Union sportive Colomiers Rugby or US Colomiers is a French

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club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been

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from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006-07 season, but earned promotion from

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at the first opportunity in 2007-08, and survived a relegation scare in 2008–09, finishing 14th, in the last safe position. The club was relegated from Pro D2 in the 2010–11 season. The club, based in

Colomiers Colomiers (; oc, Colomèrs; Languedocien dialect: ''Colomièrs'') is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. With a population of 39,968 as of 2019, it is the largest suburb of the city of Toul ...

in the

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'' of

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, was founded in 1915 and plays at the Stade Michel Bendichou (capacity 11,000). The players wear blue and white. Colomiers have been runners-up in the

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and Heineken Cup, as well as winners of the

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. US Colomiers were established in 1915. Colomiers had various European success in the late 1990s. In 1998 they won the European Challenge Cup, the competition below the Heineken Cup, defeating fellow French club

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in the final. The following season they competed in the Heineken Cup. They made it all the way to the final, which took place at

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. The capacity crowd saw Irish side

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win 21 points to 6. Colomiers also competed in the 1999-00 and 2000-01 Heineken Cups, but did not make the finals stages of the tournament. The club made its first domestic championship final when they met Stade Français in 2000. The Paris club won the game 28 points to 23 at Stade de France. In 2005 they were crowned Fédérale 1 champions and were promoted back up to Rugby Pro D2, but went back down to Fédérale 1 after two seasons in the second flight. They again claimed the Fédérale 1 title in 2008 to return to Pro D2.

Honours

: ** Runners-up: 2000 * Heineken Cup: ** Runners-up: 1999 *

: ** Champions: 1998 *

: ** Champions: 2005, 2008

Finals results

French championship

Heineken Cup

European Challenge Cup

Current standings

Current squad

The squad for the 2021–22 season is:

Notable former players

* Jean-Luc Sadourny / 1984-2003 * Fabien Galthié / 1985-2001 * Yannick Bru / 1997-1998 * David Skrela / 1997-2003 and 2013-2016 * Patrick Tabacco / 1997-2000 * Marc Dal Maso / 1998-2000 *

Yannick Jauzion Yannick Jauzion (born 28 July 1978 in Castres) is a French former rugby union footballer. Raised in Vénès, Tarn he played at centre for Stade Toulousain and the France national team. During the 2000's, Jauzion was regarded as one of the best ...

/ 1999-2002 * Francis Ntamack / 1999-2004 and 2006-2007 * Julien Arias / 2001-2004 * Hugues Miorin / 2002-2003 * Yannick Forestier / 2003-2004 *

Thierry Dusautoir Thierry Dusautoir (; born 18 November 1981) is a French former rugby union player who last played for France at international level and Toulouse in the French Top 14 club competition. Dusautoir was considered a strong ball carrier and possessed i ...

/ 2003-2004 * Jean-Philippe Grandclaude / 2003-2004 * Patricio Albacete / 2003-2004 * Benjamin Thiéry / 2003-2004 * Jonathan Wisniewski / 2007 * François Tardieu / 2017-2018

Coaches

* Jean-Luc Sadourny * Bernard de Giusti

References

External links

*
Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby
Official website
The Fourth Heineken Cup Final
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