Montpellier Hérault RC
Encyclopedia
Montpellier Hérault Rugby Club is a professional French rugby union
, based in Montpellier
the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon
. The club competes in the top level of the French league system
, in the Top 14. They originally played at Stade Sabathé
(capacity 5,000) but moved to the Stade Yves-du-Manoir
in 2007. They wear white and blue.
In the early 2000s there was a lot of success for the team as well; they were promoted to the top division of the French league system (the Top 14), after becoming champions of the Rugby Pro D2
(second division) in the 2003 season. The following season the club played for the European Shield
, and contested the final. Played in May 2004, Montpellier defeated Italian club Viadana
25 points to 19 to win the Shield.
Agustin Creevy
Martin Bustos Moyano
Santiago Fernández
Juan Figallo
Sakiusa Matadigo
Timoci Nagusa
Fulgence Ouedraogo
Benjamin Thiéry
Julien Tomas
François Trinh-Duc
Giorgi Chkhaidze Mamuka Gorgodze
Giorgi Jgenti Goderdzi Shvelidze
Na'ama Leleimalefaga
Seta Tuilevuka
(from
San Luis
) Lucas González Amorosino
(from
Leicester Tigers
) Yoan Audrin (from
Castres
) Thomas Combezou (from La Rochelle
) Rémy Martin (from Bayonne
) Jean-Baptiste Peyras
(from Bayonne
) Thibaut Privat
(from Clermont
) Rassie van Vuuren (from Aurillac
)
Agen
) Danie Thiart (to Perpignan
)
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, based in Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is...
. The club competes in the top level of the French league system
Ligue Nationale de Rugby
The Top 14 is a rugby union club competition which is played in France. The Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism of LNR. There is promotion and relegation between the Top 14 and the next level down, the...
, in the Top 14. They originally played at Stade Sabathé
Stade Sabathé
Stade Sabathé is a multi-use stadium in Montpellier, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union and rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Montpellier Red Devils. Until 2007 it was the home stadium of Montpellier RC. The stadium is able to hold 6,500 people....
(capacity 5,000) but moved to the Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Stade Yves-du-Manoir (Montpellier)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir is a multi-use stadium in Montpellier, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Montpellier Hérault RC. The stadium is able to hold 14,700 spectators . Rugby League side Catalans Dragons used the venue on 5th June 2011 with their...
in 2007. They wear white and blue.
History
The club was established in 1986, through the merger of two other rugby union clubs, the Stade Montpelliérain and MUC Rugby. Montpellier have thus far not made it to a championship final, but have won a number of other titles. In 1993 the club won the Challenge de l'Espérance.In the early 2000s there was a lot of success for the team as well; they were promoted to the top division of the French league system (the Top 14), after becoming champions of the Rugby Pro D2
Rugby Pro D2
Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second level of domestic club rugby union in France, below the first division, Top 14. The competition was introduced in 2000. There is relegation and promotion between both the Top 14 and Fédérale 1, the third-level competition...
(second division) in the 2003 season. The following season the club played for the European Shield
European Shield
The European Shield was a reprechage tournament for teams knocked out in the first round of the European Challenge Cup in 2002-03 and 2003-04. The name "European Shield" had previously been used for the now renamed European Challenge Cup....
, and contested the final. Played in May 2004, Montpellier defeated Italian club Viadana
Viadana Rugby
Rugby Viadana is an Italian rugby union club that until 2010 competed in the Super 10. They are based in Viadana . The club was established in 1970, and has since won the Italian championship in 2002, and the Coppa Italia three times. They also compete in European rugby competitions and were...
25 points to 19 to win the Shield.
Honours
- Top 14
- Runners-up: 20112010–11 Top 14 seasonThe 2010–11 Top 14 competition was a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby . Home-and-away play began on August 13, 2010 and continued through April 2011. The regular season was followed by a three-round playoff starting in May that involved the top...
- Runners-up: 2011
- Rugby Pro D2Rugby Pro D2Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second level of domestic club rugby union in France, below the first division, Top 14. The competition was introduced in 2000. There is relegation and promotion between both the Top 14 and Fédérale 1, the third-level competition...
