FC Auch Gers

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Auch
Full name	Football Club Auch Gers
Founded	1891
Location	Auch, France
Ground(s)	Stade du Moulias
Capacity	7,000
President	Bernard Laffitte
Coach	Henri Broncan, Patrick Miquel and Gérard Lacrampe
League	Top 14
Pro D2 2006-07	1st
Home colours		Away colours

Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées. Having won the 2006-07 Rugby Pro D2 title, they currently compete in the Top 14, the top division in the French league system. They were promoted to the top flight after winning Pro D2 in 2004, but were relegated to Pro D2 again at the end of the 2004/5 season. Founded in 1891, the club plays at Stade Patrice Brocas (capacity 7,000); its players wear red and white.

Auch was founded in 1891. They were runners-up in the 2001 Challenge Yves du Manoir competition, losing to Montferrand (now Clermont) in the final. In the 2000s they were playing in the second division on French rugby, and in the 2002-03 season they made the semi-finals toward promotion but were defeated by Montpellier. However the following season they were promoted to the top league, defeating Bayonne in the Pro D2 final.

However they were relegated back down to Pro D2 for the 2005-06 season. Nonetheless, they were also winners of the European Shield, reprechage tournament for teams knocked out in the first round of the European Challenge Cup that season. They defeated English club Worcester in the final.

Contents 1 Current squad 2 Honours 3 Finals results 3.1 Challenge Yves du Manoir 3.2 European Shield 4 Notable Former players 5 Current internationals 6 Further reading 7 External links

[edit] Current squad

Nat. Position Player PR Fabien Barcella PR Pascal Idieder PR Mamuka Magrakvelidze PR Yoann Marty PR Grégory Menkarska PR Guylain Mololo HK Sébastien Bartolucci HK Bruère Sébastien HK Nicolas Sentous LK Hamid Arif LK Tau Tapasu LK Jérôme Cholley LK Sergio Valdes FL Antoine Battut FL Stéphen Saint Lary FL Oupéti Fonua FL Hugo Rongieras FL Nicolas Bontinck FL Mickaël Eymard

Nat. Position Player N8 Alexandre Ricaud N8 Robins Tchale Watchou SH Christophe Clarac SH Lionel Duthil SH Bryce Salobert FH Frédéric Couzier FH Romain Rongieras FH David Spicer CE Benoît Albert CE Thierry Brana CE Nicolas Pagotto CE Mehadji Tidjini WG Raphaël Bastide WG Patrick Bosque WG Romain Edmond Samuel FB Erwan Bérot FB Arnau Miniaylo FB Léo Pesteil

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[edit] Honours

• Challenge Yves du Manoir:
  • Runners-up: 2001
• Rugby Pro D2:
  • Champions: 2004, 2007
• European Shield:
  • Champions: 2005

[edit] Finals results

[edit] Challenge Yves du Manoir

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2001	Montferrand	34-24	Auch

[edit] European Shield

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue
23 May 2005	FC Auch	Worcester Warriors	23-10	Kassam Stadium, Oxford

[edit] Notable Former players

• Jacques Fouroux

[edit] Current internationals

• Franck Montanella

[edit] Further reading

• Mes saisons 1903-2003 : F.C. Auch : Auch en Gascogne et le rugby, cent ans d'amour-passion, de Roland Porterie, éd. Football club auscitain, 2003

[edit] External links

• (French) Official site

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