Rugby Club Vannes

French rugby union club
Rugby team
RC Vannes
Full nameRugby Club Vannes
Nickname(s)RCV
Founded1950; 74 years ago (1950)
LocationVannes, France
Ground(s)Stade de la Rabine (Capacity: 11,303)
ChairmanOlivier Cloarec
Coach(es)Jean-Noël Spitzer
Captain(s)Clément Payen
League(s)Top 14
2023–24Pro D2, 2nd (promoted)

RC Vannes (French: Rugby Club Vannes, Rugbi Klub Gwened) is a French rugby union club based in Vannes currently competing in Pro D2. Founded in 1950, they play in the Stade de la Rabine and traditionally wear blue and white jerseys.

The team usually competed in the third tier of French rugby, Fédérale 1. During the 2015–16 season, they beat RC Massy during the Fédérale 1 promotion semi-finals automatically accessing to the 2016–17 Pro D2, an historical reach for a Breton rugby team.[1][2][3] Vannes beat FC Grenoble Rugby in the 2024 Pro D2 playoffs to win promotion to the Top 14 for the first time.[4]

Honours

  • Pro D2

Current standings

2023–24 Pro D2 Table
Pos Team
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 Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Provence 30 20 2 8 803 632 +171 8 3 95 Semi-final promotion playoff place
2 Vannes 30 17 2 11 777 508 +269 10 7 89
3 Béziers 30 17 1 12 789 715 +74 6 4 80 Quarter-final promotion playoff place
4 Grenoble 30 19 0 11 826 694 +132 8 3 79[a]
5 Dax 30 17 1 12 626 683 −57 5 2 77
6 Brive 30 16 1 13 689 583 +106 8 2 76
7 Nevers 30 15 0 15 682 610 +72 6 9 75
8 Mont-de-Marsan 30 15 1 14 766 641 +125 5 7 74
9 Aurillac 30 14 1 15 593 764 −171 3 3 64
10 Colomiers 30 13 1 16 661 657 +4 4 6 64
11 Valence Romans 30 13 0 17 623 640 −17 5 5 62
12 Soyaux Angoulême 30 13 2 15 563 616 −53 0 6 62
13 Agen 30 13 1 16 597 732 −135 2 5 61
14 Biarritz 30 11 0 19 618 811 −193 4 5 53
15 Montauban 30 11 0 19 577 755 −178 2 5 51 Relegation play-off
16 Rouen 30 9 1 20 604 753 −149 5 5 48 Relegation to Nationale
Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2024. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
  2. Points difference in head-to-head matches
  3. Try differential in head-to-head matches
  4. Points difference in all matches
  5. Try differential in all matches
  6. Points scored in all matches
  7. Tries scored in all matches
  8. Fewer matches forfeited
  9. Classification in the previous Top 14 season
    Notes:
  1. ^ Following the decisions rendered by the Appeal Commission on July 6, 2023 and December 14, 2023 by the Disciplinary Council, a withdrawal of 12 points applies for FC Grenoble Rugby.The total sanction was reduced on appeal on 31 January 2024, recovering four points in the ranking.

Current squad

The Vannes squad for the 2022–23 season is:[5]

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

Player Position Union
Charlesty Berguet Prop Belgium Belgium
Simon Bourgeois Prop France France
Jérémy Boyadjis Prop France France
Hugo Djéhi Prop France France
Phil Kite Prop Tonga Tonga
Paga Tafili Prop France France
Théo Béziat Hooker France France
Cyril Blanchard Hooker France France
Pat Leafa Hooker New Zealand New Zealand
Louis-Marie Suta Hooker France France
Anton Bresler Lock Namibia Namibia
Mattéo Desjeux Lock France France
Eric Marks Lock Germany Germany
Fabrice Metz Lock France France
Timothé Mézou Lock France France
Mathieu Uhila Lock France France
Christiaan van der Merwe Lock South Africa South Africa
Léon Boulier Back row France France
Karl Chateau Back row France France
Joe Edwards Back row New Zealand New Zealand
Francisco Gorrissen Back row Argentina Argentina
Sione Kalamafoni Back row Tonga Tonga
Kitione Kamikamica Back row Fiji Fiji
Juan Bautista Pedemonte Back row Argentina Argentina
Player Position Union
Alexandre Gouaux Scrum-half France France
Jules Le Bail Scrum-half France France
Michael Ruru Scrum-half New Zealand New Zealand
Thibault Debaes Fly-half France France
Maxime Lafage Fly-half France France
Massimo Ortolan Fly-half France France
Alex Arrate Centre France France
Iñaki Ayarza Centre Chile Chile
Theo Costosseque Centre France France
Youenn Floch Centre France France
Robin Taccola Centre France France
Sacha Valleau Centre France France
Martín Alonso Wing Spain Spain
Théo Bastardie Wing France France
Romaric Camou Wing France France
Filipo Nakosi Wing Fiji Fiji
Paul Surano Wing France France
Gwenaël Duplenne Fullback France France

Notable former players

  • France Guillaume Blache [fr]
  • France Jean Bodard
  • Fiji Laijiasa Bolenaivalu
  • France Jean-Louis Bouché
  • France Anthony Bouthier
  • Fiji Aloisio Butonidualevu
  • France André Carrié
  • France Julien Cazenave [fr]
  • France Otilo Kafotamaki
  • Antoine Gaillardon
  • Australia Scott Clare
  • France Jean-Baptiste Claverie
  • France Jo Courtel
  • France Étienne Delangle [fr]
  • France Quentin Étienne [fr]
  • France Julien Faurois [fr]
  • Spain Jonathan Garcia [fr]
  • France Mickaël Garcia
  • Argentina Martin Garcia Veiga
  • France Jean-Yves Gauthier
  • South Africa Pieter Grobler [fr]
  • Argentina Bautista Guemes [fr]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rugby. Le RC Vannes en Pro D2, victoire 25-13 face à Massy". ouest-france.fr. ouest france. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. ^ Grammont, Stéphane. "Rugby: la montée historique de Vannes en proD2". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. France 3 Bretsgne. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Rugby. Vannes écrit l'histoire en accédant en Pro D2 !". Le Télégramme. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ^ News, Americas Rugby (2024-06-08). "Vannes Win Promotion to Top 14 with South America a Part of the Glory". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2024-06-17. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "Vannes 2017-18 Squad". Rugby Club Vannes. 21 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-22. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

External links

  • Official website
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Forwards
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Coach
  • Jean-Noël Spitzer


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