The Olympique Marcquois Rugby club is located in Marcq-en-Barœul

Marcq-en-Barœul

Marcq-en-Barœul is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.It is a suburb of the city of Lille, and is adjacent to it on the northeast...

  (France). It belongs to the county of Flanders. Nord (department).
The Club plays in the French rugby championship Fédérale 2

Fédérale 2

Fédérale 2 is a rugby union club championship division in France. It is the fourth division of rugby above Fédérale 3. Teams can earn promotion to Fédérale 1, and subsequently, the professional leagues such as Rugby Pro D2 and the Top 14.-Results:...

 ( 4th national league ) since the 2006-2007 season.

History

Founded in 1971, the rugby section has been added to the multi-sports club, Olympique Marcquois. The club grew up quickly and join the upper regional league in 1973. It was promoted in the upper league, Fédérale 3, in 1993 for the first time and again in 2002.

In 2006, the club is promoted in the Fédérale 2 league and remains in the same league till now.

The rugby school is a strength of the club which welcomes more than 350 yougsters from 7 years old to 15 years old.

OM Rugby is the first club in the County with more than 600 players and 60 volunteers. The Club is affiliated to the 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...

since 1999.

Tournaments

Every year, the OM Rugby Club organises

• in May, the Guy Niquet tournament, dedicated to the rugby schools.
• in October, an under 15 years old players tournament, called Gérard Labbe. The winner is qualified for the " super challenge" tournament at Toulouse.