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team that currently is playing in

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, the second level of the country's professional league system. They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black. They are based in

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, the capital of the Landes ''

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'', in

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, and play at the Stade Guy Boniface.

History

Stade Montois is a multi-sports club (28 sections) but its rugby team has always been its flagship. After winning a few regional titles between the two world wars, it reached the top of French club rugby four times in 15 years. It lost its first three French championship finals to

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in 1949 (3-14, in a replay, after the original final had ended in a 3-3 draw), to FC Lourdes in 1953 (16-21), and to Racing Club de France in 1959 (3-8). Their finest hour came in 1963 in an all Landes-final against US Dax, won by the Yellow and Black 9-6. They had finally won one, whereas their Dax neighbours would lose all five finals they would play in. It finished in the bottom table in the first-tier

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in the 2008–09 season. They had just been promoted to the Top 14 after winning the Pro D2 promotion playoffs. They remained in Pro D2 for three seasons before successfully navigating the 2012 promotion playoffs. Stade Montois' players include the Boniface brothers ( André and Guy, who died in a car accident on 1 January 1968),

Thomas Castaignède Thomas Castaignède (born 21 January 1975) is a rugby union footballer from Mont-de-Marsan. Born in Mont-de-Marsan, Aquitaine, Castaignède played as a junior and senior for Stade Montois in various positions, initially as fly-half or centre, ...

, Christian Darrouy, Benoît Dauga, Laurent Rodriguez. Former

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and Fiji scrum-half wizard Waisale Serevi also played for them as well as other notable Fijians such as Viliame Satala and Vilimoni Delasau.

Honours

* French championship Top 14 ** Champions (1):

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** Runners-up (3):

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

* Challenge Yves du Manoir ** Champions (3): 1960, 1961, 1962 ** Runners-up (2): 1958, 1966 *

** Champions: 2002 ** Promotion playoff winners: 2008, 2012 * Second Division (Groupe B): ** Champions: 1998

Finals results

French championship

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Current standings

Current squad

The squad for the 2024–25 season is:

Espoirs squad

Notable former players

* Carlos Muzzio * Lucio Sordoni * Ben Coutts * Jens Torfs * Josh Jackson * Luke Tait * Martin Jágr * Laurence Pearce * James Voss * Adriu Delai * Vilimoni Delasau * Vereniki Goneva * Wame Lewaravu * Timoci Matanavou * William Ryder * Waisale Serevi * Viliame Satala * Cédric Beal * Alexandre Bécognée *

André Boniface André Boniface (14 August 1934 – 8 April 2024) was an international rugby union player for France national rugby union team, France. His usual position was either on the wing or in the centres. His Test career for France, 1954 through to 196 ...

* Guy Boniface * Romain Cabannes * André Carrère * Stéphane Castaignède *

* Fernand Cazenave *

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* Pierre Corréia * Marc Dal Maso * Jean Darrieussecq * Christian Darrouy * Benoît Dauga * Walter Desmaison * Fabien Devecchi * Pierre Lacroix * Grégory Le Corvec * Laurent Magnaval *

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* Florent Massip * Jean-Marc Mazzonetto * Eric Melville * Alexandre Menini * Arnaud Mignardi * Adrien Oléon * Sébastien Ormaechea * Clément Otazo * Laurent Rodriguez * Olivier Sourgens * Jocelino Suta *

Rémi Talès Rémi Talès (born 2 May 1984) is a French rugby union player. His position is fly-half and he currently plays for Mont-de-Marsan in the Pro D2. He began his career with Stade Montois before moving to La Rochelle. He established himself as a ...

* Willy Taofifénua * Lucas Tauzin * Mikaele Tuugahala * Beka Gorgadze * Tamaz Mchedlidze * Irakli Machkhaneli * Gilles Pagnon * Walter Cristofoletto * Andrea De Marchi * Laurent Travini * Raoul Larson * António Aguilar * André da Silva * Trevor Leota * Sébastien Loubsens * Tevita Mailau * Ephraim Taukafa

References

External links

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Stade Montois
Official website *
Blog "Marine et Jaune"
{{Rugby union in France MontdeMarsan Rugby clubs established in 1908 Mont-de-Marsan 1908 establishments in France Sport in Landes (department)