Atlantique Stade Rochelais

La Rochelle
Full name Atlantique Stade Rochelais
Founded 1898
Location La Rochelle, France
Ground(s) Stade Marcel-Deflandre (Capacity: 12,500)
President Vincent Merling
Coach(es) Patrice Collazo
Fabrice Ribeyrolles
League(s) Top 14
2013–14 3rd (playoff winner, promoted to Top 14)
1st kit
2nd kit
3rd kit
Official website
www.staderochelais.com

Atlantique Stade Rochelais is a French rugby union club who compete in the Top 14. They are often known simply as Stade Rochelais.

They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre (capacity 12 500). They wear yellow and black. They are based in La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime département of the Poitou-Charentes region.

Stadium

The stadium is named after Marcel Deflandre, who was the president of the club born of the fusion between the rugby league and rugby union clubs during WWII in La Rochelle, after the Vichy government banned the game of Rugby League and forced all of its assets to be handed to the French Rugby Union.

Honours

Current standings

2014–15 Top 14 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Toulon 23 14 0 9 638 465 +173 69 46 6 4 66
2 Clermont 23 13 1 9 542 411 +131 50 35 4 4 62
3 Toulouse 23 14 0 9 472 431 +41 41 31 2 3 61
4 Stade Français 23 13 1 9 528 509 +19 54 47 5 2 61
5 Racing Métro 23 12 2 9 461 441 +20 43 34 2 4 58
6 Oyonnax 23 13 0 10 446 425 +21 31 34 2 3 57
7 Montpellier 23 10 2 11 466 436 +30 37 38 2 5 51
8 Bordeaux 23 10 0 13 615 512 +103 56 40 3 8 51
9 La Rochelle 23 10 3 10 474 580 –106 40 57 2 2 50
10 Brive 23 11 0 12 444 520 −76 35 53 2 2 48
11 Grenoble 23 10 0 13 553 658 –105 48 62 3 5 48
12 Castres 23 10 0 13 446 525 −69 41 52 3 4 47
13 Bayonne 23 9 1 13 441 465 −24 34 36 4 5 47
14 Lyon 23 7 0 16 414 562 −148 38 52 0 7 35

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.
  9. Classification in the previous Top 14 season
Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup.
Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup.
Yellow background (row 7) indicates the team that advances to a play-off against the winner of the Pro12 vs Aviva Premiership play-off, or 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup winner if they have not already qualified for the Champions Cup.[1]
Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Red background (row 13 and 14) will be relegated to Rugby Pro D2. Updated 26 April 2015

Current squad

For player movements leading up to the 2015–16 season, see List of 2015–16 Top 14 transfers#La Rochelle.

2014-15 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Hikairo Forbes Hooker New Zealand New Zealand
Benjamin Geledan Hooker France France
Rassie Van Vuuren Hooker South Africa South Africa
Uini Atonio Prop France France
Benedict Bourrust Prop France France
Mike Corbel Prop France France
Lekso Kaulashvili Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Vincent Pelo Prop France France
Jordan Seneca Prop France France
Thomas Synaeghel Prop France France
Leandro Cedaro Lock Italy Italy
Jason Eaton Lock New Zealand New Zealand
Romana Graham Lock New Zealand New Zealand
Cobus Grobler Lock South Africa South Africa
Jone Qovu Lock Fiji Fiji
Nicolas Djebaili Flanker France France
Kevin Gourdon Flanker France France
Loann Stud Flanker France France
Roman Sazy Flanker France France
Arnaud Dorier Number 8 France France
Benedict Guyot Number 8 France France
Zeno Kieft Number 8 Netherlands Netherlands
Player Position Union
Julien Andy Scrum-half France France
Julien Berger Scrum-half Belgium Belgium
Jules Lease Scrum-half France France
Jean-Pascal Barraque Fly-half France France
Fabien Fortassin Fly-half France France
Peter Grant Fly-half South Africa South Africa
Alofa Alofa Centre Samoa Samoa
Levani Botha Centre Fiji Fiji
Gonzalo Canale Centre Italy Italy
Hamish Gard Centre New Zealand New Zealand
Jean-Philippe Grandclaude Centre France France
Albert VuliVuli Centre Fiji Fiji
Sireli Bobo Wing Fiji Fiji
Arthur Cestaro Wing France France
Damien Cler Wing France France
Charles Lagarde Wing France France
Kini Murimurivalu Fullback Fiji Fiji

Notable former players

Arnaud, then his son Jean-Pierre and his grandson Jean-Baptiste all played for La Rochelle as scrum-halfs.

Famous coaches

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Future of European Rugby resolved" (Press release). RFU. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

External links