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CA Brive
File:Ca brive badge.png
Full nameClub Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin
Founded1910; 114 years ago (1910)
LocationBrive-la-Gaillarde, France
Ground(s)Stade Amédée-Domenech (Capacity: 16,000)
PresidentSimon Gillham
Coach(es)Jeremy Davidson
Captain(s)Saïd Hireche
League(s)Top 14
2018–19Rugby Pro D2, 1st (promotion finalist/promoted via play-off)
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.cabrive-rugby.com

Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin (CA Brive [briv]; Occitan: Club Atletic Briva Corresa Lemosin), is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the New Aquitaine région, located in the former region of Limousin. They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech (capacity 16,000).

History

The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on 12 October 1912. Before the Second World War, Brive changed from rugby union to rugby league but returned to union after the war.

It played regularly in the First Division, and established itself as the stronghold of rugby in Limousin but for many years its only title was a Second Division trophy won in 1957. Brive did not make it to the final of the First Division championship until 1965. On 23 May that year they met SU Agen at Stade de Gerland in Lyon only to lose 15–8. Brive next made it to the final in the 1972 season, where they faced AS Béziers on May 21 in Lyon again, and again the Black and White came out the losers, as Béziers won their second consecutive title (9–0). Brive met AS Béziers in the final again three season later, in 1975. By then, Béziers had become the unbeatable team of the decade, and they won their fifth title, this time by just one point (13–12), at Parc des Princes in Paris. Brive experienced a resurgence in the middle of the 1990s, first in 1996, when they made their first finals appearance since the mid-1970s in Paris. Brive however went down 20–13 to Stade Toulousain. It was their fourth losing final. Only one club have lost more finals without winning one than them (US Dax 5). That year however, they won the famed Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating Pau 12–6. The following season, they made it to the final of the Heineken Cup where they faced the Leicester Tigers from England at Cardiff Arms Park. Brive finally won a final, defeating the Tigers 28–9.[1] They are the only club to win the European Cup without ever winning the domestic championship. On 22 February 1997, Brive, as European champions, were pitted against Auckland Blues who had recently won the Super 12. The French team were no competition to an extra powerful Kiwi side which won easily 47–11.[2] In 1998 Brive again reached the final of the Heineken Cup, this time against Bath. They came agonizingly close to capturing back-to-back titles, losing by just one point, 19–18 at Parc Lescure in Bordeaux.

Since then, however, the club has been in dire straits, as it was subjected to a punitive relegation to the second division in 2000 due to bad financial management. They bounced back two years later and have struggled ever since in the lower echelons of the league table, except in 2004 when they managed to qualify for the playoffs. In 2005, Brive went to the semi-finals of European Challenge Cup, but they lost to Pau. In 2009, after taking the sixth place of the Championship, the Black and White could participate to the Heineken Cup, but the competition was difficult for them, against the Europeans champions Leinster, Llanelli Scarlets and London Irish.

After difficulties and a relegation in second division in 2012, Brive returned to the Top 14 the following year, after defeating Pau.[3]

Players past and present

Brive have bred some 30 players who went on to play for France. Among them, Amédée Domenech, nicknamed "Le Duc"" ("the Duke") who played there in the 50s and 60s, and gave his name to the stadium shortly after his death in 2003. Prolific flanker Olivier Magne, fly-half Christophe Lamaison or Alain Penaud, number-eight Jean-Luc Joinel and hooker Michel Yachvili, the father of Dimitri Yachvili, also wore the CAB jersey. Argentinian fly-half Lisandro Arbizu and powerful prop Christian Martin also played for them. Two French internationals are currently playing for Brive, fullback Alexis Palisson and Arnaud Méla. But the club has become home to many Pacific Islanders including the Fijian Norman Ligairi, the Samoa and Gloucester legend Terry Fanolua and Tongan Suka Hufanga. They recently signed Welsh International, Barry Davies from the Llanelli Scarlets and Andy Goode from the Leicester Tigers, and have also signed New Zealand-born England international Riki Flutey from London Wasps effective with the 2009–10 season.

