Aviron Bayonnais

Aviron Bayonnais (Basque: Baionako Arrauna), commonly called Bayonne, is a French rugby union club from Bayonne (Baiona, in Basque) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques which, for the 2016-17 season, competed in the top tier of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition. In the 2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 Season they were promoted after finishing 2nd and winning the playoff final against Aurillac. In the 2016-2017 season, they finished in last place, and will be relegated back to Pro D2 for the 2017-18 season. Founded in 1904, they play at the Parc des Sports also known as Jean Dauger in Bayonne. Their mascot is a pottok pony called pottoka. They have ties to the French Basque community.

This article is about the rugby union team. For the football club, see Aviron Bayonnais Football Club.
Bayonne
Full nameAviron Bayonnais Rugby Pro
Founded1904 (1904)
LocationBayonne, France
Ground(s)Stade Jean Dauger (Capacity: 16,934)
PresidentPhilippe Tayeb
Coach(es)Yannick Bru
Joël Rey
Rémy Ladauge
Captain(s)Antoine Battut
League(s)Top 14
2018–19Rugby Pro D2, 3rd (promoted via playoff final)
1st kit
2nd kit
3rd kit
Official website
www.abrugby.fr

History

The club was established in 1904, making their first final appearance in the 1913 season, where they defeated S.C.U.F. 31-8 at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir. The national domestic championship was replaced by the Coupe de l'Espérance during World War I. The competition was played for four seasons, with Aviron Bayonnais contesting the last final, which they lost to Stadoceste Tarbais 4 to 3.

With the French championship resumed, the club made their next championship game in the 1922 season where they met Toulouse. Aviron Bayonnais lost the final 6 to nil. The two clubs would meet again the next season to again contest the championship final, which Toulouse won again, 3 to nil.

Aviron Bayonnais enjoyed success during the mid-1930s, defeating Biarritz 13 to 8 in Toulouse to win their second championship, and first since 1913. They also won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1936, defeating Perpignan in the final. The club saw similar results during the mid-1940s as well, with two championship final appearances; defeating SU Agen in the 1943 final at Parc des Princes in Paris and losing the 1944 season final to Perpignan.

Since the 1940s the club did not find a lot of success over the coming years, as they would have to wait until the 1980s until they would again reach any of the championship finals. In 1980 they contested the final of the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating AS Béziers 16 to 10 to gain their second title of that competition. They made it to the final of the 1982 season, although they were defeated by SU Agen, 18 to 9.

Honours

Finals results
The Aviron Bayonnais squad in 1914.

French championship
Date Champions Runners-up Score Venue Spectators
20 April 1913 Aviron Bayonnais S.C.U.F. 31-8 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 20.000
23 April 1922 Stade Toulousain Aviron Bayonnais 6-0 Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat 20.000
13 May 1923 Stade Toulousain Aviron Bayonnais 3-0 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 15.000
13 May 1934 Aviron Bayonnais Biarritz Olympique 13-8 Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse 18.000
21 March 1943 Aviron Bayonnais SU Agen 3-0 Parc des Princes, Paris 28.000
26 March 1944 USA Perpignan Aviron Bayonnais 20-5 Parc des Princes, Paris 35.000
29 May 1982 SU Agen Aviron Bayonnais 18-9 Parc des Princes, Paris 41.165

Challenge Yves du Manoir
Year Winner Score Runner-up
1936 Aviron Bayonnais 9-3 USA Perpignan
1980 Aviron Bayonnais 16-10 AS Béziers

Coupe de l'Espérance
Date Winner Score Runner-up
1919 Stadoceste Tarbais 4-3 Aviron Bayonnais

Current standings
2019–20 Top 14 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff. Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1Bordeaux Bègles17131347531715853286161
2Lyon17120546530416150275053
3Racing1791745132612551305346
4Toulon179263963346237323245
5La Rochelle17908370377-738383342
6Clermont171007423415839451041
7Toulouse178183683313737304240
8Montpellier176384043901442372537
9Castres177010392460-6838433233
10Brive17719364441-7732481233
11Bayonne17719327409-8227450333
12Pau176011334414-8031420428
13Agen175111323414-9136460426
14Stade Français175111328488-16030500325

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
Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2020–21 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 2020–21 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
For player movements before or during the 2019–20 season, see List of 2019–20 Top 14 transfers § Bayonne.

The Bayonne squad for the 2019–20 season is:[1]

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
Maxime Delonca Hooker France
Maxime Lamothe Hooker France
Torsten van Jaarsveld Hooker Namibia
Viliamu Afatia Prop Samoa
Ugo Boniface Prop France
Swan Cormenier Prop France
Jean-Baptiste de Clercq Prop Belgium
Aretz Iguiniz Prop France
Luc Mousset Prop France
Sam Nixon Prop England
Tomaʻakino Taufa Prop Tonga
Jon Zabala Prop Spain
Guillaume Ducat Lock France
Mariano Galarza Lock Argentina
Adam Jaulhac Lock France
Mat Luamanu Lock Samoa
Antoine Battut Back row France
Bastien Bergounioux Back row France
Benjamin Collet Back row France
Tom Darlet Back row France
Arnaud Duputs Back row France
André Gorin Back row Romania
Baptiste Héguy Back row France
Bidegain Mattin Back row France
Jean Monribot Back row France
Filimo Taofifenua Back row France
Player Position Union
Guillaume Rouet Scrum-half Spain
Michael Ruru Scrum-half New Zealand
Emmanuel Saubusse Scrum-half France
Hugo Zabalaza Scrum-half France
Thomas Dolhagaray Fly-half France
Brandon Fajardo Fly-half France
Manuel Ordas Fly-half France
Alofa Alofa Centre Samoa
Romain Barthelemy Centre France
Malietoa Hingano Centre Tonga
Yan Lestrade Centre France
Guillaume Martocq Centre France
Peyo Muscarditz Centre France
Sean Robinson Centre South Africa
Rémy Baget Wing France
Djibril Camara Wing France
Arthur Duhau Wing France
Latu Latunipulu Wing Australia
Aymeric Luc Fullback France
Julien Tisseron Fullback France

Notable former players

Coaches

See also

Further reading
  • Castiella, Manuel (2001). Un siècle de rugby à Bayonne (in French). Atlantica.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. "Effectif saison 2019-2020" (in French). Aviron Bayonnais. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
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