Aviron Bayonnais

Aviron Bayonnais (AB, Basque: Baionako Arrauna), commonly called Bayonne, is a French rugby union club from Bayonne (Baiona, in Basque) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques which, for the 2016-17 season, competed in the top tier of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition. In the 2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 Season they were promoted after finishing 2nd and winning the playoff final against Aurillac. In the 2016-2017 season, they finished in last place, and will be relegated back to Pro D2 for the 2017-18 season. Founded in 1904, they play at the Parc des Sports also known as Stade Jean-Dauger in Bayonne. Their mascot is a pottok pony called pottoka. They have ties to the French Basque community.

Aviron Bayonnais
Full nameAviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro
Nickname(s)L'Aviron (The Rowing Club)
Les Ciel et Blanc (The Sky Blue and Whites)
Founded1906 (1906)
LocationBayonne, France
Ground(s)Stade Jean-Dauger (Capacity: 14,370)
PresidentPhilippe Tayeb
Coach(es)Grégory Patat
Captain(s)Denis Marchois
League(s)Top 14
2022–238th
Team kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.abrugby.fr

History

The club was established in 1904, making their first final appearance in the 1913 season, where they defeated S.C.U.F. 31-8 at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir. The national domestic championship was replaced by the Coupe de l'Espérance during World War I. The competition was played for four seasons, with Aviron Bayonnais contesting the last final, which they lost to Stadoceste Tarbais 4 to 3.

With the French championship resumed, the club made their next championship game in the 1922 season where they met Toulouse. Aviron Bayonnais lost the final 6 to nil. The two clubs would meet again the next season to again contest the championship final, which Toulouse won again, 3 to nil.

Aviron Bayonnais enjoyed success during the mid-1930s, defeating Biarritz 13 to 8 in Toulouse to win their second championship, and first since 1913. They also won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1936, defeating Perpignan in the final. The club saw similar results during the mid-1940s as well, with two championship final appearances; defeating SU Agen in the 1943 final at Parc des Princes in Paris and losing the 1944 season final to Perpignan.

Since the 1940s the club did not find a lot of success over the coming years, as they would have to wait until the 1980s until they would again reach any of the championship finals. In 1980 they contested the final of the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating AS Béziers 16 to 10 to gain their second title of that competition. They made it to the final of the 1982 season, although they were defeated by SU Agen, 18 to 9.

Aviron Bayonnais was relegated to the Group A2 in 1996, where it spent eight seasons. The team was promoted to the Top 16/14 in 2004, remaining there for 11 consecutive seasons. The team was relegated to the Pro D2 in 2015, and has been a yo-yo club since then.

Honours

  • French championship:
    • Champions: 1913, 1934 and 1943
    • Finalist: 1922, 1923, 1944 and 1982
  • Challenge Yves du Manoir:
    • Champions: 1936 and 1980
  • Coupe de l'Espérance:
    • Finalist: 1919
  • Coupe André Moga:
    • Champions: 1995
  • Pro D2
    • Champions: 2019, 2022
  • Euro Basque Rugby Challenge
    • Champions: 2019[1]

Finals results

The Aviron Bayonnais squad in 1914.

French championship

Date Champions Runners-up Score Venue Spectators
20 April 1913 Aviron Bayonnais S.C.U.F. 31-8 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 20.000
23 April 1922 Stade Toulousain Aviron Bayonnais 6-0 Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat 20.000
13 May 1923 Stade Toulousain Aviron Bayonnais 3-0 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 15.000
13 May 1934 Aviron Bayonnais Biarritz Olympique 13-8 Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse 18.000
21 March 1943 Aviron Bayonnais SU Agen 3-0 Parc des Princes, Paris 28.000
26 March 1944 USA Perpignan Aviron Bayonnais 20-5 Parc des Princes, Paris 35.000
29 May 1982 SU Agen Aviron Bayonnais 18-9 Parc des Princes, Paris 41.165

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1936 Aviron Bayonnais 9-3 USA Perpignan
1980 Aviron Bayonnais 16-10 AS Béziers

Coupe de l'Espérance

Date Winner Score Runner-up
1919 Stadoceste Tarbais 4-3 Aviron Bayonnais

Current standings

2023–24 Top 14 Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Stade Français 21 15 1 5 440 356 +84 46 30 4 1 67 Qualification for 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup and Playoffs
2 Toulouse 21 13 0 8 596 469 +127 81 55 6 3 61
3 Racing 92 21 12 0 9 525 418 +107 67 42 5 4 57
4 Toulon 21 12 0 9 558 418 +140 57 47 4 3 55
5 Bordeaux Bègles 21 12 0 9 521 463 +58 60 54 3 3 54
6 La Rochelle 21 10 0 11 474 372 +102 54 34 5 7 52
7 Pau 21 11 0 10 497 481 +16 51 54 2 4 50 Qualification for 2024–25 European Rugby Challenge Cup
8 Perpignan 21 11 0 10 500 557 57 64 69 5 0 49
9 Castres 21 10 0 11 522 523 1 56 62 4 5 49
10 Bayonne 21 9 0 12 460 532 72 51 62 2 6 44
11 Clermont 21 8 2 11 447 538 91 50 63 3 3 42
12 Lyon 21 9 0 12 482 621 139 52 73 4 2 42
13 Montpellier 21 8 0 13 418 496 78 46 57 1 5 38 Qualification for Relegation play-off
14 Oyonnax 21 5 1 15 449 645 196 47 80 0 4 26 Relegation to Pro D2
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: Top 14

