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Aviron Bayonnais

5th in tableP 6 · W 4 · D 0 · L 2190–214 pts
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Next match

Sat 24 Oct
Top 14 · Round 7
Aviron Bayonnais
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Upcoming fixtures

Sat 31 Oct
Top 14 · Round 8
Bordeaux Bègles
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Sun 8 Nov
Top 14 · Round 9
Stade Rochelais
Aviron Bayonnais

Results

Sun 18 Oct
FT
Challenge Cup · Round 1
Aviron Bayonnais29
Cheetahs27
Sun 11 Oct
FT
Top 14 · Round 6
Stade Toulousain45
Aviron Bayonnais34
Sat 3 Oct
FT
Top 14 · Round 5
Aviron Bayonnais35
Stade Français Paris32
Sat 26 Sept
FT
Top 14 · Round 4
Racing 9217
Aviron Bayonnais20
Sat 19 Sept
FT
Top 14 · Round 3
Aviron Bayonnais46
ASM Clermont24
Sat 12 Sept
FT
Top 14 · Round 2
Section Paloise70
Aviron Bayonnais28
Sat 5 Sept
FT
Top 14 · Round 1
Aviron Bayonnais27
RC Toulon26

About Aviron Bayonnais

Aviron Bayonnais — Drawn in the club colours
Drawn in the club colours
Founded
1906
Home town
Bayonne
Ground
Stade Jean-Dauger
Colours
Website
abrugby.fr (opens in a new tab)

Honours

  • French champions · 3

    1913, 1934, 1943

  • Pro D2 champions · 2

    2019, 2022

Notable players and coaches

  • Alfred Russel — Scot brought over by club official Albert Caudron; from 1909 the first at Bayonne to argue for attacking rugby
  • Owen Roe — Welshman and apostle of 'fifteen three-quarters', whose running game shaped the 1913 champions; he ended his days in Bayonne
  • Jean Dauger — Centre or fly-half for Bayonne from 1941 to 1956, one of the architects of the 1943 title; 3 France caps; the stadium bears his name
  • Maurice Celhay — Centre or wing with 6 France caps (1935–40); with Dauger, one of the architects of the 1943 title
  • Roland Petrissans — Captain of the side that won French rugby's respect from 1977 and took the 1980 Challenge Yves du Manoir
  • Roger Etcheto — Coach 1977–81, then sporting director until 1990 and France selector alongside Jacques Fouroux until 1995
  • Martín Bustos Moyano — Argentine kicker whose last-second penalty won the 2019 Pro D2 final against Brive, 21–19

History

The Aviron Bayonnais was founded on 14 September 1904 by 28 rowers who had broken away from Bayonne's nautical society, and took up rugby in 1906, after Pierre Fabre, a pupil from Castets in the Landes, brought the game to the Lycée de Bayonne. Two British arrivals shaped its style: the Scot Alfred Russel, who from 1909 argued for attacking rugby, and the Welshman Owen Roe, with his theory of 'fifteen three-quarters'. Running round heavier packs, Bayonne won the 1913 final at Colombes against the SCUF, beat Biarritz 13–8 in the 1934 final and took a third title in 1943 with Jean Dauger and Maurice Celhay. It won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1936 and 1980 and lost the 1982 final to Agen. In the professional era it has moved between the Top 14 and Pro D2, winning Pro D2 in 2019 and in 2022, 49–20 against Mont-de-Marsan in the final. In 2022-23 it finished eighth in the Top 14, unbeaten at a sold-out Jean-Dauger, and qualified for the Champions Cup for the first time.

Sources: abrugby.fr · abrugby.fr (2) · top14.lnr.fr · fr.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org (2) (opens in a new tab)

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