Stade Rochelais

Stade Rochelais

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Full name	Stade Rochelais
Nickname(s)	Les Corsaires (The Privateers) Les Maritimes (The Maritimes)
Founded	1898 (1898)
Location	La Rochelle, France
Ground(s)	Stade Marcel-Deflandre (Capacity: 16,000)
President	Vincent Merling
Coach(es)	Ronan O'Gara
League(s)	Top 14
2019–20	5th
1st kit 2nd kit 3rd kit
Official website
www.staderochelais.com

Stade Rochelais [stad ʁɔʃ.lɛ], commonly called La Rochelle, is a French rugby union club who compete in the Top 14.

They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre (capacity 16,000). 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

• Challenge Yves du Manoir:
  • Champions: 2002, 2003 (March)

Current squad

For player movements before or during the 2019–20 season, see List of 2019–20 Top 14 transfers § La Rochelle.

The La Rochelle squad for the 2019–20 season is:

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

Player Position Union Facundo Bosch Hooker Argentina Pierre Bourgarit Hooker France Samuel Lagrange Hooker France Brendan Lebrun Hooker France Léo Aouf Prop France Uini Atonio Prop France Ramiro Herrera Prop Argentina Arthur Joly Prop France Vincent Pelo Prop France Dany Priso Prop France Reda Wardi Prop France Thomas Lavault Lock France Rémi Leroux Lock France Romain Sazy Lock France Will Skelton Lock Australia Mathieu Tanguy Lock France Lopeti Timani Lock Australia Grégory Alldritt Back row France Paul Boudehent Back row France Rémi Bourdeau Back row France Kevin Gourdon Back row France Zeno Kieft Back row Netherlands Wiaan Liebenberg Back row South Africa Victor Vito Back row New Zealand

Player Position Union Thomas Berjon Scrum-half France Jules Le Bail Scrum-half France Tawera Kerr-Barlow Scrum-half New Zealand Jules Plisson Fly-half France Ihaia West Fly-half New Zealand Pierre Aguillon Centre France Levani Botia Centre Fiji Pierre Boudehent Centre France Geoffrey Doumayrou Centre France Jules Favre Centre France Gabriel Lacroix Wing France Arthur Retière Wing France Raymond Rhule Wing South Africa Jérémy Sinzelle Wing France Brice Dulin Fullback France Dillyn Leyds Fullback South Africa

Notable former players

See also: Category:Stade Rochelais players

• Arnaud Élissalde
• Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
• Jean-Pierre Élissalde

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

• Gérald Merceron
• Luc Ducalcon
• Vincent Debaty
• Julien Pierre
• Seru Rabeni
• Norman Ligairi
• Benoit Lecouls
• Petrișor Toderașc

Famous coaches

• Arnaud Élissalde
• Jean-Pierre Élissalde

See also

• List of rugby union clubs in France
• Rugby union in France

External links

• (in French) Stade Rochelais Official website