Current squad

The Bayonne squad for the 2023–24 season is:[2][3]

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

Player Position Union
Thomas Acquier Hooker France France
Facundo Bosch Hooker Argentina Argentina
Vincent Giudicelli Hooker France France
Louis Ortolan Hooker France France
Quentin Bethune Prop France France
Swan Cormenier Prop France France
Pascal Cotet Prop France France
Matis Perchaud Prop France France
Pieter Scholtz Prop South Africa South Africa
Luke Tagi Prop Fiji Fiji
Tevita Tatafu Prop Tonga Tonga
Thomas Ceyte Lock France France
Manuel Leindekar Lock Uruguay Uruguay
Denis Marchois Lock France France
Konstantin Mikautadze Lock Georgia (country) Georgia
Lucas Paulos Lock Argentina Argentina
Remi Bourdeau Back row France France
Rodrigo Bruni Back row Argentina Argentina
Uzair Cassiem Back row South Africa South Africa
Baptiste Heguy Back row France France
Pierre Huguet Back row France France
Aitor Hourcade Back row France France
Arthur Iturria Back row France France
Player Position Union
Gela Aprasidze Scrum-half Georgia (country) Georgia
Maxime Machenaud Scrum-half France France
Guillaume Rouet Scrum-half Spain Spain
Thomas Dolhagaray Fly-half France France
Camille Lopez Fly-half France France
Eneriko Buliruarua Centre Fiji Fiji
Reece Hodge Centre Australia Australia
Yan Lestrade Centre France France
Sireli Maqala Centre Fiji Fiji
Guillaume Martocq Centre France France
Federico Mori Centre Italy Italy
Peyo Muscarditz Centre France France
Rémy Baget Wing France France
Aurelien Callandret Wing France France
Mateo Carreras Wing Argentina Argentina
Arnaud Erbinartegaray Wing France France
Nadir Megdoud Wing France France
Luke Morahan Wing Australia Australia
Bastien Pourailly Wing France France
Gaëtan Germain Fullback France France
Tom Spring Fullback France France
Cheikh Tiberghien Fullback France France

Espoirs squad

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

Player Position Union
Benjamin Lahet Prop France France
Badri Tsikhistavi Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Martin Villar Prop Argentina Argentina
Esteban Capilla Lock France France
Aymeric Rousere Lock France France
Aiden Stait Lock Australia Australia
Manex Ariceta Back row Spain Spain
Nika Lomidze Back row Georgia (country) Georgia
Noa Traversier Back row France France
Lasha Tsikhistavi Back row Georgia (country) Georgia
Player Position Union
Hugo Camacho Scrum-half Portugal Portugal
Yanis Brillant Fly-half France France
Carlas de la Fuerte Fly-half Spain Spain
Gauthier Rufas Fly-half France France
Charly Bonnard Centre France France
Victor Hannoun Wing France France
Xan Mosques Wing France France
Yohan Orabe Fullback France France

