Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne

Aurillac

Full name	Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne
Founded	1904
Location	Aurillac, France
Ground(s)	Stade Jean Alric (Capacity: 10,000)
President	Christian Millette
Coach(es)	Jeremy Davidson & Thierry Peuchlestrade
League(s)	Pro D2
2015–16	6th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.stade-aurillacois.fr

Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne (commonly known as Aurillac) is a French rugby union club that play in Rugby Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. The club currently play at the Stade Jean Alric, which has a capacity of around 10,000. The club was founded in 1904. They participated in the 2005-06 Pro D2 competition, but were relegated to the amateur Fédérale 1 league for the 2006-07 season, from which they regained their place in the Pro D2 for the 2007-08 Pro D2 competition.

Honours

• Coupe de France
  • Runners-up: 1986

• Première division groupe B
  • Runners-up: 1996

• Fédérale 1
  • Winner: 2007

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	22	20	0	2	738	340	+398	9	2	91
2	Bayonne	22	15	1	6	496	426	+70	3	3	68
3	Béziers	22	13	1	8	555	466	+89	3	3	60
4	Aurillac	22	13	0	9	524	450	+74	4	3	59
5	Perpignan	22	11	1	10	519	458	+61	4	5	55
6	Colomiers	22	10	3	9	436	436	0	3	3	52
7	Albi	22	11	2	9	426	438	-12	1	2	51
8	Mont De Marsan	22	10	1	11	418	475	-57	2	3	47
9	Montauban	22	10	0	12	407	448	−41	0	6	46
10	Narbonne	22	10	0	12	438	489	−51	1	5	46
11	Bourgoin	22	9	0	13	414	427	–13	3	7	46
12	Biarritz	22	10	0	12	457	430	+27	2	3	45
13	Carcassonne	22	8	0	14	346	530	−184	0	4	36
14	Dax	22	7	1	14	394	527	–133	0	4	34
15	Tarbes	22	8	0	14	421	466	−45	0	9	33
16	Provence Rugby	22	6	0	16	376	559	−183	0	3	27
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 Nicolas Catanzano Hooker France Manu Leiataua Hooker Samoa Adrien Pélissié Hooker France Anthony Alves Prop Portugal Maxime Escur Prop France Grégory Fabro Prop France Antoine Fournier Prop France Nikoloz Khatiashvili Prop Georgia Pierre Sery Prop France Giorgi Sharashidze Prop Georgia Lotu Taukeiaho Prop Australia Levan Datunashvili Lock Georgia Maxime Granouillet Lock France Baptiste Hezard Lock France Romain Briatte Flanker France Latuka Maituku Flanker France Arthur Roulin Flanker France Pierre Roussel Flanker France Marius Vialle Flanker France Mathieu Lescure Number 8 France Uta Maninoa Number 8 Samoa Flavien Nouhaillaguet Number 8 France

Player Position Union Lee Adriaanse Scrum-half South Africa Paul Boisset Scrum-half France Théo Nanette Scrum-half France Maxime Petitjean Fly-half France Antoine Renaud Fly-half France Jean-Philippe Cassan Centre France Jakobus Kemp Centre South Africa Robert Lilomaiava Centre Samoa Merab Sharikadze Centre Georgia Conor Gaston Wing Ireland Pierre Jeudy Wing France Alex Luatua Wing New Zealand Albert Valentin Wing France Sergi Aubanell Fullback Spain Jakc McPhee Fullback New Zealand

Notable former players

• Victor Boffelli
• Danie De Beer
• Thomas Domingo
• Romeo Gontineac
• Wade Grintell
• Olivier Magne
• Sébastien Viars
• Jean-François Viars
• Keith Andrews
• John O'Connor
• Phillipe Kilroe
• Mark Andrews
• Forrest Gainer
• Pierre Trémouille
• Didier Casadeï
• Graydon Staniforth
• Harold Karele
• Jacques Burger
• Jason Marshall
• Ludovic Mercier
• Daniel Kotze

See also

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

References

External links

• (French) Stade Aurillacois Official website