Aviron Bayonnais

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Full name Aviron Bayonnais
Founded 1904 (1904)
Location Bayonne, France
Ground(s) Stade Jean Dauger (Capacity: 16,934)
President France Alain Afflelou
Coach(es) France Christian Lanta, Christophe Deylaud, Denis Avril
Captain(s) France Marc Baget
League(s) Top 14
2012–13 8th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.abrugby.fr

Aviron Bayonnais (In Basque: Baionako Arrauna) is a French rugby union club from Bayonne (Baiona, in Basque) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques that currently competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition. In the 2010–11 they finished 7th, whilst in the previous season they finished in a relegation spot, but they were spared the drop because of the bankruptcy filing of 12th-place finisher Montauban.[1]

Founded in 1904, they play at the Parc des Sports also known as Jean Dauger in Bayonne. Their mascot is a pottok pony called pottoka. They have ties to the French Basque community.

History

The club was established in 1904, making their first final appearance in the 1913 season, where they defated S.C.U.F. 31-8 at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir. The national domestic championship was replaced by the Coupe de l'Espérance during World War I. The competition was played for four seasons, with Aviron Bayonnais contesting the last final, which they lost to Stadoceste Tarbais 4 to 3.

With the French championship resumed, the club made their next championship game in the 1922 season where they met Toulouse. Aviron Bayonnais lost the final 6 to nil. The two clubs would meet again the next season to again contest the championship final, which Toulouse won again, 3 to nil.

Aviron Bayonnais enjoyed success during the mid-1930s, defeating Biarritz 13 to 8 in Toulouse to win their second championship, and first since 1913. They also won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1936, defeating Perpignan in the final. The club saw similar results during the mid-1940s as well, with two championship final appearances; defeating SU Agen in the 1943 final at Parc des Princes in Paris and losing the 1944 season final to Perpignan.

Since the 1940s the club did not find a lot of success over the coming years, as they would have to wait until the 1980s until they would again reach any of the championship finals. In 1980 they contested the final of the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating AS Béziers 16 to 10 to gain their second title of that competition. They made it to the final of the 1982 season, although they were defeated by SU Agen, 18 to 9.

Honours

  • Coupe André Moga:
    • Champions: 1995

Finals results

The Aviron Bayonnais squad in 1914.

French championship

Date Champions Runners-up Score Venue Spectators
20 April 1913 Aviron Bayonnais S.C.U.F. 31-8 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 20.000
23 April 1922 Stade Toulousain Aviron Bayonnais 6-0 Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat 20.000
13 May 1923 Stade Toulousain Aviron Bayonnais 3-0 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 15.000
13 May 1934 Aviron Bayonnais Biarritz Olympique 13-8 Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse 18.000
21 March 1943 Aviron Bayonnais SU Agen 3-0 Parc des Princes, Paris 28.000
26 March 1944 USA Perpignan Aviron Bayonnais 20-5 Parc des Princes, Paris 35.000
29 May 1982 SU Agen Aviron Bayonnais 18-9 Parc des Princes, Paris 41.165

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1936 Aviron Bayonnais 9-3 USA Perpignan
1980 Aviron Bayonnais 16-10 AS Béziers

Coupe de l'Espérance

Date Winner Score Runner-up
1919 Stadoceste Tarbais 4-3 Aviron Bayonnais

Current standings

2013–14 Top 14 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Stade Français 17 12 0 5 345 275 70 27 25 2 2 52
2 Clermont Auvergne 17 10 1 6 463 332 131 44 25 5 3 50
3 Castres Olympique 17 9 1 7 375 300 75 34 20 5 3 46
4 Grenoble 17 10 1 6 321 360 -39 19 25 1 2 45
5 Montpellier 17 8 1 8 410 345 65 34 30 4 6 44
6 Toulouse 17 9 0 8 328 288 40 30 19 5 3 44
7 Toulon 17 8 1 8 396 298 98 31 15 3 5 42
8 Racing Métro 17 9 1 7 261 289 -28 17 21 0 4 42
9 Brive 17 7 2 8 329 323 6 22 25 2 5 39
10 Bordeaux Bègles 17 7 0 10 385 399 -14 34 27 3 6 37
11 Perpignan 17 7 0 10 331 365 -34 25 29 2 6 36
12 Bayonne 17 7 0 10 270 383 -113 17 35 1 5 34
13 Oyonnax 16 8 0 8 258 323 -65 16 27 0 1 33
14 Biarritz Olympique 16 3 0 13 206 398 -192 13 40 0 5 17

Updated 26 January 2014
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
  2. Points difference in head-to-head matches
  3. Try differential in head-to-head matches
  4. Points difference in all matches
  5. Try differential in all matches
  6. Points scored in all matches
  7. Tries scored in all matches
  8. Fewer matches forfeited'
  9. Classification in the previous Top 14 season
Yellow background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2014–15 Heineken Cup. Green background (rows 3 and 4) receive home quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the 2014–15 Heineken Cup. Blue background (rows 5 and 6) receive away quarter-final play-off places, and will also receive Heineken Cup berths (barring highly unlikely circumstances). Red background (row 13 and 14) will be relegated to Rugby Pro D2. Source:ESPN Scrum

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player Position Union
David Roumieu Hooker France France
Gregory Arganese Hooker Italy Italy
Aretz Iguiniz Prop France France
Pierre-Philippe Lafond Prop France France
Victor Manukula Prop France France
Gert Müller Prop South Africa South Africa
Neemia Tialata Prop New Zealand New Zealand
JC Janse van Rensburg Prop South Africa South Africa
Abdellatif Boutaty Lock Morocco Morocco
Mark Chisholm Lock Australia Australia
Dewald Senekal Lock South Africa South Africa
Pierre Gayraud Lock France France
Guillaume Bernad Flanker France France
Opeti Fonua Flanker Tonga Tonga
Dwayne Haare Flanker New Zealand New Zealand
Jean-Joseph Marmouyet Flanker France France
Jean Monribot Flanker France France
Julien Puricelli Flanker France France
Player Position Union
Mathieu Bélie Scrum-half France France
Stephen Brett Fly-half New Zealand New Zealand
Scott Spedding Fly-half South Africa South Africa
Sam Gerber Centre South Africa South Africa
Gabiriele Lovobalavu Centre Fiji Fiji
Manu Ahotaeiloa Centre Tonga Tonga
Marvin O'Connor Wing France France
Joe Rokocoko Wing New Zealand New Zealand
Saïmoni Vaka Wing Fiji Fiji
Martin Bustos Moyano Fullback Argentina Argentina

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Transfers 2013–14

Players In

Players Out

Notable former players

Coaches

See also

Further reading

  • Castiella, Manuel (2001). Un siècle de rugby à Bayonne (in French). Atlantica. 

References

  1. "Financial strife sees Montauban relegated". ESPN Scrum. 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2010-04-27. 
  2. (French) "Aviron Bayonnais - Equipe". Official club homepage of Aviron Bayonnais. 

External links

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