Lyon OU

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Lyon OU
Full name Lyon Olympique Universitaire
Nickname(s) Les Loups (the wolves)
Founded 1896
Location Lyon, France
Ground(s) Stade Vuillermet
Capacity 3,000
President Yvan Patet
Coach Christian Lanta
League Pro D2
2006-07 6th
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Lyon Olympique Universitaire or LOU is a French rugby union team that currently takes part in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.

They were founded in 1896 and play in red and black. They are based in Lyon in Rhône-Alpes, and play at the Stade Vuillermet, in Lyon.

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[edit] History

Le LOU, as it is traditionally known, is one of the oldest sports clubs in France and among the first outside Paris to have set up a rugby section. The club’s original name was Racing Club, the result of a merger of the Racing Club de Vaise and the Rugby Club de Lyon. It was renamed Racing et Cercles Réunis in 1902 after several other clubs joined it, then a few months later Lyon Olympique. Finally, in 1910, it became Lyon Olympique Universitaire. The red and black were adopted in 1902.

The club developed several sections (it now has 13), one the most successful being the rugby union section, which is now known as LOU Rugby. The rugby club took part in three successive French championship finals (1931-33), losing the first one to RC Toulon (3-6) but winning the next two against RC Narbonne (9-3 and 10-3). It then played in lower amateur leagues until it was promoted back to the second professional division (Pro D2). In 2006-07, it has the second biggest budget of the championship and its ambition is to rejoin the Top 14 in the next two years, under the leadership of their coach Christian Lanta, who formerly led Racing Club de France, Italians giants Treviso and SU Agen.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Finals results

[edit] French championship

Date Winner Runner-up Score Venue Spectators
10 May 1931 RC Toulon Lyon OU 6-3 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 10,000
5 May 1932 Lyon OU RC Narbonne 9-3 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 13,000
7 May 1933 Lyon OU RC Narbonne 10-3 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 15,000

[edit] Challenge Yves du Manoir

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1932 SU Agen round robin Lyon OU
1933 Lyon OU round robin SU Agen

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