SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne

SU Agen

Full name	Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne
Founded	1908
Location	Agen, France
Ground(s)	Stade Armandie (Capacity: 14,000)
President	Alain Tingaud
Coach(es)	Christophe Deylaud Christian Lanta
Captain(s)	Adri Badenhorst
League(s)	Top 14
2011–12	10th
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Official website
www.sua-rugby.com

Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne is a French rugby union club based in Agen in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. They currently play in the top flight of French professional rugby, Top 14; they were most recently promoted after winning the 2010 title in the second-level Pro D2. Agen also currently compete in the Amlin Challenge Cup.

They were founded in 1908. Their home stadium is called Stade Armandie (capacity 12,000). They wear blue and white in domestic competitions. For the season 2006-07 they wore orange for European cup matches.

History

The club was established in 1900. They made their first championship final in the 1930 season, where they met US Quillan, and defeated them 4 points to nil in Bordeaux, and thus capturing their first championship title. The club experienced some success in the coming years in the Challenge Yves du Manoir competition as well; winning it in the 1932 season and then becoming runners-up to Lyon OU in the 1933 season.

Agen would have another successful run in the 1940s, beginning with the 1943 season when they defeated Stade Bordelais 11 to 4 to win the Coupe de France. That season they also made it to the championship final; though they were defeated by Aviron Bayonnais 3 points to nil at Parc des Princes in Paris.

In 1945 they again won the title of the French championship, defeating FC Lourdes 7 points to 3 in the final in Paris. The championship was one of two titles that season, as Agen also won the Coupe de France, defeating Montferrand 14 to 13. Agen featured in one more championship that decade, losing to Toulouse 10 points to 3.

Agen were relatively quiet during the 1950s, though they again rose to prominence during the 1960s. In 1962 they again became of the champions of France after defeating Béziers 14 points to 11 in the season final. The following season they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating Brive 11 points to nil in the final. Agen became the French champions on two more occasions during the 1960s, defeating Brive in 1965 and then Dax in 1966.

The club had another successful run during the 1970s, starting with an unsuccessful Challenge Yves du Manoir final, losing to Toulon 25 points to 22. They were unsuccessful again in 1975 in the Challenge Yves du Manoir, losing to Béziers 16 points to 12 in the final. However they would then meet Béziers in the championship final of the 1976 season, and defeat them 13 to 10 to win their first championship since 1966.

Agen went through period of success in the 1980s after winning the championship in 1982, defeating Aviron Bayonnais 18 points to 9 in the final. The following season they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir as well after defeating Toulon 29 points to 7. In 1984 they again contested the championship final, though they eventually lost it to Béziers. They unsuccessfully contested it again in 1986, losing to Toulouse 16 to 6. They were also runners-up in the 1987 Challenge Yves du Manoir, losing to Grenoble. However in 1988 they again won the championship, defeating Stadoceste Tarbais 9 to 3 in the final.

They contested the final again in the 1990 season, losing to Racing Club de France 22 points to 12. In 1992 they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating RC Narbonne 23 to 18. In 1998 they played in their first European cup final, the European Challenge Cup, losing to fellow French team US Colomiers 43 to 5 in the final. On June 8, 2002 they lost to Biarritz Olympique in the championship final.

In recent years, one of their biggest stars has been Fijian winger Rupeni Caucaunibuca. He led the team in tries in 2005 and 2006, and led Pro D2 in that category during Agen's most recent promotion season in 2010. However, he would be dismissed from the team in September 2010 after failing to report to the team for preseason workouts (several weeks later, he would reemerge at Toulouse).

