Stade Rochelais

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

Stade Rochelais
Full nameStade Rochelais[1]
Nickname(s)Les Corsaires (The Privateers) Les Maritimes (The Maritimes)
Founded1898 (1898)
LocationLa Rochelle, France
Ground(s)Stade Marcel-Deflandre (Capacity: 16,000)
PresidentVincent Merling
Coach(es)Ronan O'Gara
League(s)Top 14
2020–212nd (runners up)
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.staderochelais.com

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 New Aquitaine region.

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

Stadium
Main article: Stade Marcel-Deflandre

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






Current standings
2021–22 Top 14 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff. Tries for Tries against Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Bordeaux Bègles191216442338+10447304357
2Montpellier181125452318+13444314456
3Lyon201109498380+11854315554
4Castres201217420447–2744383154
5Racing201208492463+2950491251
6La Rochelle191009485332+15355325550
7Toulouse181008403311+9244314148
8Clermont199010482428+5450424444
9Pau209110424497–7337551241
10Stade Français199010406439–3338392341
11Brive207112347477–13032493437
12Toulon18729339371–3230352236
13Perpignan207013379529–15036602434
14Biarritz205015373612–23939781424

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  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
Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup.
Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup.
Yellow background (rows 7 and 8) indicates teams outside the play-offs that also earn a place in the Champions Cup.
Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2022–23 European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Pink background (row 13) will qualify to the relegation play-offs.
Red background (row 14) will automatically be relegated to 2022–23 Rugby Pro D2.
Final table — source:
Updated: 31 October 2021

Current squad
For player movements before or during the 2021–22 season, see List of 2021–22 Top 14 transfers § La Rochelle.

The La Rochelle 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
Facundo Bosch Hooker Argentina
Pierre Bourgarit Hooker France
Samuel Lagrange Hooker France
Motu Matu'u Hooker Samoa
Léo Aouf Prop France
Uini Atonio Prop France
Ramiro Herrera Prop Argentina
Guram Papidze Prop Georgia
Dany Priso Prop France
Joel Sclavi Prop Argentina
Reda Wardi Prop France
Thomas Lavault Lock France
Rémi Picquette Lock France
Romain Sazy Lock France
Will Skelton Lock Australia
Mathieu Tanguy Lock France
Grégory Alldritt Back row France
Paul Boudehent Back row France
Rémi Bourdeau Back row France
Matthias Haddad Back row France
Wiaan Liebenberg Back row South Africa
Victor Vito Back row New Zealand
Player Position Union
Thomas Berjon Scrum-half France
Tawera Kerr-Barlow Scrum-half New Zealand
Jules Le Bail Scrum-half France
Jules Plisson Fly-half France
Pierre Popelin Fly-half France
Ihaia West Fly-half New Zealand
Levani Botia Centre Fiji
Pierre Boudehent Centre France
Eneriko Buliruarua Centre Fiji
Jonathan Danty Centre France
Jules Favre Centre France
Kavekini Tabu Centre Fiji
Martín Alonso Wing Spain
Malcolm Bertschy Wing France
Arthur Retière Wing France
Raymond Rhule Wing South Africa
Jérémy Sinzelle Wing France
Brice Dulin Fullback France
Dillyn Leyds Fullback South Africa

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
Quentin Bougerol Hooker France
Sacha Idoumi Hooker France
Guillaume Lagahe Hooker France
Nikoloz Sutidze Hooker Georgia
Emilien Borges Prop France
Yanis El Maslouhi Prop France
Alexandre Kaddouri Prop France
Alexandre Kuntelia Prop Georgia
Louis Penverne Prop France
Karl Sorin Prop France
Rémy Bonnet Lock France
Michel Himmer Lock Germany
Simon Huchet Lock France
Nathan Huguen Lock France
Thomas Ployet Lock France
Hugo Sauzeau Lock France
Maxime Becker Back row France
Damien Bonnet Back row France
Josselin Bouhier Back row France
Arthus Boutin Back row France
Noé Della Schiava Back row France
Oscar Jegou Back row France
Edouard Richer Back row France
Elouan Troadec Back row France
Player Position Union
Mathis Brunet Scrum-half France
Lucas Sudre Scrum-half France
Lucas Zamora Scrum-half France
Hugo Aubry Fly-half France
Harry Glynn Fly-half England
Arthur Tonnay Fly-half France
Théo Gouionnet Centre France
Julien Ichambre Centre France
Mathis Lafon Centre France
Romain Lamit Centre France
Damian Markus Centre France
Victor Olivier Centre France
Maxime Tetlow Centre England
Maxime Desroziers Wing France
Nils Guyon Wing France
Matéo Jeantieu Wing France
Ike Mabope Anagu Wing France
Léo Sauvetre Wing France
Nathan Bollengier Fullback France
Idris Mbaye Fullback France
Thibault Rabourdin Fullback France

France results

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

European results

European Rugby Champions Cup Finals
Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Spectators
22 May 2021 Stade Toulousain 22–17 Stade Rochelais Twickenham Stadium, London 10,000

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

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.[6]

See also

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