Stade Rochelais

Full name

Stade Rochelais ^[1]

Nickname(s)

Les Corsaires ("The Privateers")

Founded

1898

Location

La Rochelle, France

Ground(s)

Stade Marcel-Deflandre (Capacity: 15,000)

President

Vincent Merling

Coach(es)

Patrice Collazo
Xavier Garbajosa

League(s)

Top 14

2015–16

9th

1st kit

2nd kit

3rd kit

Official website

www.staderochelais.com

Stade Rochelais is a French rugby union club who compete in the Top 14.

They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre (capacity 12 500). They wear yellow and black. They are based in La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime département of the New Aquitaine region.

Stadium

Main article: Stade Marcel-Deflandre

The stadium is named after Marcel Deflandre, who was the president of the club born of the fusion between the rugby league and rugby union clubs during World War II in La Rochelle, after the Vichy government banned the game of Rugby League and forced all of its assets to be handed to the French Rugby Union.

Honours

League Cup (Challenge Yves-du-Manoir) 2002, 2003
Quarter-finalist of the French Championship in 1961, 1962 and 1969

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 § La Rochelle.

2016-17 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
Hikairo Forbes	Hooker	New Zealand
Maxime Gau	Hooker	France
Jérémie Maurouard	Hooker	France
Uini Atonio	Prop	France
Mohamed Boughanmi	Prop	France
Mike Cordel	Prop	France
David Feao	Prop	Australia
Lekso Kaulashvili	Prop	Georgia
Vincent Pelo	Prop	France
Dany Priso	Prop	France
Jordan Seneca	Prop	France
Leandro Cedaro	Lock	Italy
Jason Eaton	Lock	New Zealand
Romana Graham	Lock	New Zealand
Damien Lagrange	Lock	France
Mathieu Tanguy	Lock	France
Afa Amosa	Flanker	Australia
Kevin Gourdon	Flanker	France
Romain Sazy	Flanker	France
Victor Vito	Flanker	New Zealand
Zeno Kieft	Number 8	Netherlands
Jone Qovu	Number 8	Fiji

Player	Position	Union
Alexi Bales	Scrum-half	France
Ricky Januarie	Scrum-half	South Africa
Jules Le Bail	Scrum-half	France
Zack Holmes	Fly-half	Australia
Brock James	Fly-half	Australia
Pierre Aguillon	Centre	France
Steeve Barry	Centre	France
Levani Botia	Centre	Fiji
Charles Lagarde	Centre	France
Eliott Roudil	Centre	France
Paul Jordaan	Wing	South Africa
Gabriel Lacroix	Wing	France
David Raikuna	Wing	France
Vincent Rattez	Wing	France
Kini Murimurivalu	Fullback	Fiji
Arthur Retiere	Fullback	France

Notable former players

Arnaud, then his son Jean-Pierre and his grandson Jean-Baptiste all played for La Rochelle as scrum-halves.

Famous coaches

Jean-Pierre Élissalde

References

↑ "LA ROCHELLE : NOUVEAU NOM ET NOUVEAU LOGO POUR LE CLUB". Retrieved 28 June 2016.

External links

(French) Stade Rochelais Official website

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

La Rochelle squad

Forwards	Afa Amosa Uini Atonio Mohamed Boughanmi Leandro Cedaro Mike Corbel Jason Eaton David Feao Hikairo Forbes Maxime Gau Kevin Gourdon Romana Graham Lekso Kaulashvili Zeno Kieft Damien Lagrange Jérémie Maurouard Vincent Pelo Jone Qovu Romain Sazy Jordan Seneca Victor Vito

Backs	Pierre Aguillon Alexi Balès Steeve Barry Levani Botia Zack Holmes Brock James Ricky Januarie Paul Jordaan Gabriel Lacroix Charles Lagarde Kini Murimurivalu David Raikuna Vincent Rattez

Coaches	Patrice Collazo Xavier Garbajosa

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