Oyonnax Rugby

Oyonnax
Full name Union Sportive Oyonnax Rugby
Founded 1909
Location Oyonnax, France
Ground(s) Stade Charles-Mathon (Capacity: 11,400[1])
President Jean-Marc Manducher
Coach(es) Christophe Urios
League(s) Top 14
2013–14 12th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.usorugby.com

Union sportive Oyonnax Rugby is a French rugby union club from Oyonnax in the Ain département of the région Rhône-Alpes, currently competing in the first level of the French league system (Top 14). They play at Stade Charles-Mathon (capacity 11,400[1]). They wear black and red.

History

They were founded in 1909 as Club Sportif Oyonnaxien and were renamed Union Sportive Oyonaxienne in 1940, as sports clubs were forced to unite by the Vichy régime. Oyonnax played in the regional leagues until 1967 when they joined the First Division (64 clubs). They were relegated to the lower divisions a few years later and bounced back to Group B of the First Division (the Second Division in fact) in 1988. Finally, in 2003 they reached the Fédérale 1 final and although they went down to Limoges (18-20), they moved on to the professional Pro D2. In the 2012/13 season, they won Pro D2 and were promoted to the top-flight Top 14.

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.[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

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

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
Jody Jenneker Hooker South Africa South Africa
Julien Clément Hooker France France
Clément Baïocco Prop France France
Ruaan du Preez Prop South Africa South Africa
Marc Clerc Prop France France
Antoine Guillamon Prop France France
Soane Tonga'uiha Prop Tonga Tonga
Erwan Iapteff Prop France France
Lukas Rapant Prop Czech Republic Czech Republic
Antoine Tichit Prop France France
Damian Browne Lock Ireland Ireland
Damien Lagrange Lock France France
Thibault Lassalle Lock France France
Mirek Nemecek Lock Czech Republic Czech Republic
Valentin Ursache Flanker Romania Romania
Guillaume Bernad Flanker France France
Olivier Missoup Flanker France France
Maurie Fa'asavalu Flanker Samoa Samoa
Christophe André Flanker France France
Viliami Ma'afu Number 8 Tonga Tonga
Pedrie Wannenburg Number 8 South Africa South Africa
Player Position Union
Fabien Cibray Scrum-half France France
Yohan Domenech Scrum-half France France
Agustin Figuerola Scrum-half Argentina Argentina
Benjamin Urdapilleta Fly-half Argentina Argentina
Riaan Smit Fly-half South Africa South Africa
Pierre Aguillon Centre France France
Guillaume Bousses Centre France France
Roimata Hansell-Pune Centre New Zealand New Zealand
Alex Luatua Centre New Zealand New Zealand
Hemani Paea Centre Tonga Tonga
Dug Codjo Wing France France
Yves Donguy Wing France France
Jean-François Coux Wing France France
Silvère Tian Wing Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
Florian Denos Fullback France France
Régis Lespinas Fullback France France

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stade Charles Mathon" (in French). Oyonnax Rugby. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Future of European Rugby resolved" (Press release). RFU. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

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