Aviron Bayonnais

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Aviron Bayonnais

Full name	Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro
Nickname(s)	L'Aviron (The Rowing Club) Les Ciel et Blanc (The Sky Blue and Whites)
Founded	1906; 118 years ago (1906)
Location	Bayonne, France
Ground(s)	Stade Jean-Dauger (Capacity: 14,370)
President	Philippe Tayeb
Coach(es)	Grégory Patat
Captain(s)	Denis Marchois
League(s)	Top 14
2022–23	8th
Team kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.abrugby.fr

Aviron Bayonnais (AB,

History

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

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

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

• French championship:
  • Champions: 1913, 1934 and 1943
  • Finalist: 1922, 1923, 1944 and 1982
• Challenge Yves du Manoir:
  • Champions: 1936 and 1980
• Coupe de l'Espérance:
  • Finalist: 1919
• Coupe André Moga:
  • Champions: 1995
• Pro D2
  • Champions: 2019, 2022
• Euro Basque Rugby Challenge
  • Champions: 2019^[1]

Finals results

French championship

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Coupe de l'Espérance

Current standings

Current squad

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 Facundo Bosch Hooker Argentina Vincent Giudicelli Hooker France Louis Ortolan Hooker France Quentin Bethune Prop France Swan Cormenier Prop France Pascal Cotet Prop France Matis Perchaud Prop France Pieter Scholtz Prop South Africa Luke Tagi Prop Fiji Tevita Tatafu Prop Tonga Thomas Ceyte Lock France Manuel Leindekar Lock Uruguay Denis Marchois Lock France Konstantin Mikautadze Lock Georgia Lucas Paulos Lock Argentina Remi Bourdeau Back row France Rodrigo Bruni Back row Argentina Uzair Cassiem Back row South Africa Baptiste Heguy Back row France Pierre Huguet Back row France Aitor Hourcade Back row France Arthur Iturria Back row France

Player Position Union Gela Aprasidze Scrum-half Georgia Maxime Machenaud Scrum-half France Guillaume Rouet Scrum-half Spain Thomas Dolhagaray Fly-half France Camille Lopez Fly-half France Eneriko Buliruarua Centre Fiji Reece Hodge Centre Australia Yan Lestrade Centre France Sireli Maqala Centre Fiji Guillaume Martocq Centre France Federico Mori Centre Italy Peyo Muscarditz Centre France Rémy Baget Wing France Aurelien Callandret Wing France Mateo Carreras Wing Argentina Arnaud Erbinartegaray Wing France Nadir Megdoud Wing France Luke Morahan Wing Australia Bastien Pourailly Wing France Gaëtan Germain Fullback France Tom Spring Fullback France Cheikh Tiberghien Fullback France

Espoirs squad

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 Badri Tsikhistavi Prop Georgia Martin Villar Prop Argentina Esteban Capilla Lock France Aymeric Rousere Lock France Aiden Stait Lock Australia Manex Ariceta Back row Spain Nika Lomidze Back row Georgia Noa Traversier Back row France Lasha Tsikhistavi Back row Georgia

Player Position Union Hugo Camacho Scrum-half Portugal Yanis Brillant Fly-half France Carlas de la Fuerte Fly-half Spain Gauthier Rufas Fly-half France Charly Bonnard Centre France Victor Hannoun Wing France Xan Mosques Wing France Yohan Orabe Fullback France

Notable former players

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Coaches

• 2008-Janu.2010 : Richard Dourthe, Thierry Mentières, Jean-Philippe Coyola.
• Janu.2010-2010 : Christian Gajan.
• 2010-Dec.2011 : Christian Gajan, Thomas Lièvremont, Frédéric Tauzin.
• Dec.2011-Janu.2012 :
  Jean-Pierre Elissalde, Didier Faugeron, Pierre-Henry Broncan
  .
• Janu.2012-June 2012 : Didier Faugeron, Denis Avril.
• 2012-2013 : Christian Lanta, Christophe Deylaud, Denis Avril.
• 2013-2014 : Christian Lanta, Christophe Deylaud
• 2014-2015 : Patricio Noriega, Nicolas Morlaes, Rob Linde, Daniel Larrechea.
• 2015-2017 : Vincent Etcheto, Dewald Senekal, Simone Santa Maria.
• 2017-2018 : Pierre Berbizier, Joël Rey, Vincent Etcheto, Simone Santa Maria.
• 2018-2019 : Yannick Bru, Joël Rey, Vincent Etcheto, Éric Artiguste.
• 2019-2021 : Yannick Bru, Joël Rey, Rémy Ladauge, Éric Artiguste.
• 2021-2022 Yannick Bru, Joël Rey, Éric Artiguste, Jean-Frédéric Dubois.
• 2022- : Grégory Patat, Joël Rey, Gerard Fraser, Éric Artiguste.

See also

• List of rugby union clubs in France
• Rugby union in France

Further reading

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

References

External links

• (in French) Aviron Bayonnais Official website
• (in French) Club information