US Carcassonne

US Carcassonne

Full name	Union Sportive Carcassonnaise
Founded	1899
Location	Carcassonne, France
Ground(s)	Stade Albert Domec (Capacity: 11,000)
League(s)	Pro D2
2013–14	14th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.uscarcassonne.com

Union Sportive Carcassonnaise are a French rugby union club based in Carcassonne. US Carcassonne currently compete in the Pro D2 of French rugby. The club were established in 1899. They play in black and yellow colours and at the Stade Albert Domec. Carcassonne have contested one French championship final in their history; losing to USA Perpignan in 1925.

Honours

• French championship:
  • Runners-up: 1925
• Fédérale 1 championship;
  • Champions: 2010
• Fédérale 2 championship:
  • Champions: 2008
• Deuxième Division:
  • Champions: 1975
• Troisième Division:
  • Champions: 1966
• Honneur (4e div):
  • Champions: 1951

Finals results

French championship

Date	Champions	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Spectators
3 May 1925	Perpignan	US Carcassonne	5-0	Maraussan, Narbonne	20,000

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 Luc Bissuel Hooker France Clément Jullien Hooker France Ionel Badiu Prop France Mohamed Ben Bouhout Prop France Phil Cringle Prop Scotland Quentin Drancourt Prop France Victor Laval Prop France Nahuel Lobo Prop Argentina Semisi Telefoni Prop Tonga Andrei Ursache Prop Romania Alin Coste Lock Romania Cédric Guironnet Lock France Pierre Maurens Lock France Clément Poux Lock France François Tisseau Lock France Evrard Dion Oulai Flanker Ivory Coast Emmanuel Étien Flanker France Kevin Gimeno Flanker France Joël Koffi Flanker France Scott Newlands Flanker Scotland Franck Teyssier Number 8 France Sanele Vavae Tuilagi Number 8 Samoa

Player Position Union Yohan Domenech Scrum-half France Carol Raymaud Scrum-half France Felipe Berchesi Fly-half Uruguay Adrien Latorre Fly-half France Fabien Grammatico Centre Spain José Lima Centre Portugal Tom Matthews Centre Australia Javiah Pohe Centre New Zealand Thierry Brana Wing France Benoit Lazzarotto Wing France Aisea Natoga Wing Fiji Benjamin Caminati Fullback France Julien Gros Fullback France

Notable former players

• Antoine Blain
• Jules Cadenat
• Albert Domec
• Firmin Raynaud
• Jean Sébédio
• Guy Vassal
• Romuald Laouvéa

See also

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

References

External links

• (French) US Carcassonne Official website
• Itsrugby.co.uk team profile