CA Brive

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Brive
Full name Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin
Founded 1913
Location Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
Ground(s) Stade Amédée-Domenech
Capacity 15,000
President Patrick Sebastien
Coach Olivier Magne
League Top 14
2005-06 9th
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Official website
www.cabrivecorreze.com
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Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin are a French rugby union team founded in 1904 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Parc Municipal des Sports (capacity 15,000).

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[edit] History

The club was established on 12th October 1912. It played regularly in the First Division, and established itself as the stronghold of rugby in Limousin but for many years its only title was a Second Division trophy won in 1957. Brive did not make it to the final of the First Division championship until 1965. On 23rd May that year they met SU Agen at Stade de Gerland in Lyon only to lose 15-8. Brive next made it to the final in the 1972 season, where they faced AS Béziers on May 21 in Lyon again, and again the Black and White came out the losers, as Béziers won their second consecutive title (9-0). Brive met AS Béziers in the final again three season later, in 1975. By then, Béziers had become the unbeatable team of the decade, and they won their fifth title, this time by just one point (13-12), at Parc des Princes in Paris.

Brive experienced a resurgence in the middle of the 1990s, first in 1996, when they made their first finals appearance since the mid 1970s in Paris. Brive however went down 20-13 to Stade Toulousain. It was their fourth losing final. Only two other clubs have lost more finals without winning one than them (ASM Clermont Auvergne 7, US Dax 5). That year however, they won the famed Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating Pau 12-6.

The following season, they made it to the final of the Heineken Cup where they faced the Leicester Tigers from England at Cardiff Arms Park. Brive finally won a final, defeating the Tigers 28-9. So far, they are one of only two clubs to win the European Cup without ever winning the domestic championship, the other club being the Northampton Saints.

On 22nd February 1997, Brive, as European champions, were pitted against Auckland Blues who had recently won the Super 12. The French team were no competition to an extra powerful Kiwi side which won easily 47-11.[1].

In 1998 Brive again reached the final of the Heineken Cup, this time against Bath. They came agonizingly close to capturing back-to-back titles, losing by just one point, 19-18 at Parc Lescure in Bordeaux.

Since then, however, the club has been in dire straits, as it was relegated to the second division in 2000. They bounced back in 2003 and have struggled ever since in the lower echelons of the league table, except in 2004 when they managed to qualify for the playoffs.

[edit] Players Past and Present

Brive have bred some 30 players who went on to play for France. Among them, Amédée Domenech, nicknamed "Le Duc"" ("the Duke") who played there in the 50s and 60s, and gave his name to the stadium shortly after his death in 2003. Prolific flanker Olivier Magne, fly-half Christophe Lamaison, number-eight Jean-Luc Joinel and hooker Michel Yachvili, the father of Dimitri Yachvili, also wore the CAB jersey. Argentinian fly-half Lisandro Arbizu and powerful prop Christian Martin also played for them. Only one French international is currently playing for Brive, centre Ludovic Valbon. But the club has become home to many Pacific Islanders including Fijians Filimoni Bolavucu and Norman Ligairi, the Samoa and Gloucester legend Terry Fanoula and Tongan Sufanga Hufanga. They recently signed Welsh International, Barry Davies from the Llanelli Scarlets.

[edit] Finals results

[edit] French championship

Date Winner Runner-up Score Stadium Spectators
23 May 1965 SU Agen CA Brive 15-8 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 28.758
21 May 1972 AS Béziers CA Brive 9-0 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 31.161
18 May 1975 AS Béziers CA Brive 13-12 Parc des Princes, Paris 39.991
1 June 1996 Stade Toulousain CA Brive 20-13 Parc des Princes, Paris 48.162

[edit] Heineken Cup

Date Winner Runner-Up Score Stadium Spectators
25 January 1997 CA Brive Leicester Tigers 28-9 Arms Park, Cardiff 41.664
31 January 1998 Bath Rugby CA Brive 19-18 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 36.500

[edit] Current Squad

Nat. Position Player
Flag of Argentina HK Andrés Bordoy
Flag of South Africa HK Kevin Buys
Flag of France PR Pierre Capdevielle
Flag of Canada LK Scott Franklin
Flag of England PR Luke Harbut
Flag of England PR Simon Hughes
Flag of Georgia (country) PR Davit Khinchaguishvili
Flag of France PR Pascal Oliveirinha
Flag of Romania PR Petrisor Toderasc
Flag of France HK Jean-Philippe Bonrepaux
Flag of France HK Jawad Djoudi
Flag of England HK Steve Thompson
Flag of Italy LK Valerio Bernabo
Flag of France LK Fabien Domingo
Flag of South Africa LK Vickus Liebenberg
Flag of New Zealand LK Brad Mika
Flag of South Africa LK Charl Van Rensburg
Flag of South Africa LK Johan Van Zyl
Flag of France FL Simon Azoulai
Flag of France FL Aurélien Beco
Flag of France FL Jérôme Bonvoisin
Flag of France FL Vincent Forgues
Flag of France FL Olivier Magne
Flag of Romania FL Alexandru Manta
Flag of South Africa FL Ryno Van der Merwe
Nat. Position Player
Flag of France SH Grégory Mahé
Flag of France SH Damien Neveu
Flag of France SH Jean-Baptiste Pejoine
Flag of France FH Benjamin Dambielle
Flag of Italy FH Luciano Orquera
Flag of France FH Maxime Petitjean
Flag of South Africa CE Ronnie Cooke
Flag of Samoa CE Terry Fanolua
Flag of Tonga CE Saia Fekitoa
Flag of Tonga CE Sukaneivalu Hufanga
Flag of England CE Ben Johnston
Flag of Fiji WG Filimone Bolavucu
Flag of France WG David Bory
Flag of England WG Ben Cohen
Flag of Fiji WG Norman Ligairi
Flag of France WG Farid Sid
Flag of Wales FB Barry Davies
Flag of France FB Nicolas Leroux
Flag of France FB Alexis Palisson

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[edit] Current internationals

[edit] Notable Former Players

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nat. shown here indicates sporting nationality as defined by the IRB
  2. ^ (French) Equipes saison 2007-2008. Official club homepage of CA Brive.

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