Stade Rochelais

Stade Rochelais
Full name	Stade Rochelais[1]
Nickname(s)	Les Corsaires (The Privateers) Les Maritimes (The Maritimes)
Founded	1898
Location	La Rochelle, France
Ground(s)	Stade Marcel-Deflandre (Capacity: 16,000)
President	Vincent Merling
Coach(es)	Ronan O'Gara
League(s)	Top 14
2021–22	5th (playoff quarter-finalists)
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.staderochelais.com

Stade Rochelais (French pronunciation: [stad ʁɔʃlɛ]), commonly called La Rochelle, is a French rugby union club who compete in the Top 14.

They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre (capacity 16,000). They wear yellow and black. They are based in La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime département of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

98% of the shares are owned by the Stade Rochelais Association.[2]

Stadium

The stadium is named after Marcel Deflandre, who was the president of the club born of the fusion between the rugby league and rugby union clubs during World War II in La Rochelle, after the Vichy government banned the game of Rugby League and forced all of its assets to be handed to the French Rugby Union.

Honours

Top 14
- Runners-up: 2020–21
European Rugby Champions Cup
- Champions: 2021–22
- Runners-up: 2020–21
EPCR Challenge Cup
- Runners-up: 2018–19
Challenge Yves du Manoir
- Champions: 2002, 2003 (March)
- Champions: 2022–23

Current standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toulouse	25	16	1	8	10	628	464	+164	76	Champions Cup & Top 14 finals
2	La Rochelle	25	16	0	9	10	659	469	+190	74
3	Stade Français	25	13	2	10	10	606	466	+140	66
4	Racing 92	25	14	1	10	8	709	652	+57	66
5	Bordeaux Bègles	25	13	1	11	9	557	466	+91	63
6	Lyon	25	13	1	11	8	635	607	+28	62
7	Bayonne	25	13	1	11	4	577	609	−32	58	Challenge Cup
8	Toulon	25	13	0	12	5	553	538	+15	57
9	Montpellier	25	11	0	14	10	614	582	+32	54
10	Castres	25	12	1	12	3	506	619	−113	53
11	Clermont	25	10	1	14	10	556	602	−46	52
12	Pau	25	9	1	15	9	556	624	−68	47
13	Perpignan	25	10	0	15	3	487	698	−211	43	Relegation play-off
14	Brive (R)	25	7	0	18	8	430	677	−247	36	Relegation to Rugby Pro D2

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2023. Source: Top 14
Rules for classification: 1) Competition points earned in head-to-head matches; 2) Points difference in head-to-head matches; 3) Try differential in head-to-head matches; 4) Points difference in all matches; 5) Try differential in all matches; 6) Points scored in all matches; 7) Tries scored in all matches; 8) Fewer matches forfeited; 9) Classification in the previous Top 14 season.
(R) Relegated

Current squad

The La Rochelle squad for the 2022–23 season is:[3]

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
Pierre Bourgarit	Hooker	France
Samuel Lagrange	Hooker	France
Quentin Lespiaucq	Hooker	France
Leo Aouf	Prop	France
Uini Atonio	Prop	France
Georges-Henri Colombe	Prop	France
Thierry Paiva	Prop	France
Joel Sclavi	Prop	Argentina
Hayden Thompson-Stringer	Prop	England
Reda Wardi	Prop	France
Ultan Dillane	Lock	Ireland
Thomas Lavault	Lock	France
Rémi Picquette	Lock	France
Thomas Ployet	Lock	France
Will Skelton	Lock	Australia
Grégory Alldritt	Back row	France
Levani Botia	Back row	Fiji
Paul Boudehent	Back row	France
Rémi Bourdeau	Back row	France
Noé Della-Sciava	Back row	France
Matthias Haddad	Back row	France
Kyle Hatherell	Back row	South Africa
Romain Sazy	Back row	France
Yoan Tanga	Back row	France

Player	Position	Union
Thomas Berjon	Scrum-half	France
Tawera Kerr-Barlow	Scrum-half	New Zealand
Jules Le Bail	Scrum-half	France
Harry Glynn	Fly-half	England
Antoine Hastoy	Fly-half	France
Pierre Popelin	Fly-half	France
Jonathan Danty	Centre	France
Jules Favre	Centre	France
Victor Olivier	Centre	France
UJ Seuteni	Centre	Samoa
Martín Alonso	Wing	Spain
Pierre Boudehent	Wing	France
Raymond Rhule	Wing	South Africa
Teddy Thomas	Wing	France
Brice Dulin	Fullback	France
Dillyn Leyds	Fullback	South Africa
Thibault Rabourdin	Fullback	France

