Stade Bagnérais
Stade Bagnérais () is a French rugby union club currently competing at the third level of the French league system (Fédérale 1). They are based in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, a small town of 8,000 inhabitants, in the Hautes-Pyrénées département, at the foot of the Pyrénées. Formed in 1901 they have reached the final of the French championship twice in 1979 and 1981. Several of their players played for France : * Center Roland Bertranne who held the French record for most caps (69) for a long time and captained the club to its two championship finals * Fullback Jean-Michel Aguirre (39), who won France’s second Grand Slam ever in 1977 along with… * …Wing Jean-François Gourdon (22) * Wing Jean Gachassin (21), nicknamed 'Peter Pan' finished his career with them in the 1960s in the town where he was born. Honours * French championship Top 14 ** Runners-up (2): 1979, 1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecesso ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Bagnères-de-Bigorre (, literally ''Bagnères of Bigorre''; ) is a Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées Departments of France, Department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie regions of France, region of southwestern France. Name The town was known in classical antiquity, antiquity as (Latin for "watery vicus, neighborhood") and in the Middle Ages as ("Waters of the Comminges"). Its present name similarly means "Baths" () of Bigorre, the area of southwestern France once inhabited by the ' and now forming most of the French department, department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Either Bagnères-de-Bigorre or nearby Cieutat was apparently the "Begorra" attested in AD 400, which also derived from the ancient tribe. Heraldry Geography Location Bagnères-de-Bigorre is located in the foothills of the Pyrenees partly in the valley of the Adour some southeast of Tarbes and east of Lourdes. Hydrography The Ad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grand Slam (Rugby Union)
In rugby union, a Grand Slam occurs when one team in the Six Nations Championship (or its Five Nations predecessor) beats all the others during one year's competition. This has been achieved 42 times in total, for the first time by Wales in 1908, and most recently by the Irish team in 2023. The team with the most Grand Slams is England with 13. It can also apply to the U20 and Women's Six Nations Championships. In another context, a Grand Slam tour refers to a touring side – South Africa, Australia or New Zealand – which plays fixtures against all four home nations (England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales) during their tour. If the tourists win all of those matches, they are said to have achieved a Grand Slam. This has been done nine times, first by South Africa in 1912–13, and most recently by New Zealand in 2010. Five and Six Nations Grand Slams In the annual Six Nations Championship (among England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy), and its predecessor the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sport In Hautes-Pyrénées
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rugby Union Clubs In France
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Both codes *** Tag rugby *Rugby fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court *Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, now a sub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1980–81 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1980–81 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Béziers beating Stade Bagnérais in the final. Formula For the second time, the clubs of the "Group B" didn't participate to win the title, but played a proper championship. The group A, like the group B was divided in four pools of ten clubs. The eight better of each pool were qualified for the knockout stages. Group A Qualification round In bold the teams qualified for knock out stages, ordered according to the ranking. "Last 32" "Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Semifinals Final Béziers held their title of French Champions and won the fourth Bouclier de Brennus in five years. Stade Bagnérais lost the second final, after the one in 1979. Group B Qualification round In bold the teams qualified for knockout stages, ordered according to the ranking. "Last 32" "Last 16" In bold th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1978–79 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1979–79 French Rugby Union Championship was won by RC Narbonne, Narbonne beating Stade Bagnérais in the final. Formula The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided into two groups (A and B) of 40. The "élite" (group A) was formed by four pools of ten clubs. The seven better of each pool (28 teams) were qualified for Single-elimination tournament, knockout stages, with four teams from group B. Qualification round Group A In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking Group B In bold the clubs qualified for the next round. The teams are listed according to the final ranking Knockout stages "Last 32" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round "Last 16" In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Quarter of finals In bold the clubs qualified for the next round Semifinals Final External links Compte rendu finale de 1979 lnr.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:1978-79 French ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Top 14
