Stade Montois Rugby

Stade Montois Rugby

Full name	Stade Montois Rugby Pro
Nickname(s)	Les Abeilles (The Bees)
Founded	1908; 116 years ago (1908)
Location	Mont-de-Marsan, France
Ground(s)	Stade André et Guy Boniface (Capacity: 16,800)
President	Philippe Cazaubon
Coach(es)	David Auradou
Captain(s)	Jérôme Dhien
League(s)	Pro D2
2023–24	8th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.stademontoisrugby.fr

Stade Montois Rugby is a French rugby union team that currently is playing in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.

They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black. They are based in Mont-de-Marsan, the capital of the Landes département, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and play at the Stade Guy Boniface.

Stade Montois is a multi-sports club (28 sections) but its rugby team has always been its flagship. After winning a few regional titles between the two world wars, it reached the top of French club rugby four times in 15 years. It lost its first three French championship finals to Castres Olympique in 1949 (3-14, in a replay, after the original final had ended in a 3-3 draw), to FC Lourdes in 1953 (16-21), and to Racing Club de France in 1959 (3-8). Their finest hour came in 1963 in an all Landes-final against US Dax, won by the Yellow and Black 9-6. They had finally won one, whereas their Dax neighbours would lose all five finals they would play in.

It finished in the bottom table in the first-tier Top 14 in the 2008–09 season. They had just been promoted to the Top 14 after winning the Pro D2 promotion playoffs. They remained in Pro D2 for three seasons before successfully navigating the 2012 promotion playoffs.

Stade Montois' players include the Boniface brothers (André and Guy, who died in a car accident on 1 January 1968), Thomas Castaignède, Christian Darrouy, Benoît Dauga, Laurent Rodriguez. Former Leicester Tigers and Fiji scrum-half wizard Waisale Serevi also played for them as well as other notable Fijians such as Viliame Satala and Vilimoni Delasau.

• French championship Top 14
  • Champions (1): 1963
  • Runners-up (3): 1949, 1953, 1959
• Challenge Yves du Manoir
  • Champions (3): 1960, 1961, 1962
  • Runners-up (2): 1958, 1966
• Pro D2
  • Champions: 2002
  • Promotion playoff winners: 2008, 2012
• Second Division (Groupe B):
  • Champions: 1998

The squad for the 2023–24 season is:^[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Florian Dufour Hooker France Torsten van Jaarsveld Hooker Namibia Simon Labouyrie Hooker France Samuel Lagrange Hooker France Anthony Alvés Prop France Thomas Bultel Prop France Dino Casadei Prop France Gheorghe Gajion Prop Romania Jean-Luc Innocente Prop France Mattèo Lalanne Prop France Cherif Traoré Prop Italy Romain Durand Lock France Myles Edwards Lock England Aston Fortuin Lock South Africa Nicolas Garrault Lock France Andrei Ostrikov Lock Russia Yann Bréthous Back row France Michael Faleafa Back row Tonga Aurélien Laforgue Back row France Veresa Ramototabua Back row Fiji Raphaël Robic Back row France William Wavrin Back row France

Player Position Union Baptiste Canut Scrum-half France Christophe Loustalot Scrum-half France Kévin Viallard Scrum-half France Joris Pialot Fly-half France Willie du Plessis Fly-half Netherlands Simon Desaubiés Centre France Jules Even Centre France Patricio Fernández Centre Argentina Nacani Wakaya Centre Fiji Simão Bento Wing Portugal Gatien Massé Wing France Eroni Sau Wing Fiji Pierre Sayerse Wing France Yoann Laousse-Azpiazu Fullback France

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Matéo Chérifi Hooker France Mathys Bat Prop France Giovanni Sefa Prop France Jules Duusutour Lock France Carl Vangsgaard Lock Denmark Léo Banos Back row France Jean-Jacques Cassio Back row France Raphaël Darquier Back row France Enzo Prosper Back row France

Player Position Union Baptiste David Scrum-half France Nicolas Darquier Scrum-half France Baptiste Grulovic Centre France Pierre André Wing France Romain Duthoit Wing France Harrison Obatoyinbo Wing England Semi Lagivala Wing Fiji Myrtho Linguet Wing France Ian Ratu Wing Fiji Théo Cortes Fullback France

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