- Champions: 2003
- European ShieldEuropean ShieldThe European Shield was a reprechage tournament for teams knocked out in the first round of the European Challenge Cup in 2002-03 and 2003-04. The name "European Shield" had previously been used for the now renamed European Challenge Cup....
:- Champions: 2004
- Challenge de l'Espérance:
- Champions: 1993
Top 14
| Date | Winners | Runners-up | Score | Venue | Spectators |
| 4 June 2011 | Stade Toulousain Stade Toulousain Stade Toulousain, also referred to as Toulouse, is a French rugby union club from Toulouse in Midi-Pyrénées. Toulouse is one of the finest rugby clubs in Europe, having won the Heineken Cup four times – in 1996, 2003, 2005 and 2010. They were also runners-up in 2004 and 2008 against London Wasps... |
Montpellier Hérault RC | 15–10 | Stade de France Stade de France The Stade de France is the national stadium of France, situated just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. It has an all-seater capacity of 80,000, making it the fifth largest stadium in Europe, and is used by both the France national football team and French rugby union team for... , Saint-Denis Saint-Denis Saint-Denis is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Saint-Denis is a sous-préfecture of the Seine-Saint-Denis département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Saint-Denis.... |
77,000 |
European Shield
| Date | Winners | Runners-up | Score | Venue | Spectators |
| 21 May 2004 | Montpellier Hérault RC | Viadana Viadana Rugby Rugby Viadana is an Italian rugby union club that until 2010 competed in the Super 10. They are based in Viadana . The club was established in 1970, and has since won the Italian championship in 2002, and the Coppa Italia three times. They also compete in European rugby competitions and were... |
25-19 | Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma Parma Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world.... |
2,553 |
Squad 2011/12
Internationally Capped Players
Lucas Gonzalez AmorosinoLucas González Amorosino
Lucas González Amorosino is an Argentine rugby union player who plays wing or fullback for French club Montpellier after signing from English club Leicester Tigers in 2011....
Agustin Creevy
Agustín Creevy
Agustín Creevy is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays as a hooker, but has also played flanker and was selected for the 2010 June tests against Scotland. His test debut for Argentina was in 2005 when he played against Japan in Buenos Aires. He is also a Montpellier Herault RC...
Martin Bustos Moyano
Martin Bustos Moyano
Martín Bustos Moyano is an Argentine rugby union footballer, currently with the French Top 14 club Montpellier. He plays in both the fullback and wing positions. In May 2010 he was selected in a squad of over 40 players to represent Argentina in the two-test Summer tour of Argentina.-External...
Santiago Fernández
Santiago Fernández (rugby union)
Santiago Fernández is an Argentine rugby footballer currently playing for Montpellier after previously playing for amateur side Hindu Club, although he was paid by the Argentine Rugby Union as one of their better home-based players...
Juan Figallo
Juan Figallo
Juan Figallo is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays prop for his club, Montpellier. He has also represented the Argentina national rugby union team.Juan was named "Player of Pool B" at the 2011 Rugby World Cup....
Sakiusa Matadigo
Sakiusa Matadigo
Sakiusa Masinivanua Matadigo is a rugby union footballer who plays third row for Montpellier Hérault RC. He has been capped for the full Fiji national side, as well as representing Fiji at Sevens...
Timoci Nagusa
Timoci Nagusa
Timoci Nagusa is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing. He plays his rugby for French club, Montpelier. He is 1.88m and weighs 88 kg. He worked as a Police constable in Fiji before his rugby career took off...
Fulgence Ouedraogo
Fulgence Ouedraogo
Fulgence Ouedraogo is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Montpellier Hérault RC in the Top 14 championship. His usual position is as a flanker....
Benjamin Thiéry
Benjamin Thiéry
Benjamin Thiéry is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Montpellier Herault RC after signing from Aviron Bayonnais in the Top 14 championship...
Julien Tomas
Julien Tomas
Julien Tomas is a French rugby union footballer. He plays as a scrum-half.Born in Montpellier, Tomas plays for local Montpellier Hérault since 2004/05, in the first category.He played for France U-21, where he was World Champion, in 2006...
