Section Paloise

Pau

Full name

Section Paloise Béarn Pyrénées

Founded

1902

Location

Pau, France

Ground(s)

Stade du Hameau (Capacity: 13,819)

President

Bernard Pontneau

Coach(es)

Simon Mannix

League(s)

Top 14

2014–15

Champions, Pro D2

1st kit

2nd kit

Official website

www.section-paloise.com

Section Paloise, in full Section Paloise Béarn Pyrénées, is a French rugby union club from Pau in Pyrénées-Atlantiques competing in Top 14, the highest level of the French league system. They most recently earned promotion by winning the championship of the second-level Rugby Pro D2 in 2015, nine years after having been relegated from the top flight.^[1]

History

They were founded in 1902 as Section Paloise de la Ligue Girondine before adopting their current name in 1905. Section Paloise first joined the French first division in 1911, and were crowned champions for the first time in 1928. "La Section" have won the French Championship on three occasions, the last being in 1964. They have, however, reached the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup and Top 14 as recently as 1998 and 2000, respectively. Section Paloise also added to their trophy case in 2000, winning the European Challenge Cup. At the end of the 2004–05 season, "La Section" survived a play-off game with Aurillac to remain in the Top 14. However, they were relegated the following season, and would remain in Pro D2 until earning promotion for the 2015–16 season. The club colors are green and white and their home ground is the Stade du Hameau (capacity 13,819). They are sponsored by French petroleum company Total.

Recent France internationals Imanol Harinordoquy, Damien Traille, and Lionel Beauxis began their professional club careers with Section Paloise.

Club honours

French premiership
- Champions: 1928, 1946, 1964
Challenge Yves du Manoir
- Champions: 1939, 1952, 1997
European Challenge Cup
- Champions: 2000
Rugby Pro D2
- Champions: 2015

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
6 May 1928	Section Paloise	US Quillan	6-4	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse	20.000
24 March 1946	Section Paloise	FC Lourdes	11-0	Parc des Princes, Paris	30.000
24 May 1964	Section Paloise	AS Béziers	14-0	Stade Municipal, Toulouse	27.797

Challenge Cup

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
27 May 2000	Section Paloise	Castres Olympique	34-21	Stade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse	6.000
21 May 2005	Sale Sharks	Section Paloise	27-3	Kassam Stadium, Oxford	7.230

Pro D2 promotion playoffs

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
27 May 2012	Stade Montois	Section Paloise	29–20	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	23,928

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

309

260

+49

Toulon

460

285

+175

Toulouse

371

204

+167

Clermont

368

251

+117

Bordeaux

314

284

+30

Montpellier

348

337

+11

Brive

269

243

+26

Castres

311

301

+10

La Rochelle

292

309

−17

Grenoble

358

382

−24

Stade Français

277

302

−25

Pau

226

386

−160

Oyonnax

233

455

−222

Agen

278

415

−137

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 21 February 2016

Current squad

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

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
Thomas Bianchin	Hooker	France
Mehdi Boundjema	Hooker	France
Vincent Campo	Hooker	France
Sylvain Charlet	Prop	France
Jérémy Hurou	Prop	France
Julien Jacquot	Prop	France
Chris King	Prop	New Zealand
Geoffrey Moise	Prop	Portugal
Euan Murray	Prop	Scotland
Giorgi Natsarashvili	Prop	Georgia
Abdellatif Boutaty	Lock	Morocco
Claude Dry	Lock	South Africa
Damien Fevre	Lock	France
Cameron Pierce	Lock	Canada
Julien Pierre	Lock	France
Daniel Ramsay	Lock	New Zealand
Loïc Bernad	Flanker	France
Jean Bouilhou	Flanker	France
Patrick Butler	Flanker	Ireland
Josefa Domolaïlaï	Flanker	Fiji
Sean Dougall	Flanker	Ireland
James Coughlan	Number 8	Ireland
Brice Monzeglio	Number 8	Switzerland

Player	Position	Union
Thibault Daubagna	Scrum-half	France
Thierry Lacrampe	Scrum-half	France
Samuel Marques	Scrum-half	Portugal
Taniela Moa	Scrum-half	Tonga
Brandon Fajardo	Fly-half	France
Santiago Fernandez	Fly-half	Argentina
Colin Slade	Fly-half	New Zealand
Simon Bonnet	Centre	France
Julien Fumat	Centre	France
Conrad Smith	Centre	New Zealand
Damien Traille	Centre	France
Jale Vatubua	Centre	Fiji
Bastien Pourailly	Wing	France
Elijah Niko	Wing	New Zealand
Mosese Ratuvou	Wing	Fiji
Watisoni Votu	Wing	Fiji
Marika Vunibaka	Wing	Fiji
Mathieu Acebes	Fullback	France
Charly Malie	Fullback	France

Notable former players

References

↑ "PRO D2, J27 - Pau – Montauban : la Section retrouve l’élite" (Press release). Ligue nationale de rugby. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

External links

(French) Section Paloise 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

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

Section Paloise squad

Forwards	Loïc Bernad Thomas Bianchin Jean Bouilhou Mehdi Boundjema Abdellatif Boutaty Patrick Butler Vincent Campo Sylvain Charlet James Coughlan Josefa Domolaïlaï Sean Dougall Claude Dry Damien Fevre Jérémy Hurou Julien Jacquot Chris King Geoffrey Moise Brice Monzeglio Euan Murray Giorgi Natsarashvili Cameron Pierce Julien Pierre Daniel Ramsay

Backs	Thibault Daubagna Thierry Lacrampe Samuel Marques Taniela Moa Brandon Fajardo Santiago Fernández Colin Slade Simon Bonnet Julien Fumat Conrad Smith Damien Traille Jale Vatubua Bastien Pourailly Elijah Niko Mosese Ratuvou Watisoni Votu Marika Vunibaka Mathieu Acebes Charly Malie

Coach	Simon Mannix

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