Colomiers Rugby

Colomiers
Full name	Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby
Founded	1915; 109 years ago
Location	Colomiers, France
Ground(s)	Stade Michel Bendichou (Capacity: 11,430)
President	Alain Carre
Coach(es)	Olivier Baragnon
League(s)	Pro D2
2022–23	7th
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.colomiers-rugby.com

Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby or Rugby Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006–07 season, but earned promotion from Fédérale 1 at the first opportunity in 2007-08, and survived a relegation scare in 2008–09, finishing 14th, in the last safe position. The club was relegated from Pro D2 in the 2010–11 season. The club, based in Colomiers in the Haute-Garonne département of Occitania, was founded in 1915 and plays at the Stade Michel Bendichou (capacity 11,000). The players wear blue and white. Colomiers have been runners-up in the French championship and Heineken Cup, as well as winners of the European Challenge Cup.

US Colomiers were established in 1915. Colomiers had various European success in the late 1990s. In 1998 they won the European Challenge Cup, the competition below the Heineken Cup, defeating fellow French club SU Agen in the final. The following season they competed in the Heineken Cup. They made it all the way to the final, which took place at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. The capacity crowd saw Irish side Ulster win 21 points to 6.

Colomiers also competed in the 1999–00 and 2000–01 Heineken Cups, but did not make the finals stages of the tournament. The club made its first domestic championship final when they met Stade Français in 2000. The Paris club won the game 28 points to 23 at Stade de France. In 2005 they were crowned Fédérale 1 champions and were promoted back up to Rugby Pro D2, but went back down to Fédérale 1 after two seasons in the second flight. They again claimed the Fédérale 1 title in 2008 to return to Pro D2.

Honours edit

French championship:
- Runners-up: 2000
Heineken Cup:
- Runners-up: 1999
European Challenge Cup:
- Champions: 1998
Fédérale 1:
- Champions: 2005, 2008

Finals results edit

French championship edit

Date	Winners	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Spectators
15 July 2000	Stade Français	US Colomiers	28-23	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	78,000

Heineken Cup edit

Date	Winners	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Spectators
30 January 1999	Ulster Rugby	US Colomiers	21-6	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	49,000

European Challenge Cup edit

Date	Winners	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Spectators
1 February 1998	US Colomiers	SU Agen	43-5	Stade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse	12,500

Current standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	B	Pts
1	Oyonnax (C, P)	30	23	1	6	904	457	+447	17	111	Semi-final promotion playoff place
2	Grenoble	30	19	3	8	672	588	+84	8	87^[a]	Semi-final promotion playoff place
3	Mont-de-Marsan	30	19	0	11	764	649	+115	10	86	Quarter-final promotion playoff place
4	Nevers	30	17	3	10	718	551	+167	11	85
5	Vannes	30	17	1	12	718	633	+85	11	81
6	Agen	30	15	1	14	653	583	+70	15	77
7	Colomiers	30	15	0	15	674	678	−4	10	70
8	Provence	30	13	4	13	652	638	+14	9	69
9	Béziers	30	13	1	16	700	716	−16	11	65
10	Aurillac	30	15	0	15	586	706	−120	5	65
11	Biarritz	30	12	2	16	690	699	−9	8	60
12	Rouen	30	12	2	16	594	767	−173	6	58
13	Montauban	30	12	1	17	678	784	−106	6	54^[a]
14	Soyaux Angoulême	30	11	0	19	569	697	−128	8	52
15	Carcassonne (R)	30	10	1	19	553	677	−124	10	52	Relegation to Nationale
16	Massy (R)	30	7	0	23	499	801	−302	5	33	Relegation to Nationale

Source: Pro D2
Rules for classification: When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Grenoble were penalised three competition points, and Montauban were penalised two, for financial and administrative issues that made the clubs "non-compliant with the regulatory provisions and decisions of the CCCP".^[1]^[2]

Current squad edit

The squad for the 2022–23 season is:^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Hika Elliot	Hooker	New Zealand
Thomas Larrieu	Hooker	France
Andrew Ready	Hooker	Australia
Robin Bellemand	Prop	France
Hugo Djehi	Prop	France
Thomas Dubois	Prop	France
Marco Fepulea'i	Prop	Samoa
Toma Kokokilagi	Prop	France
Hugo Pirlet	Prop	France
Beka Sheklashvili	Prop	Georgia
Guillaume Tartas	Prop	France
Anthony Coletta	Lock	France
Maxime Granouillet	Lock	France
Alexandre Ricard	Lock	France
Jack Whetton	Lock	New Zealand
Romain Bezian	Back row	France
Jorick Dastugue	Back row	France
Aldric Lescure	Back row	France
Pierre-Samuel Pacheco	Back row	France
Yann Peysson	Back row	France
Waël Ponpon	Back row	France
Jean Thomas	Back row	France

Player	Position	Union
Mathis Galthie	Scrum-half	France
Edoardo Gori	Scrum-half	Italy
Ugo Seguela	Scrum-half	France
Maxime Javaux	Fly-half	France
Romauld Seguy	Fly-half	France
Michele Campagnaro	Centre	Italy
Johan Deysel	Centre	Namibia
Victor Moro	Centre	France
Gregoire Maurino	Centre	France
Fabien Perrin	Centre	Spain
Paul Pimienta	Centre	France
Simon Delas	Wing	France
Alexis Palisson	Wing	France
Peni Rokodoguni	Wing	Fiji
Valentin Saurs	Wing	France
Thomas Girard	Fullback	France

Espoirs squad edit