Union Sportive Tyrosse Rugby Côte Sud
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Union Sportive Tyrossaise Rugby Côte Sud (also known as just US Tyrosse) is a French rugby union
club, currently playing in the third division of the French league system, in Fédérale 1
. Tyrosse were relegated from the Rugby Pro D2
competition down to Fédérale 1 after the 2005-06 season. Tyrosse were formed in 1919.
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...
club, currently playing in the third division of the French league system, 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...
. Tyrosse were relegated from 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...
competition down to Fédérale 1 after the 2005-06 season. Tyrosse were formed in 1919.
Famous players
- Guy AccoceberryGuy AccoceberryGuy Accoceberry is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as a scrum-half.He played for Tyrosse RCS and for CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde, from 1985/86 to 2000/01, where he achieved the greatest success of his career, winning the National Championship in 1990/91.Accoceberry had 19 caps for...
- André Alvarez
- Pierre Armentia
- Guy CamberaberoGuy CamberaberoGuy Camberabero is a former French rugby union footballer.His position was fly-half. His team were La Voulte sportif, where he won the French rugby championship, in 1970 and US Tyrosse. He was a part of the French national team which won the 1968 Grand Slam in the Five Nations...
- Pierre Daulouède
- Pierre Dizabo
- François GelezFrançois GelezFrançois Gelez is a former French international rugby union player, who previously played as a fly-half for SU Agen....
- Louis Junquas
- Jean-Joseph Rupert
Further reading
- Rugby mode de vie: Ethnographie d'un club Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse, de Sébastien Darbon, coll. Cahiers de Gradhiva, éd. Jean-Michel Place, 1997.