CA Brive

Brive

Full name

Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin

Founded

1910

Location

Brive-la-Gaillarde, France

Ground(s)

Stade Amédée-Domenech (Capacity: 16,000)

President

Jean-Jacques Bertrand

Coach(es)

Nicolas Godignon

Captain(s)

Arnaud Mela

League(s)

Top 14

2013–14

9th

1st kit

2nd kit

3rd kit

Official website

www.cabrive-rugby.com

Club athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin (or simply "CA Brive") is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech (capacity 15,000).

History

The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on 12 October 1912. Before the Second World War, Brive changed from rugby union to rugby league but returned to union after the war.

It played regularly in the First Division, and established itself as the stronghold of rugby in Limousin but for many years its only title was a Second Division trophy won in 1957. Brive did not make it to the final of the First Division championship until 1965. On 23 May that year they met SU Agen at Stade de Gerland in Lyon only to lose 15–8. Brive next made it to the final in the 1972 season, where they faced AS Béziers on May 21 in Lyon again, and again the Black and White came out the losers, as Béziers won their second consecutive title (9–0). Brive met AS Béziers in the final again three season later, in 1975. By then, Béziers had become the unbeatable team of the decade, and they won their fifth title, this time by just one point (13–12), at Parc des Princes in Paris. Brive experienced a resurgence in the middle of the 1990s, first in 1996, when they made their first finals appearance since the mid-1970s in Paris. Brive however went down 20–13 to Stade Toulousain. It was their fourth losing final. Only one club have lost more finals without winning one than them (US Dax 5). That year however, they won the famed Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating Pau 12–6. The following season, they made it to the final of the Heineken Cup where they faced the Leicester Tigers from England at Cardiff Arms Park. Brive finally won a final, defeating the Tigers 28–9.^[1] They are the only club to win the European Cup without ever winning the domestic championship. On 22 February 1997, Brive, as European champions, were pitted against Auckland Blues who had recently won the Super 12. The French team were no competition to an extra powerful Kiwi side which won easily 47–11.^[2] In 1998 Brive again reached the final of the Heineken Cup, this time against Bath. They came agonizingly close to capturing back-to-back titles, losing by just one point, 19–18 at Parc Lescure in Bordeaux.

Since then, however, the club has been in dire straits, as it was subjected to a punitive relegation to the second division in 2000 due to bad financial management. They bounced back two years later and have struggled ever since in the lower echelons of the league table, except in 2004 when they managed to qualify for the playoffs. In 2005, Brive went to the semi-finals of European Challenge Cup, but they lose against Pau. In 2009, after taking the sixth place of the Championship, the Black and White could participate to the Heineken Cup, but the competition was difficult for them, against the Europeans champions the Leinster, the Llanelli Scarlets and the London Irish.

After difficulties and a relegation in second division in 2012, they return in Top 14 next year, in defeat Pau.^[3]

Players past and present

Brive have bred some 30 players who went on to play for France. Among them, Amédée Domenech, nicknamed "Le Duc"" ("the Duke") who played there in the 50s and 60s, and gave his name to the stadium shortly after his death in 2003. Prolific flanker Olivier Magne, fly-half Christophe Lamaison or Alain Penaud, number-eight Jean-Luc Joinel and hooker Michel Yachvili, the father of Dimitri Yachvili, also wore the CAB jersey. Argentinian fly-half Lisandro Arbizu and powerful prop Christian Martin also played for them. Two French internationals are currently playing for Brive, fullback Alexis Palisson and Arnaud Méla. But the club has become home to many Pacific Islanders including the Fijian Norman Ligairi, the Samoa and Gloucester legend Terry Fanolua and Tongan Suka Hufanga. They recently signed Welsh International, Barry Davies from the Llanelli Scarlets and Andy Goode from the Leicester Tigers, and have also signed New Zealand-born England international Riki Flutey from London Wasps effective with the 2009–10 season.

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Stadium	Spectators
23 May 1965	SU Agen	CA Brive	15–8	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	28.758
21 May 1972	AS Béziers	CA Brive	9–0	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	31.161
18 May 1975	AS Béziers	CA Brive	13–12	Parc des Princes, Paris	39.991
1 June 1996	Stade Toulousain	CA Brive	20–13	Parc des Princes, Paris	48.162

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Stadium	Spectators
1 June 1963	Pau	CA Brive	12-6	Stade Charléty, Paris	13.000
18 May 1974	RC Narbonne	CA Brive	19–10	Stade Yves du Manoir, Colombes
27 January 1996	CA Brive	SU Agen	11–0	Parc des Princes, Paris	13.000

Coupe de France

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Stadium	Spectators
1 June 2000	Biarritz Olympique	CA Brive	24-13	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Heineken Cup

Date	Winner	Runner-Up	Score	Stadium	Spectators
25 January 1997	CA Brive	Leicester Tigers	28–9	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	41.664
31 January 1998	Bath Rugby	CA Brive	19–18	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	36.500

