Montpellier Hérault Rugby

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Montpellier
Full name Montpellier Hérault Rugby
Founded 1986 (1986)
Location Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Ground(s) Stade Yves-du-Manoir (Capacity: 15,000)
President Roy Spiers
Coach(es) France Fabien Galthié
Captain(s) France Fulgence Ouedraogo
League(s) Top 14
2012–13 5th (lost in quarter finals of playoffs)
Team kit
2nd kit
3rd kit
Official website
www.montpellier-rugby.com

Montpellier Hérault Rugby (French pronunciation: ​[mɔ̃.pə.lje eʁo ʁʊɡbi klʊb]) (In Occitan: Montpelhièr Erau Rugbi Club) is a professional French rugby union, based in Montpellier, the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon. The club competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14. They originally played at Stade Sabathé (capacity 5,000) but moved to the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in 2007. They wear white and blue.

History

The club was established in 1986 through the merger of two other rugby union clubs, the Stade Montpelliérain and MUC Rugby.

In 1993 the club won the Challenge de l'Espérance.

In 2003 the club became the champion of France's second division national rugby league, the Pro D2. After finishing second in the league table at the end of the 2002-03 season, Montpellier advanced to the playoffs. They defeated Auch in the semi-finals and Tarbes in the finals to win promotion to the Top 14. The following season the club played for the European Shield, and contested the final. Played in May 2004, Montpellier defeated Italian club Viadana 25 points to 19 to win the Shield.

The club barely avoided relegation after the 2006-07 season. Winning only 9 games during a 26 game season, Montpellier found itself in a relegation position with only two games left to play. Thanks to a bonus point victory in week 25, the team finished just four points ahead of Agen which was relegated to the Pro D2 at the end of the year.

After 2006-07, the club's fortunes began to improve. In June 2007, Fulgence Ouedraogo became the first Montpellier player to play on the French national rugby union team. Also that summer the club's new stadium opened, the Stade Yves-du-Manoir. In 2007-08 Montpellier enjoyed its first winning season in the Top 14. The club made its next step up the table in 2010-11 when it unexpectedly finished sixth by a single point and made the Top 14 playoffs for the first time. The underdog squad defeated both Castres and Racing Métro to make the championship game where they were defeated 15-10 by Toulouse. Since that season, Montpellier has become a consistent playoff contender, finishing fifth in both 2011-12 and 2012-13.

Thanks to the club's excellent 2010-11 showing, Montpellier was awarded its first spot in the Heineken Cup tournament for 2011-12. The club returned for the 2012-13 tournament and made the semi-finals before being eliminated by Clermont. Montpellier is returning for its third straight appearance in the Heineken Cup tournament for 2013-14.

Honours

Finals results

Top 14

Date Winners Runners-up Score Venue Spectators
4 June 2011 Stade Toulousain Montpellier Hérault RC 15–10 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 77,000

European Shield

Date Winners Runners-up Score Venue Spectators
21 May 2004 Montpellier Hérault RC Viadana 25-19 Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma 2,553

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 Clermont Auvergne 18 11 1 6 488 345 143 45 26 5 3 54
2 Stade Français 18 12 0 6 358 300 58 28 26 2 2 52
3 Castres Olympique 18 10 1 7 392 316 76 35 21 5 3 50
4 Montpellier 18 9 1 8 425 357 68 34 30 4 6 48
5 Toulon 18 9 1 8 429 318 111 35 16 4 5 47
6 Grenoble 18 10 1 7 338 398 -60 21 30 1 2 45
7 Toulouse 18 9 0 9 340 303 37 30 19 5 4 45
8 Racing Métro 18 9 2 7 280 308 -28 18 23 0 4 44
9 Bordeaux Bègles 18 8 0 10 423 416 7 39 29 4 6 42
10 Brive 18 7 2 9 335 332 3 22 25 2 6 40
11 Perpignan 18 7 1 10 350 384 -34 27 30 2 6 38
12 Bayonne 18 8 0 10 279 389 -110 17 35 1 5 38
13 Oyonnax 17 8 0 9 274 340 -66 17 28 0 2 34
14 Biarritz Olympique 17 3 0 14 226 431 -205 14 44 0 5 17

Updated 10 February 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

Players

Squad 2013/14

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
Bianchin, ThomasThomas Bianchin Hooker France France
Geli, CharlesCharles Geli Hooker France France
Ivaldi, MickaëlMickaël Ivaldi Hooker France France
Bustos, MaximilianoMaximiliano Bustos Prop Argentina Argentina
Fa'amausili, BarryBarry Fa'amausili Prop Samoa Samoa
Figallo, JuanJuan Figallo Prop Argentina Argentina
Leleimalefaga, Na'amaNa'ama Leleimalefaga Prop Samoa Samoa
Mas, NicolasNicolas Mas Prop France France
Nariashvili, MikheilMikheil Nariashvili Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Watremez, YvanYvan Watremez Prop France France
Marco, Mickaël deMickaël de Marco Lock France France
Hamilton, JimJim Hamilton Lock Scotland Scotland
Privat, ThibautThibaut Privat Lock France France
Tchale-Watchou, RobinsRobins Tchale-Watchou Lock Cameroon Cameroon
Timani, SitalekiSitaleki Timani Lock Australia Australia
Bias, AlexandreAlexandre Bias Flanker France France
Gorgodze, MamukaMamuka Gorgodze Flanker Georgia (country) Georgia
Galletier, KélianKélian Galletier Flanker France France
Ouedraogo, FulgenceFulgence Ouedraogo (c) Flanker France France
Beattie, JohnnieJohnnie Beattie Number 8 Scotland Scotland
Tulou, AlexAlex Tulou Number 8 New Zealand New Zealand
Player Position Union
Escande, EricEric Escande Scrum-half France France
Paillaugue, BenoîtBenoît Paillaugue Scrum-half France France
Pélissié, JonathanJonathan Pélissié Scrum-half France France
Gard, HamishHamish Gard Fly-half New Zealand New Zealand
Trinh-Duc, FrançoisFrançois Trinh-Duc Fly-half France France
Combezou, ThomasThomas Combezou Centre France France
du Plessis, JPJP du Plessis Centre South Africa South Africa
Ebersohn, RobertRobert Ebersohn Centre South Africa South Africa
Olivier, WynandWynand Olivier Centre South Africa South Africa
Ranger, ReneRene Ranger Centre New Zealand New Zealand
Tuitavake, AnthonyAnthony Tuitavake Centre New Zealand New Zealand
Artru, YohannYohann Artru Wing France France
Audrin, YoanYoan Audrin Wing France France
Dupont, LucasLucas Dupont Wing France France
Nagusa, TimociTimoci Nagusa Wing Fiji Fiji
Floch, AnthonyAnthony Floch Fullback France France
Sicart, BenoitBenoit Sicart Fullback France France
Berard, PierrePierre Berard Fullback France France

Transfers 2013/14

Players In

Players Out

Notable former players

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