US Dax

Dax

Full name	Union Sportive Dacquoise
Founded	1904 (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)	Fédérale 1
2017–18	Rugby Pro D2, 15th (relegated)
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. In the coming 2018-2019 season, they will play in third-level Fédérale 1.

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 squad

The squad for the 2017–18 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 Cyriel Blanchard Hooker France Maxime Delonca Hooker France Romain Maurice Hooker France Christopher Cassen Prop France Pierre Choinard Prop France Romain David Prop France Thibaud Drean Prop France Paea Faʻanunu Prop Tonga Asa Faitotoa Prop New Zealand Elizbar Kuparadze Prop Georgia Toki Pilioko Prop France Romain Pouyleau Prop France Mattieu Bidau Lock France Théo Hannoyer Lock France Vickus Liebenberg Lock South Africa Pierre Maurens Lock France Théo Sentucq Lock France Joe Tuineau Lock Tonga Olivier August Flanker France Martín Chiappesoni Restano Flanker Argentina Pierre Huguet Flanker France Aisea Koliavu Flanker New Zealand Filimo Taofifenua Flanker France Charlie Ternisien Flanker France Théo Tremeau Flanker France Albain Meron Number 8 France Brian Tuilagi Number 8 Samoa

Player Position Union Adrien Bau Fly-half France Simon Garrouteigt Scrum-half France Thibaut Lesparre Scrum-half France Arnaud Pic Scrum-half France Sylvère Reteau Scrum-half France Felipe Berchesi Fly-half Uruguay Thomas Curutchet Fly-half France Benjamin Puntous Fly-half France Gaëtan Robert Fly-half France Guillaume Devade Centre France Oliver Klemenczak Centre France Billy Ropiha Centre New Zealand Simon Ternisien Centre France Jean-Mathieu Alcalde Fullback France Sakiusa Bureitakiyaca Wing Fiji Julien Dechavanne Wing France Esava Delai Wing Fiji Théo Gatelier Wing Fiji Nicolas Cachet Fullback France Pierre Justes Fullback France Alexandre Pilati Wing France Martin Prat Wing France

Notable former players

• Horacio Agulla
• Pierre Albaladejo
• Jean-Louis Azarete
• Jean-Pierre Bastiat
• Jean-Louis Bérot
• Maurice Biraben
• Maurice Boyau
• Georges Capdepuy
• Philippe Carbonneau
• Jean Desclaux
• Claude Dourthe
• Richard Dourthe
• Gérard Dufau
• Charlie Hore
• Raphaël Ibañez
• Jean-Patrick Lescarboura
• Thierry Lacroix
• Paul Lasaosa
• Jean-Claude Lasserre
• Thomas Lièvremont
• Jean-Pierre Lux
• Olivier Magne
• Ivor Matthews
• Joseph Mbu
• Fabien Pelous
• Justin Purdie
• Laurent Rodriguez
• Olivier Roumat
• Marc Sallefranque

See also

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

External links

• Template:Link language Union Sportive Dacquoise Official website
• Template:Link language US DAX Anthem Song
• Template:Link language Allezdax.com Unofficial website