Aviron Bayonnais

Bayonne

Full name	Aviron Bayonnais Section Rugby
Founded	1904 (1904)
Location	Bayonne, France
Ground(s)	Stade Jean Dauger (Capacity: 16,934)
President	Manuel Merín
Coach(es)	Patricio Noriega
Captain(s)	Mark Chisholm
League(s)	Top 14
2013–14	10th
1st kit 2nd kit 3rd 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

• French championship:
  • Champions: 1913, 1934 and 1943
  • Finalist: 1922, 1923, 1944 and 1982

• Challenge Yves du Manoir:
  • Champions: 1936 and 1980

• Coupe de l'Espérance:
  • Champions: 1919

• Coupe André Moga:
  • Champions: 1995

Finals results

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

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: Competition points earned in head-to-head matches Points difference in head-to-head matches Try differential in head-to-head matches Points difference in all matches Try differential in all matches Points scored in all matches Tries scored in all matches Fewer matches forfeited' 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.[2] 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

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 Grégory Arganese Hooker France Anthony Etrillard Hooker France Simon Labouyrie Hooker France David Roumieu Hooker France Paul Bruno Prop France Aretz Iguiniz Prop France JC Janse van Rensburg Prop South Africa Giorgi Jgenti Prop Georgia Florian Lapeyrade Prop France Gert Muller Prop South Africa Lucas Pointud Prop France Lisiate Fa'aoso Lock Tonga Mark Chisholm Lock Australia Pierre Gayraud Lock France Dewald Senekal Lock South Africa Pelu Taele Lock Samoa Clement Ancely Flanker France Baptiste Chouzenoux Flanker France Dwayne Haare Flanker New Zealand Jean-Jo Marmouyet Flanker France Thibault Visensang Flanker France Jean Monribot Number 8 France Charles Ollivon Number 8 France Benjamin Macome Number 8 Argentina

Player Position Union Bastien Duhalde Scrum-half France Christophe Loustalot Scrum-half France Guillaume Rouet Scrum-half Spain Santiago Fernandez Fly-half Argentina Clement Otazo Fly-half France Blair Stewart Fly-half New Zealand Gillen Larrart Centre France Gabiriele Lovobalavu Centre Fiji Matthieu Ugalde Centre France Lalakai Foketi Centre Australia Adam Whitelock Centre New Zealand Martin Bustos Moyano Wing Argentina Bastien Fuster Wing France Joe Rokocoko Wing New Zealand Marvin O'Connor Wing France Saïmoni Vaka Wing Fiji Jon Elissalde Fullback France Scott Spedding Fullback France

Notable former players

• André Alvarez
• Robert Baulon
• André Béhotéguy
• Henri Béhotéguy
• Christian Belascain
• Eugène Billac
• Benjamin Boyet
• Renaud Boyoud
• Maurice Celhay
• Jean Dauger
• Phil Davies
• Pierre Dospital
• Richard Dourthe
• Bernard Duprat
• Fernand Forgues
• Jean-Michel Gonzalez
• Cédric Heymans
• Jean Iraçabal
• Louis Junquas
• Paul Labadie
• Patrice Lagisquet
• Daniel Larrechea
• Félix Lasserre
• Christophe Lamaison
• James McLaren
• Christian Magnanou
• Rémy Martin
• Wataru Murata
• Laurent Pardo
• Patrick Perrier
• Roland Pétrissans
• Mike Phillips
• Jacques Rollet
• Jean-Marie Usandisaga
• Joe Rokocoko

Coaches

• Janu.2010-2010 : Christian Gajan
• 2010-Dec.2011 : Christian Gajan, Thomas Lièvremont
• Dec.2011-Janu.2012 : Jean-Pierre Elissalde, Didier Faugeron, Pierre-Henry Broncan.
• Janu.2012-June 2012 : Didier Faugeron, Denis Avril.
• 2012-2013 : Christian Lanta, Christophe Deylaud, Denis Avril.
• 2013-2014 : Christian Lanta, Christophe Deylaud
• 2014- : Patricio Noriega

See also

• List of rugby union clubs in France
• Rugby union in France

Further reading

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

References

External links

• (French) Aviron Bayonnais Official website
• (French) Club information

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