Espoirs squad

The Stade Rochelais Espoirs squad is:[4]

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
Sacha Idoumi	Hooker	France
Tom Sartho	Hooker	France
Nikolozi Sutidze	Hooker	Georgia
Alexandre Kaddouri	Prop	France
Alexsandre Kuntelia	Prop	Georgia
Cola Nail	Prop	France
Louis Penverne	Prop	France
Karl Sorin	Prop	France
Henry Grondin	Lock	France
Simon Huchet	Lock	France
Charles Kante-Samba	Lock	France
Romain Lamit	Lock	France
Baptist Larrouy	Lock	France
Pierre Dupret	Back row	France
Oscar Jegou	Back row	France
Tyreese Leupolu	Back row	New Zealand
Edward Richer	Back row	France
Elouan Troadec	Back row	France

Player	Position	Union
Mathias Brunet	Scrum-half	France
Vasco Rocard	Scrum-half	France
Lucas Zamora	Scrum-half	France
Hugo Aubry	Fly-half	France
Hugo Reus	Fly-half	France
Romain Lamit	Centre	France
William Wright	Centre	France
Nathan Bollengier	Wing	France
Hoani Bosmorin	Wing	France
Sydney Coubard	Wing	France
Simeli Daunivicu	Wing	Fiji
Luca Gaboriau	Wing	France
Mateo Jeantieu	Wing	France
Ike Makope-Anagu	Wing	South Africa
Leo Sauvetre	Wing	France
Maxim Tetlow	Fullback	France

France results

Top 14 Championship Final

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Spectators
25 June 2021	Stade Toulousain	18–8	Stade Rochelais	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	14,000

European results

European Rugby Champions Cup Final

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Spectators
22 May 2021	Stade Toulousain	22–17	Stade Rochelais	Twickenham Stadium, London	10,000
28 May 2022	Stade Rochelais	24–21	Leinster	Orange Vélodrome, Marseille	59,682

Notable former players

Arnaud, then his son Jean-Pierre and his grandson Jean-Baptiste all played for La Rochelle as scrum-halves.

Coaches

Well known former coaches include

Arnaud Élissalde
Jean-Pierre Élissalde

The club only had three head coaches from 1992-2017, including Patrice Collaco since 2011.[5]

Leadership and management

Vincent Marling, president as of 2017, had guided the club for 25 years. He was the driving force behind the “Grow Together” campaign launched in 2015 that persuaded 500 local businesses to support/sponsor the club.[5]

References

"LA ROCHELLE : NOUVEAU NOM ET NOUVEAU LOGO POUR LE CLUB". 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
"Histoire du Club". July 2016.
"Effectif". Stade Rochelais (in French). 7 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
"Effectif Espors". Stade Rochelais. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
"Europe's team of the season are coming to Murrayfield". www.scotsman.com. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

External links

(in French) Stade Rochelais Official website

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[1] "LA ROCHELLE : NOUVEAU NOM ET NOUVEAU LOGO POUR LE CLUB". 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[2] "Histoire du Club". July 2016.

[Effectif-3] "Effectif". Stade Rochelais (in French). 7 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[Effectif_Espoirs-4] "Effectif Espors". Stade Rochelais. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

[auto-5] "Europe's team of the season are coming to Murrayfield". www.scotsman.com. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

Top 14
2022–23 Teams	Bayonne Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Pau Perpignan Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse
Early years	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 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
Interbellum era	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
World War II	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45
Post-war years	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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

La Rochelle – current squad
Forwards	Grégory Alldritt Léo Aouf Uini Atonio Paul Boudehent Rémi Bourdeau Pierre Bourgarit Georges-Henri Colombe Matthias Haddad Samuel Lagrange Thomas Lavault Motu Matu'u Rémi Picquette Romain Sazy Joel Sclavi Will Skelton Hayden Thompson-Stringer Reda Wardi
Backs	Martín Alonso Thomas Berjon Malcom Bertschy Levani Botia Pierre Boudehent Jonathan Danty Brice Dulin Jules Favre Antoine Hastoy Tawera Kerr-Barlow Jules Le Bail Dillyn Leyds Pierre Popelin Raymond Rhule Teddy Thomas
Coach	Ronan O'Gara