Honours

• French championship:
  • Champions: 1930, 1945, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1976, 1982, 1988
  • Runners-up: 1943, 1947, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2002
• Challenge Yves du Manoir:
  • Champions: 1932, 1963, 1983, 1992
  • Runners-up: 1933, 1970, 1975, 1987
• Coupe de France:
  • Champions: 1943, 1945
• European Challenge Cup:
  • Runners-up: 1998
• Challenge Armand Vaquerin:
  • Champions: 1999
• Pro D2:
  • Champions: 2010

Finals results

Finals results

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
18 May 1930	SU Agen	US Quillan	4-0 (aet)	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	28.000
21 March 1943	Aviron Bayonnais	SU Agen	3-0	Parc des Princes, Paris	28.000
7 April 1945	SU Agen	FC Lourdes	7-3	Parc des Princes, Paris	30.000
13 April 1947	Stade Toulousain	SU Agen	10-3	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse	25.000
27 May 1962	SU Agen	AS Béziers	14-11	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	37.705
23 May 1965	SU Agen	CA Brive	15-8	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	28.758
22 May 1966	SU Agen	US Dax	9-8	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	28.803
23 May 1976	SU Agen	AS Béziers	13-10 (aet)	Parc des Princes, Paris	40.300
29 May 1982	SU Agen	Aviron Bayonnais	18-9	Parc des Princes, Paris	41.165
26 May 1984	AS Béziers	SU Agen	21-21 (aet)	Parc des Princes, Paris	44.076
24 May 1986	Stade Toulousain	SU Agen	16-6	Parc des Princes, Paris	45.145
28 May 1988	SU Agen	Stadoceste Tarbais	9-3	Parc des Princes, Paris	48.000
26 May 1990	Racing Club de France	SU Agen	22-12 (aet)	Parc des Princes, Paris	45.069
8 June 2002	Biarritz Olympique	SU Agen	25-22 (aet)	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	78.457

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1932	SU Agen	round robin	Lyon OU
1933	Lyon OU	round robin	SU Agen
1963	SU Agen	11-0	CA Brive
1970	RC Toulon	25-22	SU Agen
1975	AS Béziers	16-12	SU Agen
1983	SU Agen	29-7	Toulon
1987	FC Grenoble	26-7	SU Agen
1992	SU Agen	23-18	RC Narbonne

Coupe de France

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1943	SU Agen	11-4	Stade Bordelais
1945	SU Agen	14-13	AS Montferrand

European Shield

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
1998	US Colomiers	SU Agen	43-5	Stade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse	12.500

Current standings

2012–13 Top 14 Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points	Head-to-Head
1	Clermont Auvergne	26	19	1	6	779	418	+361	81	32	8	5	91
2	RC Toulon	26	18	1	7	779	456	+323	69	33	11	5	90
3	Stade Toulousain	26	17	0	9	702	501	+201	67	37	7	4	79
4	Castres Olympique	26	15	2	9	599	489	+110	49	33	4	6	74
5	Montpellier Hérault	26	16	0	10	570	520	+50	52	38	5	4	73	Montpellier 5–5, 31–29
6	Racing Métro	26	16	0	10	512	431	+81	32	28	2	7	73
7	USA Perpignan	26	13	0	13	593	607	-14	50	48	2	7	61
8	Aviron Bayonnais	26	12	1	13	467	609	-142	32	54	1	6	57	Bayonne 6–3
9	Biarritz Olympique	26	12	1	13	505	540	-35	36	40	2	5	57
10	Stade Français	26	12	1	13	578	691	-113	42	60	2	2	54	Stade Français 5–4
11	FC Grenoble	26	12	0	14	480	606	-126	37	60	1	5	54
12	Bordeaux Bègles	26	8	1	17	561	584	-23	51	44	4	9	47
13	SU Agen	26	6	0	20	423	709	-286	33	67	0	7	31
14	Stade Montois	26	2	0	24	374	761	-387	22	79	1	7	16
Updated 18 May 2013 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
Yellow background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2013–14 Heineken Cup. Green background (rows 3 and 4) receive home quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the 2013–14 Heineken Cup. Blue background (rows 5 and 6) receive away quarter-final play-off places, and will also receive Heineken Cup berths (barring highly unlikely circumstances). Orange background (row 7) indicates team that receives an extra Heineken Cup berth because Toulon won the Heineken Cup. Red background (row 13 and 14) will be relegated to Rugby Pro D2. Source:ESPN Scrum