Current standings

2015–16 Top 14 Table

Club

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points For

Points Against

Points Difference

Tries For

Tries Against

Try Bonus

Losing Bonus

Points

Racing

270

225

+45

Toulouse

363

176

+187

Toulon

404

257

+147

Clermont

340

234

+106

Brive

252

211

+41

Montpellier

332

318

+14

Castres

294

273

+21

Bordeaux

275

253

+22

Grenoble

323

343

−20

La Rochelle

264

301

−37

Stade Français

245

285

−40

Pau

207

370

−163

Oyonnax

220

411

−191

Agen

259

391

−132

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 2016–17 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 may qualify for the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup. To facilitate the 2015 Rugby World Cup, there will be no play-offs for the Champions Cup with the 20th place going to the winner of the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup if not already qualified.
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 31 January 2016

Current squad

For player movements leading up to the 2016–17 season, see List of 2016–17 Top 14 transfers#Brive.

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
Thomas Acquier	Hooker	France
Francois Da Ros	Hooker	France
Guillaume Ribes	Hooker	France
Karlen Asieshvili	Prop	Georgia
Kevin Buys	Prop	South Africa
Giorgi Jgenti	Prop	Georgia
Damien Jourdain	Prop	France
Damian Lavergne	Prop	France
Lucas Pointud	Prop	France
Goderdzi Shvelidze	Prop	Georgia
Yusuf Tuncer	Prop	France
Victora Lebas	Lock	France
Peet Marais	Lock	South Africa
Arnaud Mela	Lock	France
Johan Snyman	Lock	South Africa
Wilhelm Steenkamp	Lock	South Africa
Petrus Hauman	Flanker	South Africa
Saïd Hireche	Flanker	France
Giorgi Tsutskiridze	Flanker	Georgia
Poutasi Luafatu	Flanker	Australia
Dominiko Waqaniburotu	Flanker	Fiji
Hugues Briatte	Number 8	France
Sisaro Koyamaibole	Number 8	Fiji
William Whetton	Number 8	New Zealand

Player	Position	Union
Nicholas Bezy	Scrum-half	France
Teddy Iribaren	Scrum-half	France
Jean-Baptiste Pejoine	Scrum-half	France
Thomas Laranjeira	Fly-half	Portugal
Anderson Neisen	Fly-half	France
Romain Sola	Fly-half	France
Arnaud Mignardi	Centre	France
Benjamin Petre	Centre	France
Chris Tuatara-Morrison	Centre	Australia
Matthieu Ugalde	Centre	France
Sevanaia Galala	Wing	Fiji
Benito Masilevu	Wing	Fiji
Guillaume Namy	Wing	France
Malakai Radikedike	Wing	Fiji
Gaëtan Germain	Fullback	France
Alfie Mafi	Fullback	Australia

Notable former players

References

↑ Mick Cleary and John Griffiths, ed. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0 7472 7732 X.
↑ Pope, Bruce (23 February 1997). "Brive out with the washing". The Independent (London: INM). ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
↑ Imakhoukhene, Hamid (19 May 2013). "Brive ne l'a pas volée". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 11 July 2014.

External links

(French) CA Brive Official website
Unofficial fan's site
CA Brive profile on Rugby15

Top 14

2015–16 Teams	Agen Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont Grenoble La Rochelle Montpellier Oyonnax Pau Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse

The origins	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19

Between the wars	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39

During the second world war	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45

After the second world war	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–80	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–95	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

Professional era and Top 16	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

Top 14	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus

European Rugby Challenge Cup

Organised by European Professional Club Rugby
Formerly the European Challenge Cup, organised by European Rugby Cup

2015–16 teams

European Challenge Cup
(1996-2014)

Seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Pool Stages	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

European Shield	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

European Rugby Challenge Cup
(2014-present)

Seasons	2014–15 2015–16

Pool stages	2014–15 2015–16

Qualification play-offs

Qualifying Competition

2014–15 2015–16

Rugby union in France

Governing body

Fédération Française de Rugby

National teams

Men's	France A 7s France amateur U-20 U-18

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Sevens Grand Prix Series

Professional clubs	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup National Rugby League (France) Top 14 Pro D2 Fédérale 1 Fédérale 2 Fédérale 3 Challenge Yves du Manoir

CA Brive squad

Forwards	Thomas Acquier Karlen Asieshvili Hugues Briatte Kevin Buys Francois Da Ros Petrus Hauman Saïd Hireche Giorgi Jgenti Damien Jourdain Sisa Koyamaibole Damian Lavergne Victora Lebas Poutasi Luafatu Peet Marais Arnaud Méla Lucas Pointud Guillaume Ribes Goderdzi Shvelidze Johan Snyman Wilhelm Steenkamp Yusuf Tuncer Giorgi Tsutskiridze Dominiko Waqaniburotu William Whetton

Backs	Nicholas Bézy Sevanaia Galala Gaëtan Germain Teddy Iribaren Thomas Laranjeira Alfie Mafi Benito Masilevu Arnaud Mignardi Guillaume Namy Anderson Neisen Jean-Baptiste Pejoine Benjamin Petre Malakai Radikedike Romain Sola Chris Tuatara-Morrison Matthieu Ugalde

Coach	Nicolas Godignon

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