Atlantique Stade Rochelais

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Full name Atlantique Stade Rochelais
Founded 1898
Stadion Marcel Deflandre Stadium
Places 12,500
president Vincent Merling
Trainer Jono Gibbes
Homepage www.staderochelais.com
league Top 14
2018/19 5th place
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Atlantique Stade Rochelais is a rugby union club from the French city ​​of La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime department . He plays in the top 14 league .

The club plays its home games at the Stade Marcel-Deflandre . This is named after Marcel Deflandre, the club president at the time of the Second World War, who was active in the Resistance and was executed by the Gestapo in Bordeaux in January 1944 .

At the end of the 2009/10 season, the club made it from the Pro D2 to the top 14 league , but could only hold there for one season. In 2014 the rise was successful. In 2017 and 2019, La Rochelle made it to the semi-finals of the championship, which was the greatest success in the national league to date. In 2019 they reached a European final for the first time, but lost in the final of the European Challenge Cup against ASM Clermont Auvergne .

successes

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Current squad

The squad for the 2019/2020 season:

Front side (forwards)

pier

hooker

Second row striker

Third row striker

 

Back line (backs)

Half of the crowd

Connection half

Inner three quarters

Outer three-quarters

Goalkeeper

Well-known former players

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Racingmen season 2019-20. Racing 92, accessed November 21, 2019 (French).