Stade Rochelais
Stade Rochelais [stad ʁɔʃ.lɛ], commonly called La Rochelle, is a French rugby union club who compete in the Top 14.
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| Full name | Stade Rochelais[1] | |||
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| 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 | |||
| 2019–20 | 5th | |||
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| Official website | ||||
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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.
Current standings
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| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Diff. | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | |||||
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| 1 | La Rochelle | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 322 | 210 | +112 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 39 | ||||
| 2 | Toulouse | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 365 | 272 | +93 | 42 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 38 | ||||
| 3 | Racing | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 303 | 212 | +91 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 37 | ||||
| 4 | Toulon | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 284 | 218 | +66 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 33 | ||||
| 5 | Lyon | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 240 | 184 | +56 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | Stade Français | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 292 | 228 | +64 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 29 | ||||
| 7 | Clermont | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 291 | 221 | +70 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 28 | ||||
| 8 | Bordeaux Bègles | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 283 | 259 | +24 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | Brive | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 236 | 302 | –66 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| 10 | Pau | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 276 | 311 | –35 | 22 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 21 | ||||
| 11 | Bayonne | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 245 | 352 | –107 | 23 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Montpellier | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 205 | 200 | +5 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | Castres | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 179 | 275 | –96 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Agen | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 152 | 429 | –277 | 14 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
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If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
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| Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2021–22 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 2021–22 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 2020–21 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.
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Notable former players
- Jean-Teiva Jacquelain
- Arnaud Élissalde
- Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
- Jean-Pierre Élissalde
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