US Carcassonne

US Carcassonne

Full name	Union Sportive Carcassonnaise
Founded	1899
Location	Carcassonne, France
Ground(s)	Stade Albert Domec (Capacity: 11,000)
League(s)	Pro D2
2013–14	14th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.uscarcassonne.com

Union Sportive Carcassonnaise are a French rugby union club based in Carcassonne. US Carcassonne currently compete in the Pro D2 of French rugby. The club were established in 1899. They play in black and yellow colours and at the Stade Albert Domec. Carcassonne have contested one French championship final in their history; losing to USA Perpignan in 1925.

Honours

• French championship:
  • Runners-up: 1925
• Fédérale 1 championship;
  • Champions: 2010
• Fédérale 2 championship:
  • Champions: 2008
• Deuxième Division:
  • Champions: 1975
• Troisième Division:
  • Champions: 1966
• Honneur (4e div):
  • Champions: 1951

Finals results

French championship

Date	Champions	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Spectators
3 May 1925	Perpignan	US Carcassonne	5-0	Maraussan, Narbonne	20,000

Current standings

2016–17 Rugby Pro D2 Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Diff	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Montauban	14	10	0	4	343	221	+122	2	1	43
2	Oyonnax	14	8	0	6	375	284	+91	4	5	41
3	Agen	14	9	1	4	377	320	+57	2	1	41
4	Aurillac	14	9	0	5	333	306	+27	3	2	41
5	Colomiers	14	9	0	5	346	271	+75	2	1	39
6	Soyaux Angoulême	14	8	1	5	282	253	+29	1	1	36
7	Mont-de-Marsan	14	7	0	7	300	290	+10	1	6	35
8	Biarritz	14	7	0	7	330	317	+13	1	3	32
9	Carcassonne	14	7	1	6	300	287	+13	2	0	32
10	Narbonne	14	7	0	7	282	363	–81	1	0	29
11	Vannes	14	5	2	7	287	337	–50	1	3	28
12	Perpignan	14	5	1	8	304	312	–8	3	3	28
13	Albi	14	6	1	7	292	355	–63	0	1	27
14	Dax	14	5	0	9	302	390	–88	1	4	25
15	Béziers	14	4	0	10	277	306	–29	3	3	22
16	Bourgoin	14	2	1	11	242	360	–118	1	3	14
Green background (row 1) Champions automatically promoted to Top 14. Blue background denotes teams that qualify for the promotion play-offs. Red background relegation to Fédérale 1. Note: When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.

Current squad

The Carcassone squad for the 2016–17 Pro D2 season is:^[1][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 Luc Bissuel Hooker France Clément Jullien Hooker France Thomas Sauveterre Hooker France Ionel Badiu Prop Romania François-Joseph Bordewie Prop France Giorgi Natsarashvili Prop Georgia Thierry Païva Prop France Semisi Telefoni Prop Tonga Andrei Ursache Prop Romania Alin Coste Lock Romania Cédric Guironnet Lock France Thomas Lainault Lock France Jean-Baptiste Roidot Lock France François Tisseau Lock France Rory Walton Lock Australia Josefa Domolailai Flanker Fiji Emmanuel Étien Flanker France Kévin Gimeno Flanker France Joël Koffi Flanker France Edgar Tuinukuafe Flanker New Zealand Sanele Vavae Tuilagi Number 8 Samoa

Player Position Union Yohan Domenech Scrum-half France Carol Raynaud Scrum-half France Felipe Berchesi Fly-half Uruguay Mathieu Guillomot Fly-half France Adrien Latorre Fly-half France Pedro Bettencourt Centre Portugal Fabien Grammatico Centre Spain Louis Marrou Centre France Tom Matthews Centre Australia Javiah Pohe Centre New Zealand Thierry Brana Wing France Daniel Kilioni Wing Tonga Benoît Lazzarotto Wing France Benjamin Caminati Fullback France Benoît Jasmin Fullback France

Notable former players

• Antoine Blain
• Jules Cadenat
• Albert Domec
• Firmin Raynaud
• Jean Sébédio
• Guy Vassal
• Romuald Laouvéa

See also

• List of rugby union clubs in France
• Rugby union in France

References

1. "L'USC version 2016-2017" (in French). Carcassonne Rugby. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
2. "Les Joueurs" (in French). Carcassonne Rugby. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

External links

• (French) US Carcassonne Official website
• Itsrugby.co.uk team profile