Notable former players

  • Argentina Lisandro Arbizu
  • Argentina Martín Bustos Moyano
  • Argentina Matías Cortese
  • Argentina Nicolás Fernández Miranda
  • Argentina Santiago Fernández
  • Argentina José María Núñez Piossek
  • Argentina Juan Pablo Orlandi
  • Australia Rodney Blake
  • Australia Mark Chisholm
  • Australia Cameron Treloar
  • Chile Ramón Ayarza
  • England Phil Davies
  • Fiji Filimoni Bolavucu
  • Fiji Gabiriele Lovobalavu
  • Fiji Savenaca Rawaca
  • Fiji Metuisela Talebula
  • Fiji Saïmoni Vaka
  • France André Alvarez
  • France Clément Ancely
  • France Grégory Arganese
  • France Yoan Audrin
  • France Julien Audy
  • France Denis Avril
  • France Marc Baget
  • France Antoine Battut
  • France Robert Baulon
  • France André Béhotéguy
  • France Henri Béhotéguy
  • France Christian Bélascain
  • France Eugène Billac
  • France Benjamin Boyet
  • France Renaud Boyoud
  • France Maurice Celhay
  • France Baptiste Chouzenoux
  • France Jean Condom
  • France Jean Dauger
  • France Walter Desmaison
  • France Pierre Dospital
  • France Richard Dourthe
  • France Bernard Duprat
  • France Pépito Elhorga
  • France Jean-Pierre Élissalde
  • France Anthony Étrillard
  • France Benjamin Fall
  • France Fernand Forgues
  • France Xavier Garbajosa
  • France Pierre Gayraud
  • France Jean-Michel Gonzalez
  • France Steven Hall
  • France Arnaud Héguy
  • France Cédric Heymans
  • France Yoann Huget
  • France Aretz Iguiniz
  • France Vincent Inigo
  • France Jean Iraçabal
  • France Louis Junquas
  • France Paul Labadie
  • France Simon Labouyrie
  • France Thibault Lacroix
  • France Patrice Lagisquet
  • France Damien Lagrange
  • France Daniel Larrechea
  • France Grégoire Lascubé
  • France René Lasserre
  • France Christophe Lamaison
  • France Camille Lopez
  • France Christian Magnanou
  • France Jean-Jo Marmouyet
  • France Romain Martial
  • France Rémy Martin
  • France Lionel Mazars
  • France Yannick N'Gog
  • France Marvin O'Connor
  • France Charles Ollivon
  • France Clément Otazo
  • France Laurent Pardo
  • France Patrick Perrier
  • France Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet
  • France Roland Pétrissans
  • France Lucas Pointud
  • France Julien Puricelli
  • France Jérôme Schuster
  • France Scott Spedding
  • France Jacques Rollet
  • France David Roumieu
  • France Benjamin Thiéry
  • France Matthieu Ugalde
  • France Jean-Marie Usandisaga
  • Georgia (country) Giorgi Jgenti
  • Georgia (country) Davit Khinchaguishvili
  • Georgia (country) Avto Kopaliani
  • Italy Lorenzo Cittadini
  • Italy Craig Gower
  • Italy Salvatore Perugini
  • Italy Ramiro Pez
  • Japan Wataru Murata
  • Namibia P. J. van Lill
  • New Zealand Stephen Brett
  • New Zealand Tom Donnelly
  • New Zealand Ross Filipo
  • New Zealand Troy Flavell
  • New Zealand Gerard Fraser
  • New Zealand Dwayne Haare
  • New Zealand Tanerau Latimer
  • New Zealand Sione Lauaki
  • New Zealand Joe Rokocoko
  • New Zealand Blair Stewart
  • New Zealand Neemia Tialata
  • Netherlands Willie du Plessis
  • South Africa Sam Gerber
  • South Africa JC Janse van Rensburg
  • South Africa Rassie Jansen van Vuuren
  • South Africa Joe Pietersen
  • Russia Viacheslav Grachev
  • Samoa Census Johnston
  • Samoa Leo Lafaiali'i
  • Samoa Jeremy Tomuli
  • Scotland Johnnie Beattie
  • Scotland James McLaren
  • Spain Oscar Astarloa
  • Spain Cédric Garcia
  • Spain Francisco Puertas Soto
  • Tonga Manu Ahotaeiloa
  • Tonga Lisiate Faʻaoso
  • Tonga Pila Fifita
  • Tonga Opeti Fonua
  • Wales Ben Broster
  • Wales Mike Phillips

Coaches

  • 2008-Janu.2010 : France Richard Dourthe, France Thierry Mentières, France Jean-Philippe Coyola.
  • Janu.2010-2010 : France Christian Gajan.
  • 2010-Dec.2011 : France Christian Gajan, France Thomas Lièvremont, France Frédéric Tauzin.
  • Dec.2011-Janu.2012 : France Jean-Pierre Elissalde,France Didier Faugeron, France Pierre-Henry Broncan.
  • Janu.2012-June 2012 : France Didier Faugeron,France Denis Avril.
  • 2012-2013 : France Christian Lanta, France Christophe Deylaud, France Denis Avril.
  • 2013-2014 : France Christian Lanta, France Christophe Deylaud
  • 2014-2015 : ArgentinaAustralia Patricio Noriega, France Nicolas Morlaes, South Africa Rob Linde, France Daniel Larrechea.
  • 2015-2017 : France Vincent Etcheto, South Africa Dewald Senekal, Italy Simone Santa Maria.
  • 2017-2018 : France Pierre Berbizier, France Joël Rey, France Vincent Etcheto, Italy Simone Santa Maria.
  • 2018-2019 : France Yannick Bru, France Joël Rey, France Vincent Etcheto, France Éric Artiguste.
  • 2019-2021 : France Yannick Bru, France Joël Rey, France Rémy Ladauge, France Éric Artiguste.
  • 2021-2022 France Yannick Bru, France Joël Rey, France Éric Artiguste, France Jean-Frédéric Dubois.
  • 2022- : France Grégory Patat, France Joël Rey, New Zealand Gerard Fraser, France Éric Artiguste.

See also

Further reading

  • Castiella, Manuel (2001). Un siècle de rugby à Bayonne (in French). Atlantica.

References

  1. "Ganador EBRC 07/09/2019 – Euro Basque Rugby Challenge" (in Spanish). eurobasquerugbychallenge.
  2. "L'équipe pour la saison 2023-2024 - l'Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro" (in French). AB Rugby.fr. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  3. "Bayonne squad for season 2023/2024". All Rugby. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
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