François Trinh-Duc
François Trinh-Duc
François Trinh-Duc is a French rugby union player for Montpellier Hérault RC in France's top division of rugby union, the Top 14. Trinh-Duc's regular position is at fly-half or outside centre.-Biography:...
Giorgi Chkhaidze Mamuka Gorgodze
Mamuka Gorgodze
Mamuka Gorgodze is a Georgian rugby union footballer, currently playing in the top French professional rugby competition, the Top 14, for the Montpellier Hérault club. He joined Montpellier in 2005. His usual position is lock or number eight.Gorgodze is also an international player for the...
Giorgi Jgenti Goderdzi Shvelidze
Goderdzi Shvelidze
Goderdzi Shvelidze is a Georgian rugby union player. He played at prop for the Georgian Army club and Georgia. He is now playing his club rugby in France for Montpellier. One of the only current rugby players to have two of his fingers bitten off during a match.He has been capped 62 times and...
Na'ama Leleimalefaga
Na'ama Leleimalefaga
Na'ama Leleimalefaga is a Samoan rugby union prop. He is a member of the Samoa national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He currently plays for Montpellier. He previously played for Scopa and Savaii Samoa.-External links:*...
Seta Tuilevuka
Seta Tuilevuka
Seta Tuilevuka is an American rugby union player. Tuilevuka plays at centre and was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe...
Players In
Agustín CreevyAgustín Creevy
Agustín Creevy is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays as a hooker, but has also played flanker and was selected for the 2010 June tests against Scotland. His test debut for Argentina was in 2005 when he played against Japan in Buenos Aires. He is also a Montpellier Herault RC...
(from
San LuisClub San Luis
San Luis Fútbol Club, known more commonly as San Luis or San Luis Potosí, is a Mexican professional football club from the city of San Luis Potosí, Mexico...
) Lucas González Amorosino
Lucas González Amorosino
Lucas González Amorosino is an Argentine rugby union player who plays wing or fullback for French club Montpellier after signing from English club Leicester Tigers in 2011....
(from
Leicester TigersLeicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...
) Yoan Audrin (from
CastresCastres Olympique
Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club located in the Midi-Pyrénées city of Castres and currently competing in the top level of the French league system.Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906...
) Thomas Combezou (from
La RochelleAtlantique Stade Rochelais
Stade Rochelais is a French rugby union club who compete in the Pro D2. They are often known simply as La Rochelle.They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre . They wear yellow and black...
) Rémy Martin (from
BayonneAviron Bayonnais
Aviron Bayonnais is a French rugby union club from Bayonne in Pyrénées-Atlantiques that currently competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition...
) Jean-Baptiste Peyras
Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet
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(from
BayonneAviron Bayonnais
Aviron Bayonnais is a French rugby union club from Bayonne in Pyrénées-Atlantiques that currently competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition...
) Thibaut Privat
Thibaut Privat
Thibaut Privat Thibaut Privat Thibaut Privat (born 4 February 1979 in Nîmes, France is a French international rugby union player. He played as a Lock for AS Béziers and Montferrand...
(from
ClermontASM Clermont Auvergne
Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne are a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system, ASMCA are the were the 2010 France Top 14 Champions. It is the rugby section of the multi-sport club...
) Rassie van Vuuren (from
AurillacStade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne
Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne is a French rugby union club, which play in Rugby Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. The club currently play at the Stade Jean Alric, which has a capacity of around 10,000. The club was founded in 1904...
)
Players Out
Marc Giraud (to AgenSU Agen Lot-et-Garonne
Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne is a French rugby union club based in Agen in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. They currently play in the top flight of French professional rugby, Top 14; they were most recently promoted after winning the 2010 title in the second-level Pro D2. Agen also...
) Danie Thiart (to
PerpignanUSA Perpignan
Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais or Unió eSportiva Arlequins de Perpinyà , generally abbreviated as USAP in both languages, is a French rugby union club that plays in the city of Perpignan in Pyrénées-Orientales. The club currently competes in the Top 14, the top level of the French...
)