Stade Montois

Stade Montois is a French rugby union team that currently is playing in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.

Mont-de-Marsan
Full nameStade Montois Rugby Pro
Nickname(s)Les Abeilles (The Bees)
Founded1908 (1908)
LocationMont-de-Marsan, France
Ground(s)Stade Guy Boniface (Capacity: 16,800)
PresidentPhilippe Cazaubon
Coach(es)David Auradou
Captain(s)Jérôme Dhien
League(s)Pro D2
2019–2010th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.stademontoisrugby.fr
Stade Montois vs. LOU in 2005

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 New 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 Jan. 1, 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

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

Current standings

The current table for the 2020–21 Rugby Pro D2 is:[1]

2020–21 Rugby Pro D2 Table
Pos Club Pl W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1Perpignan151203404231+1735154
2Vannes151212348255+932153
3Biarritz14824302252+502341
4Oyonnax14914347285+622141
5Colomiers14815298237+611439
6Nevers15708382324+584436
7Provence14725307305+20032
8Béziers15618308305+31532
9Montauban14617259310–510127
10Aurillac15609257299–4202'26
11Grenoble14518261280–190426
12Carcassonne14518264318–540325
13Rouen15519255303–480123
14Mont-de-Marsan13418226283–571322
15Valence Romans14419269347–780321
16Soyaux Angoulême154011231384–1530218
Legend:
Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Points Total
Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final Promotion play-off places.
Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final Promotion play-off places.
Red background relegation to Nationale.

Notes:
When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.

Current squad

The squad for the 2020–21 season:[2]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Hugo Almartine Hooker France
Christophe David Hooker France
Romain Latterade Hooker France
Thomas Bultel Prop France
Théo Castinel Prop France
Jean-Luc Innocent Prop France
Alexandre Lalanne Prop France
Victor Laval Prop France
Carlos Muzzio Prop Argentina
Jeronimo Negrotto Prop Argentina
Léandro Cedaro Lock Argentina
César Damiani Lock France
Philip du Preez Lock South Africa
Maselino Paulino Lock Samoa
Thibaud Rey Lock France
Alexandre Bécognée Back row France
Charles Brayer Back row France
Yann Brethous Back row France
Nicolas Garrault Back row France
Laurence Pearce Back row England
Julien Tastet Back row France
Player Position Union
Christophe Loustalot Scrum-half France
Agustín Ormaechea Scrum-half Uruguay
Clément Otazo Fly-half France
Steven Shingler Fly-half Wales
Rémi Talès Fly-half France
Romain Cabannes Centre France
Danré Gerber Centre South Africa
Vereniki Goneva Centre Fiji
Ropate Ratu Centre Fiji
Jens Torfs Centre Belgium
Nacani Wakaya Centre Fiji
Julien Cabbanes Wing France
Teiva Jacquelain Wing Tahiti
Julian Lestremau Wing France
Wame Naituvi Wing Fiji
Yoann Laousse Azpiazu Fullback France

Notable former players

See also

References

  1. "Classement PRO D2". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. "Joueurs". Stade Montois Rugby. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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