Stade Bordelais are a French
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
club, based in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
.
The club was established in 1889. Bordelais were a major force in the
French championship during the 1900s. Until 2005–06, the senior team competed in the second level of domestic competition, the
Pro D2, but was merged with the senior team of
CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde into ''
Union Stade Bordelais-CA Bègles Bordeaux Gironde'' changed in 2008 to
Union Bordeaux Bègles. The club only keeps youth teams and a women's team that won the First Division championship in 2023.
The club currently plays at Stade Sainte Germaine, which holds 5,000.
Honors
*
French championship Top 14
** Champions (7):
1899,
1904,
1905,
1906,
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
,
1909,
1911
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* January 3
** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...
** Runners-up (5):
1900,
1901,
1902,
1908,
1910
*
French Cup
** Runners-up (2): 1943, 1944
Finals results
French championship
French Cup
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SU Agen
Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne (), commonly referred to as SU Agen, Agen () or SUALG, is a French professional rugby union club based in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne that competes in the Pro D2, France's second division of rugby.
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Famous players
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Jean-Jacques Conilh de Beyssac
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Eugène Billac
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Maurice Boyau
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Maurice Bruneau
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Julien Dufau
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Albert Dupouy
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Marc Giacardy
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René Graciet
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Marcel Laffitte
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Pascal Laporte
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Jean Laudouar
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Maurice Leuvielle
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Alphonse Massé
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Vincent Moscato
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William Téchoueyres
References
* ''Histoire du sport en France: du Stade Bordelais au S.B.U.C.: 1889 - 1939'' de
Jean-Paul Callède, éd. Maison des sciences de l'homme d'Aquitaine, 1993
External links
Official website
Stade Bordelais
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
1889 establishments in France
Rugby clubs established in 1889