Rugby Club Vannes

RC Vannes
Full name Rugby Club Vannetais
Emblem(s) (as above)
Founded 1950
Location Vannes, France
Ground(s) Stade de la Rabine (Capacity: 9,500)
Chairman François Cardron
Coach(es) Jean-Noël Spitzer
Captain(s) Clément Payen
League(s) Pro D2
2016–17 11th

RC Vannes (French: Rugby club vannetais) is a French rugby union club from Vannes currently competing in the French league system. Formed in 1950 they will compete in Pro D2. They play in the Stade de la Rabine and traditionally wear blue and white jerseys. They are based in Vannes in Brittany.

The team usually competes in the third tier of French rugby, Fédérale 1. During the 2015-16 season they beat RC Massy during the Fédérale 1 promotion semi-finals automatically accessing to the 2016–17 Pro D2, an historical reach for a Breton rugby team.[1][2][3]

Current standings

The current table for the 2016–17 Rugby Pro D2 is:[4]

2016–17 Rugby Pro D2 Table
Pos Club Pl W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 Oyonnax 30 19 0 11 790 637 +153 7 7 90
2 Agen 30 18 2 10 780 624 +156 5 6 87
3 Montauban 30 19 0 11 726 533 +193 6 4 86
4 Mont-de-Marsan 30 17 0 13 738 588 +150 6 9 83
5 Biarritz 30 18 0 12 730 637 +93 5 4 81
6 Perpignan 30 16 1 13 744 589 +155 9 4 79
7 Colomiers 30 17 1 12 760 593 +167 5 3 78
8 Aurillac 30 15 0 15 689 712 −23 5 5 70
9 Carcassonne 30 14 1 15 648 642 +6 3 3 64
10 Béziers 30 13 0 17 694 667 +27 7 4 63
11 Vannes 30 12 2 16 659 735 −76 2 7 61
12 Narbonne 30 14 1 15 616 746 −130 3 0 61
13 Soyaux Angoulême 30 13 1 16 565 686 −121 2 5 61
14 Dax 30 13 0 17 647 845 −198 1 6 59
15 Albi 30 12 2 16 641 781 −140 1 4 57
16 Bourgoin 30 4 1 25 452 864 −412 1 6 17
Legend:
Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Points Total
Green background denotes the champions, who are automatically promoted to Top 14.
Yellow background denotes winner of the promotion play-offs.
Blue background denotes teams that qualify for the promotion play-offs.
Red background relegation to Fédérale 1.

Notes:
When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.
Bourgoin had 8 points deducted for financial irregularities.[5]

Notable former players

  • FranceSpain David Barrera Howarth
  • Georgia (country) Archil Bezhiashvili
  • France Guillaume Blache
  • France Jean Bodard
  • Fiji Laijiasa Bolenaivalu
  • France Jean-Louis Bouché
  • Fiji Aloisio Butonidualevu
  • France André Carrié
  • France Julien Cazenave
  • France Otilo Kafotamaki
  • ArgentinaItaly Leandro Cedaro
  • France Mohamed Chargui
  • Australia Scott Clare
  • France Jean-Baptiste Claverie
  • France Jo Courtel
  • France Étienne Delangle
  • France Quentin Étienne
  • France Vincent Farre
  • France Julien Faurois
  • France Jonathan Garcia
  • France Mickaël Garcia
  • Argentina Martin Garcia Veiga
  • France Jean-Yves Gauthier
  • South Africa Pieter Grobler
  • Argentina Bautista Guemes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby. Le RC Vannes en Pro D2, victoire 25-13 face à Massy". ouest-france.fr. ouest france. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Grammont, Stéphane. "Rugby: la montée historique de Vannes en proD2". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. France 3 Bretsgne. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rugby. Vannes écrit l'histoire en accédant en Pro D2 !". Le Télégramme. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Classement PRO D2". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "PROD2, Bourgoin - Retrait de 8 points". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (Press release) (in French). 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.