Atlantique Stade Rochelais

La Rochelle

Full name

Founded

1898

Location

La Rochelle, France

Ground(s)

Stade Marcel-Deflandre (Capacity: 15,000)

President

Vincent Merling

Coach(es)

Patrice Collazo
Xavier Garbajosa

League(s)

Top 14

2013–14
2014–15

3rd (playoff winner, promoted to Top 14)
9th

1st kit

2nd kit

3rd kit

Official website

www.staderochelais.com

Atlantique Stade Rochelais is a French rugby union club who compete in the Top 14. They are often known simply as Stade Rochelais.

They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre (capacity 12 500). They wear yellow and black. They are based in La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime département of the Poitou-Charentes region.

Stadium

Main article: Stade Marcel-Deflandre

The stadium is named after Marcel Deflandre, who was the president of the club born of the fusion between the rugby league and rugby union clubs during WWII in La Rochelle, after the Vichy government banned the game of Rugby League and forced all of its assets to be handed to the French Rugby Union.

Honours

League Cup (Challenge Yves-du-Manoir) 2002, 2003
Quarter-finalist of the French Championship in 1961, 1962 and 1969

Current standings

2015–16 Top 14 Table

Club

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points For

Points Against

Points Difference

Tries For

Tries Against

Try Bonus

Losing Bonus

Points

Racing

270

225

+45

Toulouse

363

176

+187

Toulon

416

272

+144

Clermont

340

234

+106

Bordeaux

290

265

+25

Brive

252

211

+41

Montpellier

332

318

+14

Castres

294

273

+21

Grenoble

323

343

−20

La Rochelle

264

301

−37

Stade Français

245

285

−40

Pau

207

370

−163

Oyonnax

220

411

−191

Agen

259

391

−132

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

Competition points earned in head-to-head matches

Points difference in head-to-head matches

Try differential in head-to-head matches

Points difference in all matches

Try differential in all matches

Points scored in all matches

Tries scored in all matches

Fewer matches forfeited

Classification in the previous Top 14 season

Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup.
Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup.
Yellow background (row 7) indicates the team that may qualify for the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup. To facilitate the 2015 Rugby World Cup, there will be no play-offs for the Champions Cup with the 20th place going to the winner of the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup if not already qualified.
Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Red background (row 13 and 14) will be relegated to Rugby Pro D2. Updated 14 February 2016

Current squad

For player movements leading up to the 2016–17 season, see List of 2016–17 Top 14 transfers#La Rochelle.

2015-16 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Hikairo Forbes	Hooker	New Zealand
Benjamin Geledan	Hooker	France
David Roumieu	Hooker	France
Uini Atonio	Prop	France
Gagi Bazadze	Prop	Georgia
Mike Corbel	Prop	France
Maxime Gau	Prop	France
Lekso Kaulashvili	Prop	Georgia
Vincent Pelo	Prop	France
Jordan Seneca	Prop	France
Thomas Synaeghel	Prop	France
Leandro Cedaro	Lock	Italy
Jason Eaton	Lock	New Zealand
Romana Graham	Lock	New Zealand
Damien Lagrange	Lock	France
Romain Sazy	Lock	France
Afa Amosa	Flanker	Samoa
Kevin Gourdon	Flanker	France
Benoit Guyot	Flanker	France
Zeno Kieft	Flanker	Netherlands
Arnaud Dorier	Number 8	France
Jone Qovu	Number 8	Fiji

Player	Position	Union
Julien Audy	Scrum-half	France
Ricky Januarie	Scrum-half	South Africa
Jules Le Bail	Scrum-half	France
Jean-Pascal Barraque	Fly-half	France
Fabien Fortassin	Fly-half	France
Zack Holmes	Fly-half	Australia
Pierre Aguillon	Centre	France
Levani Botia	Centre	Fiji
Malietoa Hingano	Centre	Australia
Charles Lagarde	Centre	France
Alofa Alofa	Wing	Samoa
Francois Herry	Wing	France
Gabriel Lacroix	Wing	France
Alex Northam	Wing	Australia
David Raikuna	Wing	New Zealand
Benjamin Lapeyre	Fullback	France
Kini Murimurivalu	Fullback	Fiji

Notable former players

Arnaud, then his son Jean-Pierre and his grandson Jean-Baptiste all played for La Rochelle as scrum-halves.

Famous coaches

Arnaud Élissalde
Jean-Pierre Élissalde

References

External links

(French) Stade Rochelais Official website

Top 14

2015–16 Teams	Agen Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont Grenoble La Rochelle Montpellier Oyonnax Pau Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse

The origins	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19

Between the wars	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39

During the second world war	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45

After the second world war	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–80	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–95	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

Professional era and Top 16	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

Top 14	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus

European Rugby Challenge Cup

Organised by European Professional Club Rugby
Formerly the European Challenge Cup, organised by European Rugby Cup

2015–16 teams

European Challenge Cup
(1996-2014)

Seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Pool Stages	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

European Shield	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

European Rugby Challenge Cup
(2014-present)

Seasons	2014–15 2015–16

Pool stages	2014–15 2015–16

Qualification play-offs

Qualifying Competition

2014–15 2015–16

Rugby union in France

Governing body

Fédération Française de Rugby

National teams

Men's	France A 7s France amateur U-20 U-18

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Sevens Grand Prix Series

Professional clubs	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup National Rugby League (France) Top 14 Pro D2 Fédérale 1 Fédérale 2 Fédérale 3 Challenge Yves du Manoir

Atlantique Stade Rochelais squad

Forwards	Afa Amosa Uini Atonio Gagi Bazadze Leandro Cedaro Mike Corbel Arnaud Dorier Jason Eaton Hikairo Forbes Maxime Gau Benjamin Geledan Kevin Gourdon Romana Graham Benoit Guyot Lekso Kaulashvili Zeno Kieft Damien Lagrange Vincent Pelo Jone Qovu David Roumieu Romain Sazy Jordan Seneca Thomas Synaeghel

Backs	Pierre Aguillon Alofa Alofa Julien Audy Jean-Pascal Barraque Levani Botia Fabien Fortassin Francois Herry Malietoa Hingano Zack Holmes Ricky Januarie Gabriel Lacroix Charles Lagarde Benjamin Lapeyre Jules Le Bail Kini Murimurivalu Alex Northam David Raikuna

Coach	Patrice Collazo / Xavier Garbajosa

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Atlantique Stade Rochelais

Stadium

Honours

Current standings

Current squad

Notable former players

Famous coaches

See also

References

External links