Stade Lausanne Rugby Club

Stade Lausanne Rugby Club

Full name	Stade Lausanne Rugby Club
Union	Fédération Suisse de Rugby A.C.G.R.
Founded	1969
Location	Lausanne, Switzerland
Ground(s)	Lausanne Chavannes - Centre sportif
President	Andrew Cummings
Coach(es)	Bruno Pompilio Andy Whitlow
League(s)	Swiss 1st Division Swiss 2nd Division
Official website
www.stadelausannerugby.com

Stade Lausanne Rugby Club are an amateur Swiss rugby union club from Lausanne, the Olympic Capital. The club plays in the Swiss first and second division and are former Swiss Cup champions.

Club history

Having been one of the eight original clubs^[1] to play in the inaugural Swiss Championship when the Switzerland Rugby Union was formed in 1969, Stade Lausanne has been one of the most successful clubs in the country. With six National League A (NLA) and six Swiss Cup titles including 2009 and 2010 Stade Lausanne sits third - behind Hermance RRC and Rugby Club CERN on the National overall club honours list and is the most successful club in Lausanne and canton Vaud. In the 2010/2011 season the First team marched into the Swiss final against RC Avusy and finished 2nd in the first division and the Second team got promoted to the second division of the Swiss Rugby Union.

Club honours

Competitions[2][3]	Years
Swiss Champions (NLA)	1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986
Swiss Cup	1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 2009, 2010
Second Division Champions (NLB)	2005, 2007, 2008, 2015

Licensed Players

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 Galli Giacomo Flanker Italy Pierre Estoup Centre France Alessio Giorgerini Centre Italy Yohan Vieílle Prop France Arnaud Paquier Wing France Baptiste Bayle Fly-half France Fabio Venturelli Wing Italy Paulo Bártolo Flanker Portugal Loïc Lair Flanker France Yannick Fernandez Wing Switzerland Daniel Kaempf Prop Australia Marc Besson Flanker Switzerland David Image Flanker New Zealand Aidan Kirby Lock England Oliver Marlow Flanker England Valentin Balsan Prop France Yannick Pingault Centre France Jorge Esteve Lock Spain Jacky Dervey Wing Switzerland Pascal Perriraz Prop Switzerland Jeremy Foster Fly-half Switzerland Marco Personeni Prop Italy Didier Richard Lock France Lachlan Simpson Lock New Zealand Benoît Capitanio Wing France Mikael Rouge Hooker Switzerland Louis Reyes Scrum-half France Andreas Dahinden Flanker Switzerland Victor McClean Flanker Ireland Mattihas Niffeler Lock Switzerland Adrien Massicault Lock France Loïc Crenn Flanker France Mark Johnson-Hill Lock England Yannik Messerli Hooker Switzerland Quentin Reyes Wing France Olivier Mantion Lock France Ronald Hamilton Flanker Canada Patrick Hermann Lock Switzerland Maxime Delgado Flanker France Christophe Briffaux Wing France Bruno Barthelemy Centre France Martin Robic Centre France Pierre Estoup Centre France Sylvain Coutu Fullback France Bastien Pouvreau Centre France Sèbastien Blanc Fullback France Tim Goodenough Flanker England William Dome Prop Kenya Christophe Roux Centre France Paul Freeman Hooker England Jean-Christophe Chassad Flanker France Sylvain Jimbert Centre France Nicolas Lozano Wing France Maxime Bedu Flanker France Andre Pharaony Lock France Lucas Pompilio Wing Switzerland

See also

• Rugby union in Switzerland
• Swiss Rugby Federation

References

1. http://www.suisserugby.com
2. http://www.lerugbysuisse.ch/statistiquesclub/statistiqueclubs.html
3. http://www.rugby-vaud.com/stade/stade.html