Stade Montois Rugby Explained

Teamname:Stade Montois Rugby
Fullname:Stade Montois Rugby Pro
Location:Mont-de-Marsan, France
Countryflag:France
Capacity:16,800
Url:www.stademontoisrugby.fr
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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.

History

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.

Honours

Finals results

French championship

DateWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueSpectators
22 May 1949Castres Olympique14-3Stade MontoisStade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse23,000
17 May 1953FC Lourdes21-16Stade MontoisStadium Municipal, Toulouse32,500
24 May 1959Racing Club de France8-3Stade MontoisParc Lescure, Bordeaux31,098
2 June 1963Stade Montois9-6US DaxParc Lescure, Bordeaux39,000

Challenge Yves du Manoir

DateWinnersScoreRunners-up
1958SC Mazametalign=center 3-0Stade Montois
1960Stade Montoisalign=center 9-9AS Béziers
1961Stade Montoisalign=center 17-8AS Béziers
1962Stade Montoisalign=center 14-9
1966FC Lourdes16-6Stade Montois

Current squad

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

Espoirs squad

Notable former players

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joueurs . Stade Montois Rugby . 1 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Mont-de-Marsan squad for season 2023/2024 . 2024-06-11 . all.rugby . en.