US Montauban
{{Short description|French rugby union club, based in Montauban}}
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| image = Us montauban.png
| fullname = Union Sportive Montalbanaise
| location = Montauban, France
| countryflag = France
| founded = 1903
| ground = Stade Sapiac
| capacity = 12,600
| union = Fédération Française de Rugby
| president = Robert Gomes
| coach = Sébastien Calvet
| captain =
| league = {{French rugby union updater|Montauban}}
| season = {{French rugby union updater|Montauban2}}
| position = {{French rugby union updater|Montauban3}}
| url = http://usmsapiac.fr/
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US Montauban ({{langx|oc|Union Esportiva Montalban}}) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system. They have also competed at the top level, Top 14, in the past, most recently between 2007 and 2010. The club is based in Montauban in the département of Tarn-et-Garonne in Occitania.
In April 2010, it was announced the club would be relegated from the Top 14 to the Pro D2 at the end of the 2009/2010 season after breaking budget rules for the league. Although the club appealed the ruling it started to release players to reduce its budget.{{cite web |url=http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9818_6079678,00.html |title=Planet Rugby {{!}} Rugby Union Tournaments {{!}} Top 14 {{!}} Delasau begins likely Montauban exodus |website=www.planetrugby.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413183034/http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9818_6079678,00.html |archive-date=2010-04-13}} The club was not in the relegation zone at the time, thereby saving CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, Aviron Bayonnais and Montpellier Hérault RC a nervous run in as they were in the relegation battle with Montauban. On the 26 April 2010, the club filed for bankruptcy at a commercial court following a meeting of the club's board of directors.{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30042010/58/top-14-montauban-file-bankruptcy.html|title=Yahoo UK & Ireland - Sports News - Live Scores - Results|website=Yahoo Sports|access-date=21 April 2018}}
On 24 May 2014, it was announced that they had won promotion back to Pro D2 for the 2014–15 season as a result of winning the Fédérale 1 semi-final 35 – 12 against Lille Métropole Rugby.{{cite news | url=http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugbyrama.fr%2Frugby%2Ffederale-1%2F2013-2014%2Fdemi-finale-federale-1-massy-et-montauban-retrouvent-la-pro-d2_sto4259944%2Fstory.shtml | title=Demi-finale Fédérale 1 - Massy et Montauban retrouvent la Pro D2 | newspaper=Midi Olympique | language=fr | date=24 May 2014 | access-date=24 May 2014}} They went on to win the Fédérale 1 title, defeating Massy 18–14 in the final.{{cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Montauban-sacre/471897 |title=Rugby: Montauban champion de France de Fédérale 1 |newspaper=L'Équipe |language=fr |date=7 June 2014 |access-date=16 August 2014}}
History
The club was established in 1903. The club made its first championship appearance in the 1967 season, when it captured its first championship title, defeating CA Bègles 11 points to 3 in Bordeaux. It gained promotion from Pro D2 for the 2006–07 season.
In its first match of the 2006-07 season, Montauban defeated Narbonne 41–20, gaining five points (including a bonus point) to go to second in the table after round one. The team continued in surprisingly strong form for a newly promoted team, notably handing early runaway league leaders Stade Français their first defeat of the season, 15–9, in Round 10 on 6 October. Montauban ended the season in seventh place, a respectable position for a newly promoted team. The 2007-08 season saw it consolidate its Top 14 position, again finishing seventh. Because Toulouse advanced to the final of that year's Heineken Cup, which was farther than any team from England or Italy, Montauban was given a place in the 2008-09 Heineken Cup, pooled with champions Munster.
