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Aviron Bayonnais

French rugby union club, based in Bayonne

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fullname	Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro
nickname	L'Aviron (The Rowing Club)
Les Ciel et Blanc (The Sky Blue and Whites)
location	Bayonne, France
founded
ground	Stade Jean-Dauger
capacity	14,370
president	Philippe Tayeb
coach	Grégory Patat
captain	Denis Marchois
league
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url	https://www.abrugby.fr/
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the rugby union team

Les Ciel et Blanc (The Sky Blue and Whites)

Aviron Bayonnais (AB, ), commonly called Bayonne, is a French rugby union club from Bayonne (Baiona in Basque) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques which competes in the Top 14, the top tier of the French league system. Founded in 1904, they play at the Parc des Sports, also known as Stade Jean-Dauger, in Bayonne. The club mascot is a pottok pony called pottoka. They have ties to the French Basque community.

History

The club was established on 14 October 1906. They made their first final appearance in the 1913 season, when they defeated S.C.U.F. 31–8 at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir. The national domestic championship was replaced by the Coupe de l'Espérance during World War I. This competition was played for four seasons, with Aviron Bayonnais contesting the last final, which they lost to Stadoceste Tarbais 4–3.

With the French championship resumed, the club made their next championship game in the 1922 season, when they met Toulouse. Bayonne lost the final 6–0. The two teams would contest the championship final once more the next season, which Toulouse won again, 3–0.

Aviron Bayonnais enjoyed success during the mid-1930s, beating Biarritz 13–8 in Toulouse to win their second championship, their first since 1913. They also won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1936, defeating Perpignan in the final. The club saw similar results during the mid-1940s, with two championship final appearances, defeating SU Agen in the 1943 final at Parc des Princes in Paris and losing the 1944 season final to Perpignan.

The following decades were less successful, and the club would have to wait until the 1980s to reach another championship final. In 1980 they contested the final of the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating AS Béziers 16–10 to win their second title in that competition. They made it to the championship final in the 1982 season, but were defeated by SU Agen, 18–9.

Aviron Bayonnais was relegated to the Group A2 in 1996, where it spent eight seasons. Following promotion to the Top 16/14 in 2004, they remained in the top flight for 11 consecutive seasons. The team was relegated to the second level Pro D2 in 2015, and has been a yo-yo club since then. In the 2021–22 Rugby Pro D2 season, they were promoted after defeating Stade Montois 49–20 in the playoff final.

Honours

French championship Top 14
- Champions (3): 1913, 1934, 1943
- Runners-up (4): 1922, 1923, 1944, 1982
Pro D2
- Champions (2): 2019, 2022
Challenge Yves du Manoir
- Champions (2): 1936, 1980
Coupe de l'Espérance
- Runners-up: 1919

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Spectators
20 April 1913	Aviron Bayonnais	31–8	S.C.U.F.	Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes	20.000
23 April 1922	Stade Toulousain	6–0	Aviron Bayonnais	Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat	20.000
13 May 1923	Stade Toulousain	3–0	Aviron Bayonnais	Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes	15.000
13 May 1934	Aviron Bayonnais	13–8	Biarritz Olympique	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse	18.000
21 March 1943	Aviron Bayonnais	3–0	SU Agen	Parc des Princes, Paris	28.000
26 March 1944	USA Perpignan	20–5	Aviron Bayonnais	Parc des Princes, Paris	35.000
29 May 1982	SU Agen	18–9	Aviron Bayonnais	Parc des Princes, Paris	41.165

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up
1936	Aviron Bayonnais	9–3	USA Perpignan
1980	Aviron Bayonnais	16–10	AS Béziers

Coupe de l'Espérance

Date	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1919	Stadoceste Tarbais	4–3	Aviron Bayonnais

Current standings

Current squad

The Bayonne squad for the 2025–26 season is:

Espoirs squad

Notable former players

ARG Lisandro Arbizu
ARG Martín Bustos Moyano
ARG Matías Cortese
ARG Nicolás Fernández Miranda
ARG Santiago Fernández
ARG José María Núñez Piossek
ARG Juan Pablo Orlandi
AUS Rodney Blake
AUS Mark Chisholm
AUS Cameron Treloar
CHI Ramón Ayarza
ENG Phil Davies
FIJ Filimoni Bolavucu
FIJ Gabiriele Lovobalavu
FIJ Savenaca Rawaca
FIJ Metuisela Talebula
FIJ Saïmoni Vaka
FRA André Alvarez
FRA Clément Ancely
FRA Grégory Arganese
FRA Yoan Audrin
FRA Julien Audy
FRA Denis Avril
FRA Marc Baget
FRA Antoine Battut
FRA Robert Baulon
FRA André Béhotéguy
FRA Henri Béhotéguy
FRA Christian Bélascain
FRA Eugène Billac
FRA Benjamin Boyet
FRA Renaud Boyoud
FRA Maurice Celhay
FRA Baptiste Chouzenoux
FRA Jean Condom
FRA Jean Dauger
FRA Walter Desmaison
FRA Pierre Dospital
FRA Richard Dourthe
FRA Bernard Duprat
FRA Pépito Elhorga
FRA Jean-Pierre Élissalde
FRA Anthony Étrillard
FRA Benjamin Fall
FRA Fernand Forgues
FRA Xavier Garbajosa
FRA Pierre Gayraud
FRA Jean-Michel Gonzalez
FRA Steven Hall
FRA Arnaud Héguy
FRA Cédric Heymans
FRA Yoann Huget
FRA Aretz Iguiniz
FRA Vincent Inigo
FRA Jean Iraçabal
FRA Louis Junquas
FRA Paul Labadie
FRA Simon Labouyrie
FRA Thibault Lacroix
FRA Patrice Lagisquet
FRA Damien Lagrange
FRA Daniel Larrechea
FRA Grégoire Lascubé
FRA René Lasserre
FRA Christophe Lamaison
FRA Camille Lopez
FRA Christian Magnanou
FRA Jean-Jo Marmouyet
FRA Romain Martial
FRA Rémy Martin
FRA Lionel Mazars
FRA Jean Monribot
FRA Yannick N'Gog
FRA Marvin O'Connor
FRA Charles Ollivon
FRA Clément Otazo
FRA Laurent Pardo
FRA Patrick Perrier
FRA Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet
FRA Roland Pétrissans
FRA Lucas Pointud
FRA Julien Puricelli
FRA Jérôme Schuster
FRA Scott Spedding
FRA Jacques Rollet
FRA David Roumieu
FRA Benjamin Thiéry
FRA Matthieu Ugalde
FRA Jean-Marie Usandisaga
GEO Giorgi Jgenti
GEO Davit Khinchaguishvili
GEO Avto Kopaliani
ITA Lorenzo Cittadini
ITA Craig Gower
ITA Salvatore Perugini
ITA Ramiro Pez
JPN Wataru Murata
NAM P. J. van Lill
NZL Stephen Brett
NZL Tom Donnelly
NZL Ross Filipo
NZL Troy Flavell
NZL Gerard Fraser
NZL Dwayne Haare
NZL Tanerau Latimer
NZL Sione Lauaki
NZL Joe Rokocoko
NZL Blair Stewart
NZL Neemia Tialata
NED Willie du Plessis
RSA Sam Gerber
RSA JC Janse van Rensburg
RSA Rassie Jansen van Vuuren
RSA Joe Pietersen
RUS Viacheslav Grachev
SAM Census Johnston
SAM Leo Lafaiali'i
SAM Jeremy Tomuli
SCO Johnnie Beattie
SCO James McLaren
SPA Oscar Astarloa
SPA Cédric Garcia
SPA Francisco Puertas Soto
TGA Manu Ahotaeiloa
TGA Lisiate Faʻaoso
TGA Pila Fifita
TGA Opeti Fonua
WAL Ben Broster
WAL Mike Phillips

Coaches

2008–2010 : FRA Richard Dourthe, FRA Thierry Mentières, FRA Jean-Philippe Coyola.
2010 : FRA Christian Gajan.
2010–2011 : FRA Christian Gajan, FRA Thomas Lièvremont, FRA Frédéric Tauzin.
2011–2012 : FRA Jean-Pierre Elissalde,FRA Didier Faugeron, FRA Pierre-Henry Broncan.
2012–2012 : FRA Didier Faugeron,FRA Denis Avril.
2012–2013 : FRA Christian Lanta, FRA Christophe Deylaud, FRA Denis Avril.
2013–2014 : FRA Christian Lanta, FRA Christophe Deylaud.
2014–2015 : ARGAUS Patricio Noriega, FRA Nicolas Morlaes, RSA Rob Linde, FRA Daniel Larrechea.
2015–2017 : FRA Vincent Etcheto, RSA Dewald Senekal, ITA Simone Santa Maria.
2017–2018 : FRA Pierre Berbizier, FRA Joël Rey, FRA Vincent Etcheto, ITA Simone Santa Maria.
2018–2019 : FRA Yannick Bru, FRA Joël Rey, FRA Vincent Etcheto, FRA Éric Artiguste.
2019–2021 : FRA Yannick Bru, FRA Joël Rey, FRA Rémy Ladauge, FRA Éric Artiguste.
2021–2022 FRA Yannick Bru, FRA Joël Rey, FRA Éric Artiguste, FRA Jean-Frédéric Dubois.
2022- : FRA Grégory Patat, FRA Joël Rey, NZL Gerard Fraser, FRA Éric Artiguste.

References

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