Lyon OU

Lyon OU
Full name Lyon Olympique Universitaire
Nickname(s) Les Loups (The Wolves)
Founded 1896 (1896)
Location Lyon, France
Ground(s) Matmut Stadium (Capacity: 8,000)
President Yvan Patet
Coach(es) Matthieu Lazerges
Raphaël Saint-André
League(s) Pro D2
2014–15 14th (Relegated)
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.lourugby.fr
LOU Rugby against Stade Montois at the Vuillermet Stadium in Lyon, Pro D2 season 2004-2005

Lyon Olympique Universitaire or LOU is a French rugby union team that will compete in the Top 14, the highest level of the country's professional league system, in the 2014–15 season after winning the 2013–14 title in the second-level Pro D2. They were last relegated from the Top 14 at the end of the 2011–12 season, having earned their spot in the Top 14 by winning the 2010–11 Pro D2 crown.

They were founded in 1896 and play in red and black. They are based in Lyon in Rhône-Alpes, and play at the Matmut Stadium in Lyon, having moved from the Stade Vuillermet in 2011.

History

Le LOU, as it is traditionally known, is one of the oldest sports clubs in France and among the first outside Paris to have set up a rugby section. The club’s original name was Racing Club, the result of a merger of the Racing Club de Vaise and the Rugby Club de Lyon. It was renamed Racing et Cercles Réunis in 1902 after several other clubs joined it, then a few months later Lyon Olympique. Finally, in 1910, it became Lyon Olympique Universitaire. The red and black were adopted in 1902.

The club developed several sections (it now has 13), one of the most successful being the rugby union section, which is now known as LOU Rugby. The rugby club took part in three successive French championship finals (1931–33), losing the first one to Toulon (3-6) but winning the next two against Narbonne (9-3 and 10-3). It then played in lower amateur leagues until it was promoted back to the second professional division (Pro D2). In 2006-07, it had the second biggest budget of the championship and its ambition was to rejoin the Top 14 in the next two years, under the leadership of their coach Christian Lanta, who formerly led Racing Club de France, Italian club Treviso and Agen. However, they would not succeed in their promotion quest until 2011.

Honours

Finals results

French championship

Date Winner Runner-up Score Venue Spectators
10 May 1931 RC Toulon Lyon OU 6-3 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 10,000
5 May 1932 Lyon OU RC Narbonne 9-3 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 13,000
7 May 1933 Lyon OU RC Narbonne 10-3 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 15,000

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1932 SU Agen round robin Lyon OU
1933 Lyon OU round robin SU Agen

Current standings

2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Lyon 2220 0 2738340 +398 9291
2 Bayonne 221516496426 +70 3368
3 Béziers 221318555466 +89 3360
4 Aurillac 2213 0 9524450 +74 4359
5 Perpignan 2211 1 10519458 +61 4 555
6 Colomiers 2210 3 9436436 0 3352
7 Albi 221129426438 -12 1251
8 Mont De Marsan 2210 1 11418475 -57 2347
9 Montauban 2210012407448 −41 0 646
10 Narbonne 2210012438489 −51 1546
11 Bourgoin 229 0 13414427 –13 3746
12 Biarritz 2210012457430 +272345
13 Carcassonne 228014346530 −184 0436
14 Dax 227 1 14394527 –133 0434
15 Tarbes 228014421466 −45 0933
16 Provence Rugby 226 0 16376559 −183 0327
Green background (row 1) Champions automatically promoted to Top 14.
Blue background denotes teams that qualify for the promotion play-offs.
Red background relegation to Fédérale 1.

Note: When two teams have the same points total, position is calculated by results between teams before points difference.
Note: Tarbes have had 8 points deducted and will also be automatically relegated at the end of the season.

Current squad

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
Jean-Philippe Bonrepaux Hooker France France
Damien Fitzpatrick Hooker Australia Australia
Cameron Mapusua Hooker New Zealand New Zealand
Ti’i Paulo Hooker Samoa Samoa
David Attoub Prop France France
Albertus Buckle Prop South Africa South Africa
Wian du Preez Prop South Africa South Africa
Karim Kouider Prop France France
Sami Mavinga Prop France France
Zaza Navrozashvili Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Hoani Tui Prop New Zealand New Zealand
Coenraad Basson Lock South Africa South Africa
Karim Ghezal Lock France France
Christian Njewel Lock Cameroon Cameroon
Jean-Baptiste Singer Lock France France
Steevy Cerqueira Flanker Portugal Portugal
Carl Fearns Flanker England England
Deon Fourie Flanker South Africa South Africa
Giorgi Javakhia Flanker Georgia (country) Georgia
Eugène N'Zi Flanker Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
Julien Puricelli Flanker France France
Didier Tison Flanker France France
Julien Bonnaire Number 8 France France
Sakiusa Matadigo Number 8 Fiji Fiji
Taïasina Tuifua Number 8 Samoa Samoa
Player Position Union
Nicolas Durand Scrum-half France France
Agustín Figuerola Scrum-half Argentina Argentina
Mathieu Lorée Scrum-half France France
Stephen Brett Fly-half New Zealand New Zealand
Jérémy Gondrand Fly-half France France
Jacques-Louis Potgieter Fly-half South Africa South Africa
Clément Aubert Centre France France
Paul Bonnefond Centre France France
Kendrick Lynn Centre New Zealand New Zealand
Hemani Paea Centre Tonga Tonga
Thibaut Regard Centre France France
Waisale Sukanaveita Centre Fiji Fiji
Toby Arnold Wing New Zealand New Zealand
Napolioni Nalaga Wing Fiji Fiji
Franck Romanet Wing France France
Jone Tuva Wing Fiji Fiji
Robin Aulas Fullback France France
Romain Loursac Fullback France France
Jérôme Porical Fullback France France

See also

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