CA Brive

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CA Brive
Full nameClub Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin
Nickname(s)Les Coujous
Les Gaillards (The Strapping Lads)
Les Noir et Blanc (The Black and Whites)
Les Zèbres (The Zebras)
Founded1910; 114 years ago (1910)
LocationBrive-la-Gaillarde, France
Ground(s)Stade Amédée-Domenech (Capacity: 14,759)
PresidentSimon Gillham
Coach(es)Pierre Henry-Broncan
Captain(s)Saïd Hireche
Most appearancesFrance Jean-Claude Roques (373)
Top scorerFrance Jean-François Thiot (1796)
Most triesFrance Jean-Pierre Puidebois (115)
League(s)Pro D2
2022–2314th (relegated)
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.cabrive-rugby.com

Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive (French pronunciation: [bʁiv]) or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department.

Brive is a historical member of French rugby union, being one of the clubs that spent the most seasons in the top French domestic competition. "Les Coujous" also won the

final
in a 28-9 win.

Many great players, both French and foreign, played for the club currently headed by Simon Gillham, and the youth academy has a good reputation. Brive players who also on to play for France include: Amédée Domenech, nicknamed "Le Duc" ("The Duke") who played there in the 1950s and 60s, and gave his name to the stadium after his death in 2003; prolific flanker Olivier Magne, fly-halves Christophe Lamaison and Alain Penaud, number-eight Jean-Luc Joinel and hooker Michel Yachvili, the father of Dimitri Yachvili, also wore the black and white jersey.

Their home ground is the 14,759-capacity Stade Amédée-Domenech and the club colours are black and white.

History

The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on 12 October 1912.[clarification needed] Before the Second World War, Brive changed from rugby union to rugby league but returned to union after the war.

It played regularly in the First Division, and established itself as the stronghold of rugby in

AS Béziers on 21 May in Lyon again, and again the Black and White came out the losers, as Béziers won their second consecutive title (9–0). Brive met AS Béziers in the final again three season later, in 1975. By then, Béziers had become the unbeatable team of the decade, and they won their fifth title, this time by just one point (13–12), at Parc des Princes in Paris
.

Brive experienced a resurgence in the middle of the 1990s, first in 1996, when they made their first finals appearance since the mid-1970s in Paris. Brive however went down 20–13 to

Heineken Cup where they faced the Leicester Tigers from England at Cardiff Arms Park. Brive finally won a final, defeating the Tigers 28–9.[1]
They are the only club to win the European Cup without ever winning their domestic championship.

On 22 February 1997, Brive, as European champions, were pitted against

Parc Lescure in Bordeaux
.

Since then, however, the club has been in dire straits, as it was subjected to a punitive relegation to the second division in 2000 due to bad financial management. They bounced back two years later but have struggled ever since in the lower echelons of the league table, except in 2004 when they managed to qualify for the playoffs. In 2005, Brive went to the semi-finals of

Heineken Cup, but the competition was difficult for them, against the Europeans champions Leinster, Llanelli Scarlets and London Irish
.

After difficulties and a relegation to the

second division in 2012, Brive returned to the Top 14 the following year, after defeating Pau.[3]

Honours

Finals results

Heineken Cup

Date Winner Runner-up Score Stadium Attendance
25 January 1997 Brive Leicester Tigers 28–9 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 41,664
31 January 1998 Bath Brive 19–18
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
 36,500

French Rugby Union Championship

Date Winner Runner-up Score Stadium Attendance
23 May 1965
Agen
 		Brive 15–8 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 28,758
21 May 1972
Béziers
 		Brive 9–0 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 31,161
18 May 1975
Béziers
 		Brive 13–12 Parc des Princes, Paris 39,991
1 June 1996 Toulouse Brive 20–13 Parc des Princes, Paris 48,162

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Date Winner Runner-up Score Stadium Attendance
8 June 1963
Agen
 		Brive 11–0 Parc des Princes, Paris N/A
18 May 1974 Narbonne Brive 19–10
Stade Yves du Manoir, Colombes
 15,000
27 January 1996 Brive Pau 12–6
Stade Charléty, Paris
 13,000

Coupe de France

Date Winner Runner-up Score Stadium Attendance
1 June 2000 Biarritz Brive 24–13
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
 17,500

Current standings

2022–23 Top 14 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff. Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Toulouse (CH) 26 17 1 8 682 474 +208 8 3 81
2 La Rochelle (RU) 26 17 0 9 673 479 +194 7 3 78
3
Lyon
(QF)		 26 14 1 11 688 626 +62 4 5 67
4 Stade Français (QF) 26 13 2 11 616 480 +136 5 6 67
5 Racing (SF) 26 14 1 11 734 684 +50 5 3 66
6 Bordeaux Bègles (SF) 26 13 1 12 576 501 +75 4 5 63
7
Toulon
 26 14 0 12 588 557 +31 3 2 61
8 Bayonne 26 13 1 12 596 662 –66 2 2 58
9 Castres 26 13 1 12 532 635 –103 1 2 57
10 Clermont 26 11 1 14 588 635 –39 4 6 56
11 Montpellier 26 11 0 15 624 617 +7 4 6 54
12 Pau 26 10 1 15 591 634 –43 6 4 52
13 Perpignan 26 10 0 16 503 724 –221 0 3 43
14 Brive (R) 26 7 0 19 440 731 –291 1 7 36

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
  2. Points difference in head-to-head matches
  3. Try differential in head-to-head matches
  4. Points difference in all matches
  5. Try differential in all matches
  6. Points scored in all matches
  7. Tries scored in all matches
  8. Fewer matches forfeited
  9. Classification in the previous Top 14 season
Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the
Rugby Pro D2
. Final table

Current squad

First Team squad

The Brive squad for the 2023–24 season
Props

Hookers

Locks

Backrow

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

Fullback

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

* denotes players qualified to play for France on residency or dual nationality. ST denotes a short-term signing. Players and their allocated positions from the Brive Rugby website.[4]

Espoirs squad

The Brive Espies squad for the 2023–24 season
Props

Hookers

Locks

Backrow

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centre

Wingers

Fullback

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

* denotes players qualified to play for France on residency or dual nationality. ST denotes a short-term signing. Players and their allocated positions from the Brive Rugby website.[4]

Notable former players

The following are players who have represented their country, players who have won a title with the club, players who have played a sufficient number of games to go down in the club history or players who came from the academy and have made a significant career in another team:

Pierre Villepreux
Alain Penaud
Steve Thompson
Arnaud Méla

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-7472-7732-X
    .
  2. OCLC 185201487
    . Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. ^ Imakhoukhene, Hamid (19 May 2013). "Brive ne l'a pas volée". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Effectif". CA BRIVE RUGBY SITE OFFICIEL (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-26.

External links

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