Stade Rochelais

Stade Rochelais
Full name	Stade Rochelais[1]
Nickname(s)	Les Corsaires (The Privateers) Les Maritimes (The Maritimes)
Founded	1898
Location	La Rochelle, France
Ground(s)	Stade Marcel-Deflandre (Capacity: 16,000)
President	Vincent Merling
Coach(es)	Xavier Garbajosa; Grégory Patat
League(s)	Top 14
2017–18	7th
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

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 standings

2018–19 Top 14 Table

Club

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points For

Points Against

Points Diff.

Tries For

Tries Against

Try Bonus

Losing Bonus

Points

1

Clermont

7

5

0

2

235

130

+105

27

12

3

2

25

2

Stade Français

7

5

0

2

178

114

+64

19

12

2

1

23

3

Lyon

7

4

1

2

175

113

+62

18

10

2

1

21

4

Montpellier

7

4

1

2

196

155

+41

24

19

1

20

5

Castres

7

4

0

3

146

140

+6

14

15

1

2

19

6

Toulouse

7

4

1

2

149

171

–22

17

21

0

1

19

7

Racing

7

4

0

3

175

132

+43

21

10

2

1

18

8

Bordeaux Bègles

7

3

1

3

157

139

+18

16

11

1

2

17

9

La Rochelle

7

4

0

3

173

159

+14

23

20

1

17

10

Pau

7

4

0

3

139

158

–19

12

15

0

1

17

11

Grenoble

7

2

0

5

140

185

–45

11

23

0

3

10

12

Toulon

7

2

0

5

115

169

–54

14

18

1

0

9

13

Agen

7

2

0

5

105

237

–132

10

32

0

1

9

14

Perpignan

7

0

7

115

196

–81

11

19

0

4

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

Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup.
Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup.
Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2019–20 European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Pink background (row 13) will qualify to the Relegation play-offs.
Red background (row 14) will automatically be relegated to Rugby Pro D2.
Final table — source:

Current squad

The La Rochelle squad for the 2018–19 season is:^[2]

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

Player	Position	Union
Pierre Bourgarit	Hooker	France
Hikairo Forbes	Hooker	New Zealand
Jean-Charles Orioli	Hooker	France
Uini Atonio	Prop	France
Mohamed Boughanmi	Prop	France
Mike Corbel	Prop	France
Arthur Joly	Prop	France
Vincent Pelo	Prop	France
Dany Priso	Prop	France
Sila Puafisi	Prop	Tonga
Kamaliele Tufele	Prop	France
William Demotte	Lock	France
Thomas Jolmes	Lock	France
Jone Qovu	Lock	Fiji
Romain Sazy	Lock	France
Mathieu Tanguy	Lock	France
Levani Botia	Back row	Fiji
Rémi Bourdeau	Back row	France
Kevin Gourdon	Back row	France
Zeno Kieft	Back row	Netherlands
Lopeti Timani	Back row	Australia
Victor Vito	Back row	New Zealand

Player	Position	Union
Alexi Balès	Scrum-half	France
Tawera Kerr-Barlow	Scrum-half	New Zealand
Arthur Retiere	Scrum-half	France
Maxime Lafage	Fly-half	France
Ryan Lamb	Fly-half	England
Ihaia West	Fly-half	New Zealand
Pierre Aguillon	Centre	France
Steeve Barry	Centre	France
Geoffrey Doumayrou	Centre	France
Paul Jordaan	Centre	South Africa
Brieuc Plessis-Couillaud	Centre	France
Elliot Roudil	Centre	France
Marc Andreu	Wing	France
Gabriel Lacroix	Wing	France
Vincent Rattez	Wing	France
Jérémy Sinzelle	Wing	France
Kini Murimurivalu	Fullback	Fiji

Notable former players

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

Famous coaches

Arnaud Élissalde
Jean-Pierre Élissalde

Notes

References

↑ "LA ROCHELLE : NOUVEAU NOM ET NOUVEAU LOGO POUR LE CLUB". Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
↑ "Effectif". Stade Rochelais (in French). Retrieved 7 August 2018.

External links

(in French) Stade Rochelais Official website

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[1] "LA ROCHELLE : NOUVEAU NOM ET NOUVEAU LOGO POUR LE CLUB". Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[Effectif-2] "Effectif". Stade Rochelais (in French). Retrieved 7 August 2018.

Top 14
2018–19 Teams	Agen Bordeaux Castres Clermont Grenoble La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Pau Perpignan Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse
Early years	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Interbellum era	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39
World War II	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45
Post-war years	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–80	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–95	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
Professional era and Top 16	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
Top 14	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

La Rochelle – current squad
Forwards	Uini Atonio Levani Botia Mohamed Boughanmi Rémi Bourdeau Pierre Bourgarit Mike Corbel William Demotte Hikairo Forbes Kevin Gourdon Thomas Jolmes Arthur Joly Zeno Kieft Jean-Charles Orioli Vincent Pelo Dany Priso Sila Puafisi Jone Qovu Romain Sazy Mathieu Tanguy Lopeti Timani Kamaliele Tufele Victor Vito
Backs	Pierre Aguillon Marc Andreu Alexi Balès Steeve Barry Geoffrey Doumayrou Paul Jordaan Tawera Kerr-Barlow Gabriel Lacroix Maxime Lafage Ryan Lamb Kini Murimurivalu Brieuc Plessis-Couillaud Vincent Rattez Arthur Retiere Elliot Roudil Jérémy Sinzelle Ihaia West
Coaches	Xavier Garbajosa Grégory Patat