Aviron Bayonnais

For the French football (soccer) club, see Aviron Bayonnais Football Club.

Bayonne

Full name

Aviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro

Founded

1904

Location

Bayonne, France

Ground(s)

Stade Jean Dauger (Capacity: 16,934)

President

Francis Salagoity

Coach(es)

Vincent Etcheto (head coach/backs)
Dewald Senekal (forwards)

Captain(s)

Jean Monribot

League(s)

Top 14

2015–16

Rugby Pro D2, 2nd (promoted via play-offs)

1st kit

2nd kit

3rd kit

Official website

www.abrugby.fr

Aviron Bayonnais (Basque: Baionako Arrauna) is a French rugby union club from Bayonne (Baiona, in Basque) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques that currently competes in the top tier of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition. In the 2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 Season they were promoted after finishing 2nd and winning the playoff final against Aurillac.

Founded in 1904, they play at the Parc des Sports also known as Jean Dauger in Bayonne. Their mascot is a pottok pony called pottoka. They have ties to the French Basque community.

History

The club was established in 1904, making their first final appearance in the 1913 season, where 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. The competition was played for four seasons, with Aviron Bayonnais contesting the last final, which they lost to Stadoceste Tarbais 4 to 3.

With the French championship resumed, the club made their next championship game in the 1922 season where they met Toulouse. Aviron Bayonnais lost the final 6 to nil. The two clubs would meet again the next season to again contest the championship final, which Toulouse won again, 3 to nil.

Aviron Bayonnais enjoyed success during the mid-1930s, defeating Biarritz 13 to 8 in Toulouse to win their second championship, and 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 as well, 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.

Since the 1940s the club did not find a lot of success over the coming years, as they would have to wait until the 1980s until they would again reach any of the championship finals. In 1980 they contested the final of the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating AS Béziers 16 to 10 to gain their second title of that competition. They made it to the final of the 1982 season, although they were defeated by SU Agen, 18 to 9.

Honours

French championship:
- Champions: 1913, 1934 and 1943
- Finalist: 1922, 1923, 1944 and 1982
Challenge Yves du Manoir:
- Champions: 1936 and 1980
Coupe de l'Espérance:
- Champions: 1919
Coupe André Moga:
- Champions: 1995

Finals results

The Aviron Bayonnais squad in 1914.

French championship

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

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-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

2016–17 Top 14 Table

Club

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points For

Points Against

Points Diff.

Tries For

Tries Against

Try Bonus

Losing Bonus

Points

Clermont

378

286

+92

Montpellier

318

253

+65

La Rochelle

312

265

+47

Toulon

336

266

+90

Bordeaux

316

297

+19

Castres

335

259

+76

Toulouse

272

252

+20

Racing

291

285

Stade Français

338

313

+25

Brive

288

341

–53

Pau

296

342

–46

Lyon

263

298

–35

Bayonne

188

341

–153

Grenoble

297

430

–193

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Competition points earned in head-to-head matches

Points difference in head-to-head matches

Try differential in head-to-head matches

Points difference in all matches

Try differential in all matches

Points scored in all matches

Tries scored in all matches

Fewer matches forfeited

Classification in the previous Top 14 season

Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup.
Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup.
Yellow background (row 7) advances to a play-off for a chance to compete in the Champions Cup.
Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Red background (row 13 and 14) will be relegated to Rugby Pro D2. Final table

Current squad

For player movements leading up to the 2016–17 season, see List of 2016–17 Top 14 transfers § Bayonne.

The Bayonne squad for the 2016–17 Top 14 season is:^[1]

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
Grégory Arganese	Hooker	France
Simon Labouyrie	Hooker	France
Manu Leiataua	Hooker	Samoa
Adrien Bordenave	Prop	France
Ben Broster	Prop	Wales
Richard Choirat	Prop	France
Lorenzo Cittadini	Prop	Italy
Aretz Iguiniz	Prop	France
Davit Khinchagishvili	Prop	Georgia
Jérôme Schuster	Prop	France
Tom Donnelly	Lock	New Zealand
Pierre Gayraud	Lock	France
Pablo Huete	Lock	Chile
Adam Jaulhac	Lock	France
Evrard Dion Oulai	Lock	Ivory Coast
Pelu Taele	Lock	Samoa
Baptiste Chouzenoux	Flanker	France
Tanerau Latimer	Flanker	New Zealand
Jean-Jo Marmouyet	Flanker	France
Jean Monribot	Flanker	France
Johnnie Beattie	Number 8	Scotland
PJ van Lill	Number 8	Namibia

