Aviron Bayonnais

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Aviron Bayonnais
Full nameAviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro
Nickname(s)L'Aviron (The Rowing Club)
Les Ciel et Blanc (The Sky Blue and Whites)
Founded1906; 118 years ago (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

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.

History[edit]

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[edit]

Finals results[edit]

The Aviron Bayonnais squad in 1914.

French championship[edit]

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[edit]

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

Coupe de l'Espérance[edit]

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

Current standings[edit]

2023–24 Top 14 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff. Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Racing 12 8 0 4 352 223 +129 4 4 40
2 Bordeaux Bègles 12 8 0 4 330 263 +67 2 2 36
3 Stade Français 12 7 1 4 238 199 +39 2 1 33
4 Toulouse 12 7 0 5 297 243 +54 3 1 32
5 Toulon 12 7 0 5 305 238 +67 2 2 32
6 Pau 12 7 0 5 268 246 +22 2 1 31
7 Castres 12 6 0 6 309 281 +28 3 3 30
8 La Rochelle 12 6 0 6 260 217 +43 2 4 30
9 Clermont 12 5 1 6 274 287 –13 2 2 26
10 Bayonne 12 5 0 7 243 290 -47 1 3 24
11 Perpignan 12 5 0 7 246 362 –116 1 0 21
12 Oyonnax 12 5 0 7 255 345 -90 0 0 20
13 Lyon 12 4 0 8 250 375 –125 2 2 20
14 Montpellier 12 3 0 9 225 283 –58 0 4 16

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 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup.
Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup.
Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2024–25 European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Pink background (row 13) will be contest a play-off with the runners-up of the 2023–24 Rugby Pro D2 season for a place in the 2024–25 Top 14 season.
Red background (row 14) will be relegated to Rugby Pro D2.
Updated: 7 January 2024


Current squad[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Coaches[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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