Aviron Bayonnais

For the French football (soccer) club, see Aviron Bayonnais Football Club.
Bayonne
Full name Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro
Founded 1904 (1904)
Location Bayonne, France
Ground(s) Stade Jean Dauger (Capacity: 16,934)
President Francis Salagoity
Coach(es) Vincent Etcheto (head coach/backs)
Dewald Senekal (forwards)
Captain(s) Jean Monribot
League(s) Rugby Pro D2
2014–15 13th Top 14 (Relegated)
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 second level of the French league system, in the Rugby Pro D2 competition. In the 2014–15 Top 14 Season they were relegated after finishing 13th.

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 defeated 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

Finals results

The Aviron Bayonnais squad in 1914.

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

2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Lyon 76 0 1211124 +87 2127
2 Aurillac 7502231161 +70 3124
3 Bayonne 7502184163 +21 1122
4 Perpignan 75 0 2170120 +50 0222
5 Albi 74 0 3139138 +1 1118
6 Béziers 7403187161 +26 0117
7 Colomiers 74 0 3153156 –3 1 017
8 Mont De Marsan 7304162132 +30 1316
9 Narbonne 73 0 4146154 –8 0214
10 Montauban 7304137176 −39 0 214
11 Tarbes 73 0 4140151 –11 0113
12 Dax 7304150178 –28 0113
13 Provence Rugby 7304132175 −43 0012
14 Bourgoin 7205129151 −22 0311
15 Carcassonne 72 0 5120207 –87 019
16 Biarritz 71 0 6109153 −44 026
Green background (row 1) Champions automatically promoted to Top 14.
Blue background denotes teams that qualify for the promotion play-offs.
Red background relegation to Fédérale 1.

Note: When two teams have the same points total, position is calculated by results between teams before points difference.

Current squad

2015-16 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 France
Simon Labouyrie Hooker France France
Rassie van Vuuren Hooker South Africa South Africa
Adrien Bordenave Prop France France
Richard Choirat Prop France France
Simon Courcoul Prop France France
Ofa Fainga'anuku Prop Tonga Tonga
Aretz Iguiniz Prop France France
Florian Lapeyrade Prop France France
Anton Peikrishvili Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Bertrand Perez Prop France France
Toma'akino Taufa Prop Tonga Tonga
Guillaume Ducat Lock France France
Pierre Gayraud Lock France France
Allan Gravier Lock France France
Joubert Horn Lock South Africa South Africa
Pablo Huete Lock Chile Chile
Pelu Taele Lock Samoa Samoa
Arnaud Aletti Flanker France France
Baptiste Chouzenoux Flanker France France
Arnaud Duputs Flanker France France
Dwayne Haare Flanker New Zealand New Zealand
Benjamín Macome Flanker Argentina Argentina
Jean-Jo Marmouyet Flanker France France
Jean Monribot Flanker France France
Thibault Visensang Flanker France France
Makatuki Polutele Number 8 France France
PJ van Lill Number 8 Namibia Namibia
Player Position Union
Charlie Cassang Scrum-half France France
Bastien Fischer Scrum-half France France
Joannes Henry Scrum-half France France
Guillaume Rouet Scrum-half Spain Spain
Willie du Plessis Fly-half South Africa South Africa
Maxime Ferre Fly-half France France
Lucas Meret Fly-half France France
Blair Stewart Fly-half New Zealand New Zealand
Brendan Hegarty Centre France France
Thibault Lacroix Centre France France
Baptiste Lafourcade Centre France France
Gabiriele Lovobalavu Centre Fiji Fiji
Kade Poki Centre New Zealand New Zealand
Adam Whitelock Centre New Zealand New Zealand
Jon Elissalde Wing France France
Bastien Fuster Wing France France
Julien Jané Wing France France
Martin Laveau Wing France France
Maile Jr Mamao Wing Tonga Tonga
Pierre Sayerse Wing France France
Julien Tisseron Wing France France
Martín Bustos Moyano Fullback Argentina Argentina
Benjamin Thiery Fullback France France

Notable former players

Coaches

See also

Further reading

References

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