Honours
- French championship Top 14
- Champions (1): 1967
- Pro D2
- Champions: 2001, 2006
- Fédérale 1
- Champions (Trophée Jean-Prat): 2014
Finals results
=French championship=
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| align=center|Date | align=center|Winners | align=center|Score | align=center|Runners-up | align=center|Venue | align=center|Spectators |
align=center|28 May 1967
|US Montauban |align=center|11-3 |align=center|Parc Lescure, Bordeaux |align=center|32,115 |
=Trophée Jean-Prat=
class="wikitable"
! Date ! Winner ! Runner-up ! Score ! Venue ! Attendance |
align=center|7 June 2014
|US Montauban |align=center|18-14 |align=center|Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix, Libourne |align=center|4,500 |
Current standings
{{#lst:2024–25 Rugby Pro D2 season|table}}
Current squad
{{for|player movements before or during the 2024–25 season|List of 2024–25 Rugby Pro D2 transfers#Montauban}}
The Montauban squad for the 2024–25 season is:{{cite web | url=http://usmsapiac.fr/secteur-pro/l-equipe-pro/les-joueurs | title=USM Sapiac - Les Joueurs | work=US Montauban | access-date=19 April 2021 | language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Montauban squad for season 2024/2025 |url=https://all.rugby/club/montauban/squad |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=all.rugby |language=en}}
{{rugby squad start}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=HK | name=Kévin Firmin}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=RSA | pos=HK | name=Ru-Hann Greyling}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=GEO | pos=HK | name=Vakhtang Jincharadze}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=HK | name=Jérémie Maurouard}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=PR | name=Leo Aouf}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=GEO | pos=PR | name=Luka Azariashvili}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=PR | name=Thomas Bué}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=GEO | pos=PR | name=Mirian Burduli}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=PR | name=Facundo Pomponio}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=PR | name=Lucas Seyrolle}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=PR | name=Lucio Sordoni}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=SAM | pos=PR | name=Tietie Tuimauga}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=PR | name=Malino Vanai}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=LK | name=Lewis Bean}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=LK | name=Clement Bitz}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=IRE | pos=LK | name=Frank Bradshaw Ryan}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=LK | name=Kévin Gimeno}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=LK | name=Victor Moreaux}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=NAM | pos=LK | name=Tjiuee Uanivi}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=BR | name=Corentin Coularis}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=BR | name=Noa Kanika}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=BR | name=Tomás Lezana}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=RSA | pos=BR | name=Sikhumbuzo Notshe}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ESP | pos=BR | name=Fred Quercy}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=BR | name=Kyllian Ringuet}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=AUS | pos=BR | name=Tyrone Vi'iga}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=BR | name=Dimitri Vaotoa}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ENG | pos=BR | name=Karl Wilkins}}
{{rugby squad mid}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=SH | name=Maёl Castel}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=AUS | pos=SH | name=Joe Powell}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=SH | name=Hugo Zabalza}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=FH | name=Jérôme Bosviel}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=FH | name=Thomas Fortunel}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=CE | name=Maxime Espeut}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FIJ | pos=CE | name=Sevanaia Galala}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=CE | name=Maxime Mathy}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=RSA | pos=CE | name=JT Jackson}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=CE | name=Yvan Reilhac}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=CE | name=Simon Renda}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=WG | name=Stephane Ahmed}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=WG | name=Romain Fonnicola}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=WG | name=Paul Vallée}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FIJ | pos=WG | name=Josua Vici}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=FB | name=Thomas Larregain}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=FB | name=Baptiste Mouchous}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=ARG | pos=FB | name=Segundo Tuculet}}
{{rugby squad end}}
=Espoirs squad=
{{rugby squad start}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=HK | name=Jules Casile}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=HK | name=Maxient Da Costa}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=PR | name=Killian Larrart}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=PR | name=Jules Laumond}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=RSA | pos=PR | name=Roydon Swift}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=LK | name=Nolan Betton}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=LK | name=Quentin Humbert}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=BR | name=Erwann Boucher}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=BR | name=Yanis Notolan}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=BR | name=Enzo Pascaud}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=FH | name=Axel Charrie}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=BEL | pos=CE | name=Theo Adaba}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=CE | name=Victor Olivier}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=CE | name=Hugo Tournier}}
{{rugby squad player | nat=FRA | pos=FB | name=Victor Ravailhe}}
{{rugby squad end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- USM Rugby - 100 photos pour un centenaire, 2003
External links
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://usmsapiac.fr/ Official site]
{{Pro D2}}
{{US Montauban squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Us Montauban}}
Category:Sport in Tarn-et-Garonne