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

2015–16

15th^{[n 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 New 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

Lyon

971

493

+478

117

Bayonne

658

602

+56

Aurillac

724

613

+111

Mont De Marsan

655

611

+44

Colomiers

629

590

+39

Béziers

745

662

+83

Perpignan

676

615

+61

Biarritz

674

656

+18

Bourgoin

595

642

−47

Albi

591

643

−52

Narbonne

602

653

–51

Montauban

570

624

-54

Tarbes

543

630

–87

Carcassonne

484

741

−257

Dax

538

713

−175

Provence Rugby

549

716

−167

Green background (row 1) Champions automatically promoted to Top 14.
Yellow background denotes winner of the promotion play-offs.
Blue background denotes teams that qualify for the promotion play-offs.
Red background denotes relegation to Fédérale 1.

Note: When two teams have the same points total, position is calculated by results between teams before points difference.
Note: Tarbes had 8 points deducted and were automatically relegated at the end of the season.

Current squad

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
Boris Bethery	Hooker	France
Maxime Delonca	Hooker	France
Kévin Firmin	Hooker	France
Rémy Chies	Prop	France
Pierre Choinard	Prop	France
Thibaud Dréan	Prop	France
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
Gregory Bernard	Lock	France
Mickaël Bert	Lock	France
Vickus Liebenberg	Lock	South Africa
Theo Sentucq	Lock	France
Joe Tuineau	Lock	Tonga
Olivier August	Flanker	France
Anthony Coletta	Flanker	France
Pierre Huguet	Flanker	France
Aisea Koliavu	Flanker	Fiji
Vladimir Susler	Flanker	France
Filimo Taofifenua	Flanker	France
Martin Chiappesoni	Number 8	Argentina
Charlie Ternisien	Number 8	France

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

Notable former players

Footnotes

↑ Dax was spared relegation when the higher-placed Tarbes was relegated to Fédérale 1 for financial reasons.^[1]

References

↑ Mortimer, Gavin (1 June 2016). "Financial penalties in the ProD2 send shockwaves around French rugby". Rugby World. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

External links

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

Pro D2

2016–17 Teams	Agen Albi Aurillac Béziers Biarritz Bourgoin Carcassonne Colomiers Dax Mont-de-Marsan Montauban Narbonne Oyonnax Perpignan Soyaux Angoulême Vannes

Seasons	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 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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

Dax squad

Forwards	Olivier August Grégory Bernard Mickaël Bert Boris Béthéry Martin Chiappesoni Rémy Chies Pierre Choinard Anthony Coletta Maxime Delonca Thibaud Dréan Asa Faitotoa Kévin Firmin Pierre Huguet Aisea Koliavu Elizbar Kuparadze James Lakepa Vickus Liebenberg Romain Maurice Alexis Neisen Romain Pouyleau Theo Sentucq Vladimir Susler Filimo Taofifenua Charlie Ternisien Joe Tuineau

Backs	Jean-Mathieu Alcalde Adrien Bau Sakiusa Bureitakiyaca Nicolas Cachet Thomas Curutchet Julien Dechavanne Esava Delai Simon Garrouteigt Pierre Justes Olivier Klemenczak Romain Lacoste Clément Lavenant Ignacio Mieres Apisai Naqalevu Arnaud Pic Martin Prat Sylvère Reteau Gaëtan Robert Simon Ternisien

Coaches	Raphael Saint-André Patrick Furet

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