Aviron Bayonnais

Bayonne
Full name	Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro
Founded	1904
Location	Bayonne, France
Ground(s)	Stade Jean Dauger (Capacity: 18,069)
President	Philippe Tayeb
Coach(es)	Yannick Bru; Joël Rey; Rémy Ladauge
Captain(s)	Antoine Battut
League(s)	Pro D2
2020–21	Top 14, 13th (relegated via play-off)
Official website
	www.abrugby.fr

Aviron Bayonnais (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 Jean Dauger in Bayonne. Their mascot is a pottok pony called pottoka. They have ties to the French Basque community.

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.

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:
- Champions: 1919
Coupe André Moga:
- Champions: 1995
Pro D2
- Champions: 2019
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

The current table for the 2021–22 Rugby Pro D2 is:[2]

2021–22 Rugby Pro D2 Table

Pos

Club

Pl

W

D

L

PF

PA

PD

TB

LB

Pts

1

Mont-de-Marsan

5

0

200

62

+138

3

0

23

2

Colomiers

5

0

144

73

+71

2

0

22

3

Bayonne

5

4

1

0

132

91

+42

1

0

19

4

Montauban

5

4

0

1

111

87

+24

1

0

17

5

Oyonnax

5

3

0

2

107

70

+37

0

2

14

6

Béziers

5

3

0

2

94

97

–3

0

1

13

7

Rouen

5

2

1

2

132

111

+21

1

12

8

Nevers

5

2

1

2

94

108

–14

0

1

11

9

Grenoble

5

2

0

3

99

107

–8

0

2

10

Provence

5

2

0

3

106

121

–15

0

2

10

11

Carcassonne

5

2

0

3

100

108

–8

0

1

9

12

Aurillac

5

2

0

3

90

119

–40

0

1

9

13

Bourg-en-Bresse

5

1

3

103

142

–39

0

2

8

14

Narbonne

5

1

0

4

83

150

–69

0

2

6

15

Agen

5

0

5

70

137

–67

0

3

16

Vannes

5

0

5

78

153

–75

0

2

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 (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final Promotion play-off places.
Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final Promotion play-off places.
Red background relegation to Nationale.

Notes:
When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.

Current squad

The Bayonne squad for the 2021–22 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
Maxime Delonca	Hooker	France
Louis Ortolan	Hooker	France
John Ulugia	Hooker	Australia
Torsten van Jaarsveld	Hooker	Namibia
Ugo Boniface	Prop	France
Swan Cormenier	Prop	France
Jean-Baptiste de Clercq	Prop	Belgium
Luc Mousset	Prop	France
Matis Perchaud	Prop	France
Chris Talakai	Prop	Australia
Tevita Tatafu	Prop	Tonga
Luka Tchelidze	Prop	Georgia
Mariano Galarza	Lock	Argentina
Mat Luamanu	Lock	Samoa
Denis Marchois	Lock	France
Konstantin Mikautadze	Lock	Georgia
Afa Amosa	Back row	Samoa
Paul Beltran	Back row	France
Uzair Cassiem	Back row	South Africa
Robin Dione	Back row	France
Baptiste Heguy	Back row	France
Aitor Hourcade	Back row	Spain
Jean Monribot	Back row	France
Filimo Taofifenua	Back row	France
Asier Usarraga	Back row	Spain

Player	Position	Union
Guillaume Rouet	Scrum-half	Spain
Michael Ruru	Scrum-half	New Zealand
Shaun Venter	Scrum-half	South Africa
Hugo Zabalza	Scrum-half	France
Maxime Lafage	Fly-half	France
Manuel Ordas	Fly-half	Spain
Isaia Toeava	Fly-half	New Zealand
Theo Costossèque	Centre	France
Yann David	Centre	France
Hugo Fourquet	Centre	France
Yan Lestrade	Centre	France
Peyo Muscarditz	Centre	France
Remy Baget	Wing	France
Guillaume Bouche	Wing	France
Arthur Duhau	Wing	France
Jean-Teiva Jacquelin	Wing	France
Sireli Maqala	Wing	Fiji
Joe Ravouvou	Wing	New Zealand
Arnaud Erbinartegaray	Fullback	France
Gaëtan Germain	Fullback	France

Notable former players

Coaches

Janu.2010-2010 : Christian Gajan
2010-Dec.2011 : Christian Gajan, Thomas Lièvremont
Dec.2011-Janu.2012 : Jean-Pierre Elissalde, Didier Faugeron, Pierre-Henry Broncan.
Janu.2012-June 2012 : Didier Faugeron, Denis Avril.
2012-2013 : Christian Lanta, Christophe Deylaud, Denis Avril.
2013-2014 : Christian Lanta, Christophe Deylaud
2014-2015 : Patricio Noriega
2015–2017 : Vincent Etcheto
2017–present : Pierre Berbizier

References

"Ganador EBRC 07/09/2019 – Euro Basque Rugby Challenge" (in Spanish). eurobasquerugbychallenge.
"Classement PRO D2". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
"Effectif saison 2019-2020" (in French). Aviron Bayonnais. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

External links

(in French) Aviron Bayonnais Official website
(in French) Club information

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[Ganador_EBRC-1] "Ganador EBRC 07/09/2019 – Euro Basque Rugby Challenge" (in Spanish). eurobasquerugbychallenge.

[Classement_PRO_D2-2] "Classement PRO D2". Ligue Nationale de Rugby (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[Effectif_2017/2018-3] "Effectif saison 2019-2020" (in French). Aviron Bayonnais. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

Pro D2
2021–22 Teams	Agen Aurillac Bayonne Béziers Bourg-en-Bresse Carcassonne Colomiers Grenoble Mont-de-Marsan Montauban Narbonne Nevers Oyonnax Provence Rouen Vannes
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 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
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

Top 14
2021–22 Teams	Biarritz 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
Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

Bayonne – current squad
Forwards	Afa Amosa Paul Beltran Ugo Boniface Uzair Cassiem Swan Cormenier Jean-Baptiste de Clercq Maxime Delonca Robin Dione Mariano Galarza Baptiste Héguy Aitor Hourcade Mat Luamanu Denis Marchois Konstantin Mikautadze Jean Monribot Luc Mousset Louis Ortolan Matis Perchaud Chris Talakai Filimo Taofifenua Tevita Tatafu Luka Tchelidze John Ulugia Asier Usarraga Torsten van Jaarsveld
Backs	Remy Baget Guillaume Bouche Theo Costossèque Yann David Arthur Duhau Arnaud Erbinartegaray Hugo Fourquet Gaëtan Germain Jean-Teiva Jacquelain Maxime Lafage Yan Lestrade Sireli Maqala Peyo Muscarditz Manuel Ordas Joe Ravouvou Guillaume Rouet Michael Ruru Isaia Toeava Shaun Venter Hugo Zabalza
Coach	Yannick Bru

Authority control
General	VIAF 1 WorldCat
National libraries	France (data)