Player	Position	Union
Bastien Duhalde	Scrum-half	France
Guillaume Rouet	Scrum-half	Spain
Emmanuel Saubusse	Scrum-half	France
Willie du Plessis	Fly-half	South Africa
Raphaël Lagarde	Fly-half	France
Lucas Méret	Fly-half	France
Thibault Lacroix	Centre	France
Félix Le Bourhis	Centre	France
Gabiriele Lovobalavu	Centre	Fiji
Adam Whitelock	Centre	New Zealand
Bastien Fuster	Wing	France
Julien Jané	Wing	France
Romain Martial	Wing	France
Kade Poki	Wing	New Zealand
Martín Bustos Moyano	Fullback	Argentina
Benjamin Thiéry	Fullback	France
Ryan Tongia	Fullback	Australia

Academy squad

In addition, the Bayonne Academy players (with espoir or training contracts) are:^[1]

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
José Ramon Ayarza	Prop	Chile
Ugo Boniface	Prop	France
Tomaʻakino Taufa	Prop	Tonga
Jon Zabala	Prop	Spain
Guillaume Ducat	Lock	France
Jean-Blaise Lespinasse	Flanker	France
Maka Polutélé	Flanker	France

Player	Position	Union
Luigi Tarozzi	Fly-half	France
Maile Mamao	Centre	Tonga
Martin Laveau	Wing	France
Simon Maillard	Wing	France
Julien Tisseron	Fullback	France

Notable former players

André Alvarez
Robert Baulon
André Béhotéguy
Henri Béhotéguy
Christian Belascain
Eugène Billac
Benjamin Boyet
Renaud Boyoud
Maurice Celhay
Jean Dauger
Phil Davies
Pierre Dospital
Richard Dourthe
Bernard Duprat
Fernand Forgues
Jean-Michel Gonzalez
Cédric Heymans
Jean Iraçabal
Louis Junquas
Paul Labadie
Patrice Lagisquet
Daniel Larrechea
Félix
Scott Spedding — Plays for the French national team.
Christophe Lamaison
James McLaren
Christian Magnanou
Rémy Martin
Wataru Murata
Laurent Pardo
Patrick Perrier
Roland Pétrissans
Mike Phillips — Played for the Welsh national team.
Jacques Rollet
Jean-Marie Usandisaga
Joe Rokocoko

Coaches

Janu.2010-2010 : Christian Gajan
2010-Dec.2011 : Christian Gajan, Thomas Lièvremont
Dec.2011-Janu.2012 : Jean-Pierre Elissalde, Didier Faugeron, Pierre-Henry Broncan.
Janu.2012-June 2012 : Didier Faugeron, Denis Avril.
2012-2013 : Christian Lanta, Christophe Deylaud, Denis Avril.
2013-2014 : Christian Lanta, Christophe Deylaud
2014-2015 : Patricio Noriega
2015–present : Vincent Etcheto

References

1 2 "L'effectif de l'Aviron Bayonnais pour la saison 16-17" (Press release) (in French). Aviron Bayonnais. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

External links

(French) Aviron Bayonnais Official website
(French) Club information

Top 14

2016–17 Teams	Bayonne Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont Grenoble La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Pau Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse

Early years	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19

Interbellum era	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39

World War II	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45

Post-war years	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–80	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–95	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

Professional era and Top 16	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

Top 14	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus

European Rugby Challenge Cup

Organised by European Professional Club Rugby
Formerly the European Challenge Cup, organised by European Rugby Cup

2016–17 teams

European Challenge Cup
(1996-2014)

Seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Pool Stages	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

European Shield	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

European Rugby Challenge Cup
(2014-present)

Seasons	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Pool stages	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Qualification play-offs

Qualifying Competition

2014–15 2015–16

Rugby union in France

Governing body

Fédération Française de Rugby

National teams

Men's	France A 7s France amateur U-20 U-18

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Sevens Grand Prix Series

Professional clubs	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup National Rugby League (France) Top 14 Pro D2 Fédérale 1 Fédérale 2 Fédérale 3 Challenge Yves du Manoir

Bayonne squad

Forwards	Grégory Arganese Johnnie Beattie Adrien Bordenave Ben Broster Richard Choirat Baptiste Chouzenoux Lorenzo Cittadini Tom Donnelly Pierre Gayraud Pablo Huete Aretz Iguiniz Adam Jaulhac Davit Khinchagishvili Simon Labouyrie Tanerau Latimer Manu Leiataua Jean-Jo Marmouyet Jean Monribot Evrard Dion Oulai Jérôme Schuster Pelu Taele PJ van Lill

Backs	Martín Bustos Moyano Bastien Duhalde Willie du Plessis Bastien Fuster Julien Jané Thibault Lacroix Raphaël Lagarde Félix Le Bourhis Gabiriele Lovobalavu Romain Martial Lucas Méret Kade Poki Guillaume Rouet Emmanuel Saubusse Benjamin Thiéry Ryan Tongia Adam Whitelock

Coaches	Nicolas Morlaes Vincent Etcheto Simon Santa Maria Dewald Senekal

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