The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism of LNR. There is promotion and relegation between the Top 14 and the next level down, the Pro D2. The fourteen best rugby teams in France participate in the competition, hence the name Top 14. The competition was previously known as the Top 16. The league is one of the three major professional leagues in Europe (along with the English Premiership Rugby, Premiership and the United Rugby Championship, which brings together top clubs from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Italy and South Africa), from which the most successful teams go forward to compete in the European Rugby Champions Cup, the championship which replaced the Heineken Cup after the 2013–14 Pro12, 2013–14 season. The first ever final took place in 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jean Gachassin
Jean Gachassin (born 23 December 1941) is a former French rugby union footballer from Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées. Gachassin is also the former President of the Fédération Française de Tennis The French Tennis Federation (, FFT) is the governing body for tennis in France. It was founded in 1920, and is tasked with the organisation, co-ordination and promotion of the sport. It is recognised by the International Tennis Federation and by .... He was a French international rugby union player. His usual positions were wing three quarter, center three quarter, fullback and fly half. In fact he was so versatile that he played every back position for France with the exception of scrum half. He was a part of the France national rugby union team which won its first Grand Slam in the 1968 Five Nations tournament. Gachassin played as an international for France from 1961 to 1969. He was nicknamed Peter Pan and several other nicknames because of his diminutive size. He is c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jean-François Gourdon
Jean-François Gourdon (born Paris, 28 September 1954) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a wing. His is professionally a consultant on risk management and an insurance broker. He is the son of a Ukrainian mother and a French father. Club career Gourdon played for Paris Université Club, from 1966/67 to 1972/73. He moved to Racing Club de France, where he played from 1973/74 to 1975/76, and afterwards to Stade Bagnérais, since 1976/77. He was suspended from competition in 1977/78, but returned to Stade Bagnérais in 1978/79. He was runners-up of the Top 14 in 1978/79 and 1980/81. One of the best French players of his generation, he was voted "Best wing" by the weekly ''Midy Olympique'' for five times, in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979 and 1980. International career He had 22 caps for France, from 1974 to 1980, scoring 12 tries, 48 points on aggregate. He played in seven Five Nations Championship The Six Nations Championship (known as the Six Nations, branded as Gu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jean-Michel Aguirre
Jean-Michel Aguirre (born Tostat, 2 November 1951) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a Scrum-half and Fullback. Aguirre played for Stade Bagnérais. He started his career as a Scrum-half but his usual positions became Fullback. Jean-Michel Aguirre earned his first national cap on 27 November 1971 against the Australia at Colombes. Honours * Grand Slam : 1977. * French rugby champion finalist, 1979, 1981 with Stade Bagnérais Stade Bagnérais () is a French rugby union club currently competing at the third level of the French league system (Fédérale 1). They are based in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, a small town of 8,000 inhabitants, in the Hautes-Pyrénées département, .... References External links * 1951 births Living people French rugby union players 20th-century French sportsmen France international rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Rugby union players from Hautes-Pyrénées French rugby union coaches Stade Bagnérais pla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées (; Gascon/ Occitan: ''Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus'' awts piɾeˈnɛʊs ; alts piɾiˈneʊs ) is a department in the region of Occitania, southwestern France. The department is bordered by Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the west, Gers to the north, Haute-Garonne to the east, as well by the Spanish province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon to the south. In 2019, its population was 229,567;Populations légales 2019: 65 Hautes-Pyrénées , INSEE its is Tarbes. It is named after the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roland Bertranne
Roland Bertranne (born 6 December 1949 in Ibos) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a Centre. Bertranne played for Stade Bagnérais and Toulon. He earned his first national cap on 27 February 1971 against the England in Twickenham and scored a try on debut. He held the French record for most caps (69) for a long time. He still holds the French record of consecutive caps. He also played for the Barbarians and for a World XV on 9 August 1980 against in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22. Bertranne was the youngest member of the RFU President's Overseas XV squad that played 4 matches as part of the centenary celebrations of the Rugby Football Union in 1971. Honours * Grand Slam : 1977, 1981 * French rugby champion finalist, 1979, 1981 with Stade Bagnérais Stade Bagnérais () is a French rugby union club currently competing at the third level of the French league system (Fédérale 1). They are based in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, a small town of 8,000 inhabitants, in t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |