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)	Ronan O'Gara
League(s)	Top 14
2018–19	5th (playoff semi-finalists)
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

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

1

Bordeaux Bègles

17

13

1

3

475

317

158

53

28

6

1

61

2

Lyon

17

12

0

5

465

304

161

50

27

5

0

53

3

Racing

17

9

1

7

451

326

125

51

30

5

3

46

4

Toulon

17

9

2

6

396

334

62

37

32

3

2

45

5

La Rochelle

17

9

0

8

370

377

-7

38

3

42

6

Clermont

17

10

0

7

423

415

8

39

45

1

0

41

7

Toulouse

17

8

1

8

368

331

37

30

4

2

40

8

Montpellier

17

6

3

8

404

390

14

42

37

2

5

37

9

Castres

17

7

0

10

392

460

-68

38

43

3

2

33

10

Brive

17

7

1

9

364

441

-77

32

48

1

2

33

11

Bayonne

17

7

1

9

327

409

-82

27

45

0

3

33

12

Pau

17

6

0

11

334

414

-80

31

42

0

4

28

13

Agen

17

5

1

11

323

414

-91

36

46

0

4

26

14

Stade Français

17

5

1

11

328

488

-160

30

50

0

3

25

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 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

The La Rochelle squad for the 2019–20 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
Facundo Bosch	Hooker	Argentina
Pierre Bourgarit	Hooker	France
Samuel Lagrange	Hooker	France
Jean-Charles Orioli	Hooker	France
Léo Aouf	Prop	France
Uini Atonio	Prop	France
Mike Corbel	Prop	France
Arthur Joly	Prop	France
Vincent Pelo	Prop	France
Dany Priso	Prop	France
Sila Puafisi	Prop	Tonga
Reda Wardi	Prop	France
Thomas Jolmes	Lock	France
Romain Sazy	Lock	France
Will Skelton	Lock	Australia
Mathieu Tanguy	Lock	France
Lopeti Timani	Lock	Australia
Grégory Alldritt	Back row	France
Rémi Bourdeau	Back row	France
Kevin Gourdon	Back row	France
Zeno Kieft	Back row	Netherlands
Wiaan Liebenberg	Back row	South Africa
Victor Vito	Back row	New Zealand

Player	Position	Union
Alexi Balès	Scrum-half	France
Tawera Kerr-Barlow	Scrum-half	New Zealand
Maxime Lafage	Fly-half	France
Jules Plisson	Fly-half	France
Ihaia West	Fly-half	New Zealand
Pierre Aguillon	Centre	France
Levani Botia	Centre	Fiji
Geoffrey Doumayrou	Centre	France
Jules Favre	Centre	France
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
Arthur Retière	Fullback	France

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

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 6 September 2019.

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 6 September 2019.

Top 14
2019–20 Teams	Agen Bayonne Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Pau 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 2019–20
Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus
Governing body	Ligue Nationale de Rugby

La Rochelle – current squad
Forwards	Grégory Alldritt Uini Atonio Facundo Bosch 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 Will Skelton 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 Jules Plisson Vincent Rattez Arthur Retière Elliot Roudil Jérémy Sinzelle Ihaia West
Coaches	Jono Gibbes Ronan O'Gara