US Colomiers

Union sportive Colomiers rugby or US Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006-07 season, but earned promotion from Fédérale 1 at the first opportunity in 2007-08, and survived a relegation scare in 2008–09, finishing 14th, in the last safe position. The club was relegated from Pro D2 in the 2010–11 season. The club, based in Colomiers in the Haute-Garonne département of Occitania, was founded in 1915 and plays at the Stade Michel Bendichou (capacity 11,000). The players wear blue and white. Colomiers have been runners-up in the French championship and Heineken Cup, as well as winners of the European Challenge Cup.

Colomiers
Full nameUnion Sportive Colomiers Rugby
Founded1915 (1915)
LocationColomiers, France
Ground(s)Stade Michel Bendichou (Capacity: 11,430)
PresidentAlain Carre
Coach(es)Olivier Baragnon
League(s)Pro D2
2019–201st
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.colomiers-rugby.com

US Colomiers were established in 1915. Colomiers had various European success in the late 1990s. In 1998 they won the European Challenge Cup, the competition below the Heineken Cup, defeating fellow French club SU Agen in the final. The following season they competed in the Heineken Cup. They made it all the way to the final, which took place at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. The capacity crowd saw Irish side Ulster win 21 points to 6.

Colomiers also competed in the 1999-00 and 2000-01 Heineken Cups, but did not make the finals stages of the tournament. The club made its first domestic championship final when they met Stade Français in 2000. The Paris club won the game 28 points to 23 at Stade de France. In 2005 they were crowned Fédérale 1 champions and were promoted back up to Rugby Pro D2, but went back down to Fédérale 1 after two seasons in the second flight. They again claimed the Fédérale 1 title in 2008 to return to Pro D2.

Honours

Finals results

French championship

Date Winners Runner-up Score Venue Spectators
15 July 2000 Stade Français US Colomiers 28-23 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 78,000

Heineken Cup

Date Winners Runner-up Score Venue Spectators
30 January 1999 Ulster Rugby US Colomiers 21-6 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 49,000

European Challenge Cup

Date Winners Runner-up Score Venue Spectators
1 February 1998 US Colomiers SU Agen 43-5 Stade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse 12,500

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 2017-18 season is:[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
Agustin Costa Repetto Hooker Argentina
Benjamin Rioux Hooker France
Otar Turashvili Hooker Romania
Adrien Bordenave Prop France
Thomas Dubois Prop France
Kane Palma-Newport Prop England
Anthony Roux Prop France
Beka Sheklashvili Prop Georgia
Damien Weber Prop France
Marius Antonescu Lock Romania
Clément Chartier Lock France
Jonny Fa'amatuainu Lock Samoa
Romain Mémain Lock France
Sione Timani Lock Tonga
Aurélien Beco Flanker France
Romain Bezien Flanker France
Daniel Faleafa Flanker Tonga
Jean-Pierre Perez Flanker France
Jean Thomas Flanker France
Mihai Macovei Number 8 Romania
Stéphan Onambele Number 8 France
Player Position Union
Joris Cazenave Scrum-half France
Sébastien Inigo Scrum-half France
Damien Neveu Scrum-half France
Maxime Lafage Fly-half France
Sebastian Poet Fly-half Argentina
Fabrice Catala Centre France
François Fontaine Centre France
Grégoire Maurino Centre France
Guillaume Piron Centre Belgium
Chris Tuatara-Morrison Centre Australia
Randall Kamea Wing Fiji
Clément Lagain Wing France
Nicolas Plazy Wing France
Venione Voretamaya Wing Fiji
Cédric Coll Fullback France
François Tardieu Fullback France

Notable former players

Coaches

See also

References

  1. "Classement PRO D2". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. "Effectif 2017-2018". US Colomiers. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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