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player Position Union Julien Janaudy Hooker France Djalil Narjissi Hooker Morocco Semisi Telefoni Hooker Tonga Laurent Cabarry Prop France Jonathan Garcia Prop France Gert Muller Prop South Africa Arsène N'Nomo Prop Cameroon Euan Murray Prop Scotland Johnson Falefa Prop Samoa John Schwalger Prop New Zealand Beka Sheklashvili Prop Georgia Wiallaim Demotte Lock France Benjamin Desroches Lock France Lisiate Fa'aoso Lock Tonga Damien Lagrange Lock France Ross Skeate Lock South Africa Pat O'Connor Lock Australia Esteban Lozada Lock Argentina Andrew Springgay Lock England Antoine Erbani Flanker France Ueleni Fono Flanker Tonga Steve Malonga Flanker France Jean Monribot Flanker France Remi Vaquin Flanker France Opeti Fonua Number 8 Tonga Marc Giraud Number 8 France

Player Position Union Alexis Balès Scrum-half France Sylvain Dupuy Scrum-half France Mathieu Loree Scrum-half France Conrad Barnard Fly-half South Africa Valentin Courrent Fly-half France Vincent Roux Centre France Miguel Avramovic Centre Argentina Junior Pelesasa Centre Australia Benjamin Petre Centre France Jamie Robinson Centre Wales Belisario Agulla Wing Argentina Jean-François Coux Wing France Louis Bataille Wing France Romain Edmond-Samuel Wing France Saimoni Vaka Wing Fiji Ben Blair Fullback New Zealand Silvère Tian Fullback Ivory Coast

Transfers 2011-12

In

• Julien Janaudy (from Bourgoin)
• Martín Scelzo (from Clermont)
• Jonathan Garcia (from La Rochelle)
• John Schwalger (from Hurricanes)
• Pat O'Connor (from Western Force)
• Marc Giraud (from Montpellier)
• Jean-François Coux (from Bourgoin)

Out

• Brice Mach (to Castres)

Notable former players

Eusebio Guiñazú Omar Hasan Scott Daruda Michel Arino Lucien Augras Georges Baladié Max Barrau Mathieu Barrau Guy Basquet Jean-Paul Baux Christian Béguerie Jean-Baptiste Bédère Abdelatif Benazzi René Bénésis Philippe Benetton Pierre Berbizier Philippe Bérot Paul Biémouret Jean Boubée Guillaume Bouic Christian Califano Olivier Campan Georges Carabignac Jean Clavé David Couzinet Jean-Jacques Crenca Marc Dal Maso Jean-Louis Dehez Christian Delage Daniel Dubroca Yves Duffaut

Jean-Louis Dupont Louis Echave Pépito Elhorga Dominique Erbani Albert Ferrasse Jacques Fort François Gelez Éric Gleyze Jacques Gratton Pierre Guilleux Marius Guiral Francis Haget Cédric Heymans Jean-Claude Hiquet Thierry Labrousse Bernard Lacombe Pierre Lacroix Luc Lafforgue Christophe Lamaison Grégoire Lascubé Michel Lasserre Serge Lassoujade Marcel Laurent Bernard Lavigne Joël Llop Matthieu Lièvremont Gérard Magnac Jean-Claude Malbet Christophe Manas Jean Matheu-Cambas

Jean-Michel Mazas Patrick Mazzer Jérôme Miquel Pierre Montlaur Philippe Mothe Charles Nieucel Guy Pardiès Alain Plantefol Michel Pomathios Christophe Porcu Jean-Pierre Razat Jean-Michel Renaud Jean-Baptiste Rué Robert Samatan Philippe Sella Michel Sitjar Laurent Seigne Jean-Louis Tolot Bruno Tolot Max Vigerie Bernard Viviès Rupeni Caucaunibuca Santiago Dellapè Alessio Galasso Aaron Persico Francesco Zani Djalil Narjissi Kees Meeuws Conrad Stoltz

External links

• SU Agen Lot et Garonne - Official site (French)
• SU-Agen - Unofficial site (French)