FC Lourdes
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FC Lourdais | |
Full name | Football Club Lourdais Hautes-Pyrénées |
Emblem | (as above) |
Colours | blue & red |
Founded | 1911 |
Sport | Rugby union |
League | Fédérale 1 |
Ground | Stade Antoine-Beguere |
Official website | (French) |
FC Lourdais is a French rugby union club currently competing in the French league system. Formed in 1911 they have won the French league eight times and the French cup 6 times.
They play in the Stade Antoine-Beguere and traditionally wear blue and red jerseys.
Their most notable former player is Jean Prat.
They are based in Lourdes in Hautes-Pyrénées.
The team currently competes in the third tier of French rugby, Fédérale 1.
Rugby union in France | |
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Federation: | Fédération Française de Rugby |
National team: | France • France Sevens |
International Competitions: | Rugby World Cup • Six Nations Championship • Heineken Cup • European Challenge Cup • European Shield • Rugby World Cup Sevens • IRB Sevens World Series • Paris Sevens |
Domestic Competitions: | Ligue Nationale de Rugby (Top 14 • Pro D2) • Fédérale 1 • Fédérale 2 • Fédérale 3 |
Top 14 teams: | Agen • Albi • Bayonne • Biarritz • Bourgoin • Brive • Castres • Clermont • Montauban • Montpellier • Narbonne • Perpignan • Stade Français • Toulouse |
Pro D2 teams: | Auch • Béziers • Bordeaux-Bègles • Colomiers • Dax • Gaillac • Grenoble • La Rochelle • Limoges • Lyon • Mont-de-Marsan • Oyonnax • Pau • Racing Paris • Tarbes • Toulon |
See also: | List of clubs |