Union Sportive Bressane

US Bressane

Full name	Union Sportive Bressane Pays de l’Ain
Founded	1902
Location	Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Ground(s)	Stade Marcel-Verchère (Capacity: 10,400)
President	Jean-Marc Seguin and Philippe Duc
Coach(es)	Jean Anturville, Jean-Pierre Boisson and Jérome Chatelard
League(s)	Pro D2
2013–14	16th (demoted to Fédérale 1)
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.usbparugby.com

Union Sportive Bressane is a general sports club based in the town of Bourg-en-Bresse, France. The club has competed the past few years in France's third division and top amateur league, Fédérale 1. During the 2007–08 season, they managed to reach the final of the Jean-Prat championship and faced a surging US Colomiers side. US Bressane was easily defeated 36-3, but thanks to reaching the final this still earned the club automatic promotion to the second division of France, Rugby Pro D2 for 2008-09.

Current standings

2013–14 Rugby Pro D2 Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Lyon (C)	30	25	0	5	877	480	397	14	3	117
2	Agen (RU)	30	21	0	9	774	534	240	7	7	98[n 1]
3	La Rochelle (P)	30	21	1	8	723	476	247	8	4	98
4	Pau (SF)	30	20	1	9	635	503	132	5	6	93
5	Narbonne (SF)	30	18	1	11	801	603	198	8	6	88
6	Tarbes	30	17	1	12	658	577	81	5	5	80
7	Mont-de-Marsan	30	12	3	15	597	575	22	4	10	68
8	Bourgoin	30	13	2	15	597	598	-1	4	7	67
9	Colomiers	30	13	2	15	568	532	36	1	9	66
10	Béziers	30	11	1	18	521	688	-167	3	11	60
11	Aurillac	30	12	0	18	602	709	-107	4	7	59
12	Albi	30	11	2	17	603	728	-125	1	5	54
13	Dax	30	11	2	17	457	705	-248	0	5	53
14	Carcassonne	30	10	0	20	580	795	-215	1	9	50
15	Auch (R)	30	8	3	19	485	759	-274	2	4	44
16	Bourg-en-Bresse (R)	30	7	1	22	537	753	-216	0	11	41
Green background (row 1) Champions automatically promoted to Top 14. Yellow background denotes winner of the promotion play-offs. Blue background denotes other teams that qualified for the promotion play-offs. Red background (row 15 and 16) will be relegated to Fédérale 1. Source:Midol Updated: 25 May 2014
Agen won the head-to-head matches with La Rochelle 9 – 0 on match points so rank above them.

Current squad

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 Richard Coulas Hooker France Vincent Girard Hooker France Julien Hourcade Hooker France Emmanuel Maignien Hooker France Sylvain Charlet Prop France Marc Clerc Prop France Fabien Magnan Prop France Jean-Francois Martinez Prop France Scott Zimmerman Prop South Africa Bertrand Aurignac Lock France Yoann Carpentier Lock France Pascal Laffite Lock France Régis Brochier Flanker France Nic Fitisemanu Flanker New Zealand Julien Flanquart Flanker France Grégory Garnier Flanker France Karim Kabi Flanker France Charly Laffitte Flanker France Aurélien Vacheret Flanker France Hamza Zouhair Flanker France

Player Position Union Garrick Cowley Scrum-half Samoa Alexandre Ducrozet Scrum-half France Florian Napoli Scrum-half France Paul Bailey Fly-half England Mathieu Chabaud Fly-half France Yoan Boulanger Centre France Mickaël Bourguignon Centre France Clint Eadie Centre Australia Anthony Frenet Centre France Mathieu Geantet Centre France Arnaud Perret Centre France Nicolas Manguelin Wing France Clément Michon Wing France Clément Mounic Wing France Tomasi Mawi Rokodiva Wing Fiji Mickaël Ollier Wing France George Truelove Wing England Jean-Baptiste Dambielle Fullback France

See also

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

References

External links

• (French) Union Sportive Bressane Official website
• (French) itsrugby.fr US Bressane