US Dax

Dax

Full name	Union Sportive Dacquoise
Founded	1904
Location	Dax, France
Ground(s)	Stade Maurice Boyau (Capacity: 16,170)
President	Alain Pecastaing
Coach(es)	Richard Dourthe Brice Miguel
Captain(s)	Anthony Salle-Canne
League(s)	Pro D2
2014–15	15th[1]
Team kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.usdax.fr

Union sportive dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.

They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 16,170). They wear red and white. They are based in Dax in the Landes département of Aquitaine.

Honours

• French championship:
  • Runners-up: 1956, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1973
• Challenge Yves du Manoir/Coupe de France:
  • Champions: 1957, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1982

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Spectators
3 June 1956	FC Lourdes	US Dax	20-0	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	38,426
28 May 1961	AS Béziers	US Dax	6-3	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	35,000
2 June 1963	Stade Montois	US Dax	9-6	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	39,000
22 May 1966	SU Agen	US Dax	9-8	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	28,803
20 May 1973	Stadoceste Tarbais	US Dax	18-12	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	26,952

Squad will be updated once season 2012-2013 commences and all recruits have been finalised. sorry for any inconvinience.

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	7	6	0	1	211	124	+87	2	1	27
2	Aurillac	7	5	0	2	231	161	+70	3	1	24
3	Bayonne	7	5	0	2	184	163	+21	1	1	22
4	Perpignan	7	5	0	2	170	120	+50	0	2	22
5	Albi	7	4	0	3	139	138	+1	1	1	18
6	Béziers	7	4	0	3	187	161	+26	0	1	17
7	Colomiers	7	4	0	3	153	156	–3	1	0	17
8	Mont De Marsan	7	3	0	4	162	132	+30	1	3	16
9	Narbonne	7	3	0	4	146	154	–8	0	2	14
10	Montauban	7	3	0	4	137	176	−39	0	2	14
11	Tarbes	7	3	0	4	140	151	–11	0	1	13
12	Dax	7	3	0	4	150	178	–28	0	1	13
13	Provence Rugby	7	3	0	4	132	175	−43	0	0	12
14	Bourgoin	7	2	0	5	129	151	−22	0	3	11
15	Carcassonne	7	2	0	5	120	207	–87	0	1	9
16	Biarritz	7	1	0	6	109	153	−44	0	2	6
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.

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 Boris Bethery Hooker France Maxime Delonca Hooker France Kévin Firmin Hooker France Remy Chies Prop France Pierre Choinard Prop France Romain David Prop France Thibaud Drean Prop France Martin Dreyer Prop South Africa Asa Faitotoa Prop New Zealand Elizbar Kuparadze Prop Georgia James Lakepa Prop Samoa Romain Maurice Prop France Alexis Neisen Prop France Romain Pouyleau Prop France Géronimo Albertarrio Lock Argentina Gregory Bernard Lock France Mickaël Bert Lock France Jérémy Dumont Lock France Theo Sentucq Lock France Joe Tuineau Lock Tonga Olivier August Flanker France Anthony Coletta Flanker France Germain Garcia Flanker France Pierre Huguet Flanker France Aisea Koliavu Flanker Fiji Vladimir Susler Flanker France Filimo Taofifenua Flanker France Martin Chiappesoni Restano Number 8 Argentina Alexandre Derrien Number 8 France Charlie Ternisien Number 8 France

Player Position Union Simon Garrouteigt Scrum-half France Thibault Lesparre Scrum-half France Sylvère Reteau Scrum-half France Anthony Salle-Canne Scrum-half France Adrien Bau Fly-half France Thomas Curutchet Fly-half France Romain Lacoste Fly-half France Ignacio Mieres Fly-half Argentina Julien Peyrelongue Fly-half France Arnaud Pic Fly-half France Gaëtan Robert Fly-half France Guillaume Devade Centre France Olivier Klemenczak Centre France Guillaume Mathy Centre France Apisai Naqalevu Centre Fiji Simon Ternisien Centre France Matthieu Bourret Wing France Sakiusa Bureitakiyaca Wing Fiji Julien Dechavanne Wing France Esava Delai Wing Fiji Clément Lavenant Wing France Jean-Matthieu Alcalde Fullback France Pierre Justes Fullback France Martin Prat Fullback France

Notable former players

• Horacio Agulla
• Pierre Albaladejo
• Jean-Louis Azarete
• Jean-Pierre Bastiat
• Jean-Louis Bérot
• Maurice Biraben
• Maurice Boyau
• Georges Capdepuy
• Philippe Carbonneau
• Jean Desclaux
• Claude Dourthe
• Richard Dourthe
• Gérard Dufau
• Charlie Hore
• Raphaël Ibañez
• Jean-Patrick Lescarboura
• Thierry Lacroix
• Paul Lasaosa
• Jean-Claude Lasserre
• Thomas Lièvremont
• Jean-Pierre Lux
• Olivier Magne
• Ivor Matthews
• Joseph Mbu
• Fabien Pelous
• Justin Purdie
• Laurent Rodriguez
• Olivier Roumat
• Marc Sallefranque

See also

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

References

1. Dax was spared relegation when Fédérale 1 runner-up Lille was denied promotion for financial reasons. "Décisions du Comité Directeur de la LNR du 21 août 2015" (PDF) (Press release) (in French). LNR. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

External links

• (French) Union Sportive Dacquoise Official website
• (French) US DAX Anthem Song
• (French) Allezdax.com Unofficial website