US Montauban

US Montauban (Occitan: Union Esportiva Montalban) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system. They have also competed at the top level, Top 14, in the past, most recently between 2007 and 2010. The club is based in Montauban in the département of Tarn-et-Garonne in Occitania.

US Montauban
Full nameUnion Sportive Montalbanaise
UnionFédération Française de Rugby
Founded1903
LocationMontauban, France
Ground(s)Stade Sapiac (Capacity: 12,600)
PresidentRobert Gomes
Coach(es)Sébastien Calvet
League(s)Pro D2
2019–2013th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
usmsapiac.fr

In April 2010, it was announced the club would be relegated from the Top 14 to the Rugby Pro D2 at the end of the 2009/2010 season after breaking budget rules for the league. Although the club appealed the ruling it started to release players to reduce its budget.[1] The club was not in the relegation zone at the time, thereby saving CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, Aviron Bayonnais and Montpellier Hérault RC a nervous run in as they were in the relegation battle with Montauban. On the 26 April 2010, the club filed for bankruptcy at a commercial court following a meeting of the club's board of directors.[2]

On 24 May 2014, it was announced that they had won promotion back to Pro D2 for the 2014–15 season as a result of winning the Fédérale 1 semi-final 35 12 against Lille Métropole Rugby.[3] They went on to win the Fédérale 1 title, defeating Massy 18–14 in the final.[4]

History

The club was established in 1903. The club made its first championship appearance in the 1967 season, when it captured its first championship title, defeating CA Bègles 11 points to 3 in Bordeaux. It gained promotion from Pro D2 for the 2006–07 season.

In its first match of the 2006-07 season, Montauban defeated Narbonne 41–20, gaining five points (including a bonus point) to go to second in the table after round one. The team continued in surprisingly strong form for a newly promoted team, notably handing early runaway league leaders Stade Français their first defeat of the season, 15–9, in Round 10 on 6 October. Montauban ended the season in seventh place, a respectable position for a newly promoted team. The 2007-08 season saw it consolidate its Top 14 position, again finishing seventh. Because Toulouse advanced to the final of that year's Heineken Cup, which was farther than any team from England or Italy, Montauban was given a place in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup, pooled with champions Munster.

Current standings

The current table for the 2020–21 Rugby Pro D2 is:[5]

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 Montauban squad for the 2017–18 season is:[6]

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
Dilan Diete Hooker France
Mickaël Ladhuie Hooker France
Cyriak Ponnau Hooker France
Jordan Rochier Hooker France
Pellow van der Westhuizen Hooker South Africa
Nicolas Agnesi Prop France
Damian Arias Prop Argentina
Anthony Bousquet Prop France
Julien Facundo Prop France
Paul Tailhades Prop France
Elvis Tekassala Prop France
Malino Vanaï Prop France
Christopher Vaotoa Prop France
Benoit Zanon Prop France
Olivier Caisso Lock France
Sven D'Hooghe Lock Belgium
Claude Dry Lock South Africa
Pierrick Esclauze Lock France
Alban Requet Lock France
Sergei Sergueev Lock Russia
Simon Augry Flanker France
Amédée Domenech Flanker France
Richard Haddon Flanker New Zealand
Stéphane Munoz Flanker France
Jean Sousa Flanker Portugal
Jacques Engelbrecht Number 8 South Africa
Dimitri Vaotoa Number 8 France
Player Position Union
Baptiste Cadiou Scrum-half France
Jeremy Chaput Scrum-half France
Clément Darbo Scrum-half France
Paul Graou Scrum-half France
Nic Stirzaker Scrum-half Australia
Louis Decavel Fly-half France
Thomas Fortunel Fly-half France
Aviata Silago Fly-half New Zealand
Riaan Swanepoel Fly-half South Africa
Florent Domenech Centre France
Maxime Mathy Centre France
Waisale Sukanaveita Centre Fiji
Taleta Tupuola Centre New Zealand
Sébastien Ascarat Wing Spain
Vunga Lilo Wing Tonga
Yan Ruel Gallay Wing France
Pierre Sayerse Wing France
Jérôme Bosviel Fullback France
Pierre Klur Fullback France
Maxime Salles Fullback France

Honours

  • French championship:
    • Champions: 1967
  • Rugby Pro D2:
    • Champions: 2001, 2006
  • Fédérale 1
    • Champions (Trophée Jean-Prat): 2014
  • Challenge de l'Espérance:
    • Champions: 1967
  • Challenge Antoine Béguère:
    • Champions: 1971
  • Challenge Armand Vaquerin:
    • Champions: 2005
    • Runners-up: 2004

Finals results

French championship

Date Winner Runner-up Score Venue Attendance
28 May 1967 US Montauban CA Bègles 11-3 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 32,115

Trophée Jean-Prat

Date Winner Runner-up Score Venue Attendance
7 June 2014 US Montauban RC Massy 18-14 Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix, Libourne 4,500

References

  1. http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9818_6079678,00.html
  2. "Yahoo UK & Ireland - Sports News - Live Scores - Results". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. "Demi-finale Fédérale 1 - Massy et Montauban retrouvent la Pro D2". Midi Olympique (in French). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. "Rugby: Montauban champion de France de Fédérale 1". L'Équipe (in French). 7 June 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  5. "Classement PRO D2". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. "USM Sapiac - Les Joueurs". US Montauban (in French). Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  • USM Rugby - 100 photos pour un centenaire, 2003
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