Blagnac SCR
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Blagnac Sporting Club Rugby is a French
rugby union team that currently takes part in Fédérale 1
, the top level of the country's amateur league system. The club is currently attempting to make a comeback to the professional ranks after having been relegated due to both sporting and financial issues. In 2007-08
, the club played in France's second professional level, Rugby Pro D2
, but finished bottom of the table. This automatically led to their relegation to the first amateur level, Fédérale 1
, but a postseason audit revealed financial problems serious enough that French sporting authorities forcibly relegated them further to Fédérale 2. They earned promotion to Fédérale 1 after winning the 2009–10 Fédérale 2 championship.
It was founded in 1922 in Blagnac, in the suburbs of Toulouse
. Theur nickname, caouecs, is the occitan word for carrots.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
rugby union team that currently takes part in Fédérale 1
Fédérale 1
Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2000, when it replaced the B2 Group...
, the top level of the country's amateur league system. The club is currently attempting to make a comeback to the professional ranks after having been relegated due to both sporting and financial issues. In 2007-08
2007-08 Rugby Pro D2 season
The 2007-08 Rugby Pro D2 was a French rugby union club competition. The season ran alongside the 2007-08 Top 14 competition, which is the highest club competition. Both competitions were operated by the Ligue nationale de rugby ....
, the club played in France's second professional level, 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...
, but finished bottom of the table. This automatically led to their relegation to the first amateur level, Fédérale 1
Fédérale 1
Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2000, when it replaced the B2 Group...
, but a postseason audit revealed financial problems serious enough that French sporting authorities forcibly relegated them further to Fédérale 2. They earned promotion to Fédérale 1 after winning the 2009–10 Fédérale 2 championship.
It was founded in 1922 in Blagnac, in the suburbs of Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
. Theur nickname, caouecs, is the occitan word for carrots.
2007-2008 Squad(Pro D2)
PropsLaurent CettoloYannick LacroutsPhilipp LemmerLaurent MartineBernard Nnomo Bernard Nnomo Bernard Nnomo is a Cameroonian rugby union player. He plays as a prop.Nnomo played in his home country for Taureau Rugby Club of Yaoundé, from 1997/98 to 2002/03... Christophe Saint-LaryGrégory SalibaRobin Aziza Scrum-halvesNicolas DuffardJérémie Moles |
HookersMathieu CidreGrégory MoulisPaco Rodriguez Stand-offsJérôme AccorsiRomain FuertèsJérémy PailhèsDuarte Cardoso Pinto Duarte Cardoso Pinto Duarte Daun e Lorena Cardoso Pinto is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half.He currently plays for Blagnac in the French Second Division, having signed for them after the 2007 Rugby World Cup... |
Second RowAbdelatif BoutatyGuy JeannardDavid Penalva David Penalva David Penalva is a Portuguese rugby union footballer, who plays as a lock for Nice, a French side competing in the French Fédérale 1 for the 2010-11 season. Penalva also plays for Portugal's national side.... Lugha Verling CentresThomas LodeLilian MajestéJohn Payne |
Back-RowBoumedienne Allam Boumedienne Allam Boumedienne Allam is a French-born Algerian rugby union player. He plays as a number eight.After his young years at Apt and Cavaillon , he become famous as a RC Toulon player , were he won the Cup of France Frantz Reichel, in 1998... Fabrice BassaberMathieu MandementChristophe MarthRenaud PérezVincent Sohet WingsJérôme DurandSydney EdouardViliami HakaloJulien PateyMartin Worthington Martin Worthington Martin Paul Worthington is an English rugby player and former professional footballer. He currently plays in France for Rugby Pro D2 side Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby.... |
FullbacksDamien DuffauMatt GillonJérôme Suderie |
Typical Team 2007/08
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- Pro D2
- Winner : 1983
- Runner-up Jean-Prat TrophyFédérale 1Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2000, when it replaced the B2 Group...
: 2007 - Semi-final Jean-Prat Trophy : 2002
- Champion de France Promotion Honneur : 1958
- Champion de France Nationale 2 / Fédérale B : 2001
- Winner Challenge de l'Essor : 1982
- Runner-up : 2001
- Fédérale 2Fédérale 2Fédérale 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:...
- Champions: 2010