Section Paloise
Section Paloise, in full Section Paloise Béarn Pyrénées, is a French rugby union club from Pau in Pyrénées-Atlantiques competing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system. They will play the 2015–16 season in the Top 14, having earned automatic promotion by winning the 2014-15 Pro D2 championship, nine years after having been relegated from the top flight.[1]
History
They were founded in 1902 as Section Paloise de la Ligue Girondine before adopting their current name in 1905. Section Paloise first joined the French first division in 1911, and were crowned champions for the first time in 1928. "La Section" have won the French Championship on three occasions, the last being in 1964. They have, however, reached the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup and Top 14 as recently as 1998 and 2000, respectively. Section Paloise also added to their trophy case in 2000, winning the European Challenge Cup. At the end of the 2004–05 season, "La Section" survived a play-off game with Aurillac to remain in the Top 14. However, they were relegated the following season, and would remain in Pro D2 until earning promotion for the 2015–16 season. The club colors are green and white and their home ground is the Stade du Hameau (capacity 13,819). They are sponsored by French petroleum company Total.
Recent France internationals Imanol Harinordoquy, Damien Traille, and Lionel Beauxis began their professional club careers with Section Paloise.
Club honours
Finals results
French championship
Challenge Cup
Pro D2 promotion playoffs
Current standings
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Club |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Points For |
Points Against |
Points Difference |
Try Bonus |
Losing Bonus |
Points |
| 1 | Pau | 28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 704 | 472 | +232 | | | 93 |
| 2 | Agen | 28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 688 | 559 | +129 | | | 79 |
| 3 | Mont-de-Marsan | 28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 628 | 506 | +122 | | | 77 |
| 4 | Perpignan | 28 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 697 | 570 | +127 | | | 77 |
| 5 | Albi | 28 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 595 | 558 | +37 | | | 72 |
| 6 | Biarritz | 28 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 593 | 534 | +59 | | | 72 |
| 7 | Aurillac | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 593 | 531 | +62 | | | 72 |
| 8 | Colomiers | 28 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 584 | 571 | +13 | | | 65 |
| 9 | Béziers | 28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 591 | 585 | +6 | | | 59 |
| 10 | Montauban | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 551 | 576 | –25 | | | 59 |
| 11 | Carcassonne | 28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 624 | 658 | –34 | | | 58 |
| 12 | Tarbes | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 573 | 697 | −124 | | | 57 |
| 13 | Bourgoin | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 478 | 591 | –113 | | | 47 |
| 14 | Narbonne | 28 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 527 | 682 | −155 | | | 45 |
| 15 | Dax | 28 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 469 | 612 | −143 | | | 43 |
| 16 | Massy | 28 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 584 | 777 | −193 | | | 37 |
| Green background (row 1) Champions automatically promoted to Top 14. Blue background denotes teams that qualify for the promotion play-offs. Red background (row 15 and 16) will be relegated to Fédérale 1. Updated: 27 April 2015
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Current squad
2014–15 season[2]
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
Notable former players
See also
References
External links
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