US Cognac

Cognac
Club information
Full name	Union Sportive Cognaçaise
Website	None
Colours	Red and white
Founded	1899
Current details
Ground(s)	Stade Jean-Martinaud, Cognac
Competition	Rugby Pro D2

Union Sportive Cognaçaise is a French rugby union club, based in Cognac in the Charente département (Poitou-Charentes region). They play at the Parc des Sports (capacity 2,800), and wear white and red.

They were founded on December 2, 1898 and regularly competed in the first division in the 1950s and 1960s. They played in the 1954 French championship final, going down narrowly to FC Grenoble 3-5. They are currently competing in the fifth level of the French league system, Fédérale 3.

Club honours

French premiership : runner-up 1954
Challenge Yves-du-Manoir (French cup) 1965
Second division champions 1995

Famous players

External links

Official site (work in progress)

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

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