Finals results

French championship

Date Winner Runner-up Score Stadium Spectators
23 May 1965 SU Agen CA Brive 15–8 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 28.758
21 May 1972 AS Béziers CA Brive 9–0 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 31.161
18 May 1975 AS Béziers CA Brive 13–12 Parc des Princes, Paris 39.991
1 June 1996 Stade Toulousain CA Brive 20–13 Parc des Princes, Paris 48.162

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Date Winner Runner-up Score Stadium Spectators
1 June 1963 Pau CA Brive 12-6 Stade Charléty, Paris 13.000
18 May 1974 RC Narbonne CA Brive 19–10 Stade Yves du Manoir, Colombes
27 January 1996 CA Brive SU Agen 11–0 Parc des Princes, Paris 13.000

Coupe de France

Date Winner Runner-up Score Stadium Spectators
1 June 2000 Biarritz Olympique CA Brive 24-13 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Heineken Cup

Date Winner Runner-Up Score Stadium Spectators
25 January 1997 CA Brive Leicester Tigers 28–9 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 41.664
31 January 1998 Bath Rugby CA Brive 19–18 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 36.500

Current standings

Template:2019–20 Top 14 Table

Current squad

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

The Brive squad for the 2019–20 season:[4]

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

Player Position Union
Thomas Acquier Hooker France France
François Da Ros Hooker France France
Vano Karkadze Hooker Georgia (country) Georgia
Peniami Narisia Hooker Fiji Fiji
Karlen Asieshvili Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Soso Bekoshvili Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Simon-Pierre Chauvac Prop France France
Mesake Doge Prop Fiji Fiji
Luka Japaridze Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
James Johnston Prop Samoa Samoa
Cody Thomas Prop South Africa South Africa
Wesley Tapueluelu Prop Tonga Tonga
Hayden Thompson-Stringer Prop England England
Steevy Cerqueira Lock France France
Richard Fourcade Lock France France
Victor Lebas Lock France France
Mitch Lees Lock Australia Australia
Peet Marais Lock South Africa South Africa
Johan Snyman Lock South Africa South Africa
Jan Uys Lock South Africa South Africa
Esteban Abadie Back row France France
So'otala Fa'aso'o Back row Samoa Samoa
Otar Giorgadze Back row Georgia (country) Georgia
Saïd Hirèche Back row Algeria Algeria
Kitione Kamikamica Back row Fiji Fiji
Retief Marais Back row South Africa South Africa
Irakli Tskhadadze Back row Georgia (country) Georgia
Matthieu Voisin Back row France France
Player Position Union
Julien Blanc Scrum-half France France
David Delarue Scrum-half France France
Quentin Delord Scrum-half France France
Baptiste Dubreuil Scrum-half France France
Vasil Lobzhanidze Scrum-half Georgia (country) Georgia
Tedo Abzhandadze Fly-half Georgia (country) Georgia
Enzo Hervé Fly-half France France
Thomas Laranjeira Fly-half France France
Alex Dunbar Centre Scotland Scotland
Sevanaïa Galala Centre Fiji Fiji
Guillaume Galletier Centre France France
Nico Lee Centre South Africa South Africa
Arnaud Mignardi Centre France France
Stuart Olding Centre Ireland Ireland
Alban Ramette Centre France France
Setareki Bituniyata Wing Fiji Fiji
Eneriko Buliruarua Wing Fiji Fiji
Axel Müller Wing Argentina Argentina
Guillaume Namy Wing France France
Franck Romanet Wing France France
Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang Fullback France France
Joris Jurand Fullback France France
Rory Scholes Fullback Ireland Ireland

Notable former players

See also

References

  1. ^ Mick Cleary and John Griffiths, ed. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0 7472 7732 X.
  2. ^ Pope, Bruce (23 February 1997). "Brive out with the washing". The Independent. London: INM. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. ^ Imakhoukhene, Hamid (19 May 2013). "Brive ne l'a pas volée". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Effectif". CA Brive (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2019.

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