnais | 3–0 | SU Agen | Parc des Princes, Paris | 28.000 |
26 March 1944 | USA Perpignan | 20–5 | Aviron Bayonnais | Parc des Princes, Paris | 35.000 |
29 May 1982 | SU Agen | 18–9 | Aviron Bayonnais | Parc des Princes, Paris | 41.165 |
Challenge Yves du Manoir
[edit]Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up |
1936 | Aviron Bayonnais | 9–3 | USA Perpignan |
1980 | Aviron Bayonnais | 16–10 | AS Béziers |
Coupe de l'Espérance
[edit]Date | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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1919 | Stadoceste Tarbais | 4–3 | Aviron Bayonnais |
Current standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Toulouse | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 203 | 128 | +75 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 24 | Playoffs and Qualification for 2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup |
2 | Bordeaux Bègles | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 258 | 171 | +87 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 23 | |
3 | La Rochelle | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 194 | 172 | +22 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 22 | |
4 | Toulon | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 167 | 134 | +33 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 19 | |
5 | Clermont | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 182 | −6 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 19 | |
6 | Castres | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 179 | +34 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 19 | |
7 | Bayonne | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 175 | +9 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 18 | Qualification for 2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup |
8 | Lyon | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 197 | 191 | +6 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
9 | Pau | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 170 | 192 | −22 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 15 | Qualification for 2025–26 European Rugby Challenge Cup |
10 | Racing 92 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 175 | 182 | −7 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |
11 | Perpignan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 179 | −56 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
12 | Montpellier | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 149 | 164 | −15 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
13 | Stade Français | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 131 | 211 | −80 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 9 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
14 | Vannes | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 179 | 259 | −80 | 22 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 7 | Relegation to Pro D2 |
Current squad
[edit]The Bayonne 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.
Espoirs squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Notable former players
[edit]![]() | This list of "famous" or "notable" people has no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria. Please help improve this article by defining clear inclusion criteria to contain only subjects that fit those criteria. (June 2012) |
Lisandro Arbizu
Martín Bustos Moyano
Matías Cortese
Nicolás Fernández Miranda
Santiago Fernández
José María Núñez Piossek
Juan Pablo Orlandi
Rodney Blake
Mark Chisholm
Cameron Treloar
Ramón Ayarza
Phil Davies
Filimoni Bolavucu
Gabiriele Lovobalavu
Savenaca Rawaca
Metuisela Talebula
Saïmoni Vaka
André Alvarez
Clément Ancely
Grégory Arganese
Yoan Audrin
Julien Audy
Denis Avril
Marc Baget
Antoine Battut
Robert Baulon
André Béhotéguy
Henri Béhotéguy
Christian Bélascain
Eugène Billac
Benjamin Boyet
Renaud Boyoud
Maurice Celhay
Baptiste Chouzenoux
Jean Condom
Jean Dauger
Walter Desmaison
Pierre Dospital
Richard Dourthe
Bernard Duprat
Pépito Elhorga
Jean-Pierre Élissalde
Anthony Étrillard
Benjamin Fall
Fernand Forgues
Xavier Garbajosa
Pierre Gayraud
Jean-Michel Gonzalez
Steven Hall
Arnaud Héguy
Cédric Heymans
Yoann Huget
Aretz Iguiniz
Vincent Inigo
Jean Iraçabal
Louis Junquas
Paul Labadie
Simon Labouyrie
Thibault Lacroix
Patrice Lagisquet
Damien Lagrange
Daniel Larrechea
Grégoire Lascubé
René Lasserre
Christophe Lamaison
Camille Lopez
Christian Magnanou
Jean-Jo Marmouyet
Romain Martial
Rémy Martin
Lionel Mazars
Yannick N'Gog
Marvin O'Connor
Charles Ollivon
Clément Otazo
Laurent Pardo
Patrick Perrier
Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet
Roland Pétrissans
Lucas Pointud
Julien Puricelli
Jérôme Schuster
Scott Spedding
Jacques Rollet
David Roumieu
Benjamin Thiéry
Matthieu Ugalde
Jean-Marie Usandisaga
Giorgi Jgenti
Davit Khinchaguishvili
Avto Kopaliani
Lorenzo Cittadini
Craig Gower
Salvatore Perugini
Ramiro Pez
Wataru Murata
P. J. van Lill
Stephen Brett
Tom Donnelly
Ross Filipo
Troy Flavell
Gerard Fraser
Dwayne Haare
Tanerau Latimer
Sione Lauaki
Joe Rokocoko
Blair Stewart
Neemia Tialata
Willie du Plessis
Sam Gerber
JC Janse van Rensburg
Rassie Jansen van Vuuren
Joe Pietersen
Viacheslav Grachev
Census Johnston
Leo Lafaiali'i
Jeremy Tomuli
Johnnie Beattie
James McLaren
Oscar Astarloa
Cédric Garcia
Francisco Puertas Soto
Manu Ahotaeiloa
Lisiate Faʻaoso
Pila Fifita
Opeti Fonua
Ben Broster
Mike Phillips
Coaches
[edit]- 2008–2010 :
Richard Dourthe,
Thierry Mentières,
Jean-Philippe Coyola.
- 2010 :
Christian Gajan.
- 2010–2011 :
Christian Gajan,
Thomas Lièvremont,
Frédéric Tauzin.
- 2011–2012 :
Jean-Pierre Elissalde,
Didier Faugeron,
Pierre-Henry Broncan.
- 2012–2012 :
Didier Faugeron,
Denis Avril.
- 2012–2013 :
Christian Lanta,
Christophe Deylaud,
Denis Avril.
- 2013–2014 :
Christian Lanta,
Christophe Deylaud.
- 2014–2015 :
Patricio Noriega,
Nicolas Morlaes,
Rob Linde,
Daniel Larrechea.
- 2015–2017 :
Vincent Etcheto,
Dewald Senekal,
Simone Santa Maria.
- 2017–2018 :
Pierre Berbizier,
Joël Rey,
Vincent Etcheto,
Simone Santa Maria.
- 2018–2019 :
Yannick Bru,
Joël Rey,
Vincent Etcheto,
Éric Artiguste.
- 2019–2021 :
Yannick Bru,
Joël Rey,
Rémy Ladauge,
Éric Artiguste.
- 2021–2022
Yannick Bru,
Joël Rey,
Éric Artiguste,
Jean-Frédéric Dubois.
- 2022- :
Grégory Patat,
Joël Rey,
Gerard Fraser,
Éric Artiguste.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Castiella, Manuel (2001). Un siècle de rugby à Bayonne (in French). Atlantica.
References
[edit]- ^ "L'équipe pour la saison 2023-2024 - l'Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro" (in French). AB Rugby.fr. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Bayonne squad for season 2023/2024". All Rugby. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- (in French) Official website
- (in French) Club information