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CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde
Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde are a French multisports club, established in 1907, based in Bègles, in the southern suburbs of Bordeaux. Their rugby union section, Union Bordeaux Bègles is their flagship. They play in blue and white chequered shirts, hence their nickname ''Les Damiers'' (''the draught-boards''). The club now only has youth teams, although the club's website documents the result of the new team thoroughly. The club has always played at Stade André-Moga, which holds 10,000. History CABBG were the main team of the Bordeaux area for most of the 20th century. They remained in the first division from 1913 to 2003 and won two French championships (1969, 1991) along the way. Along the years, the club's name changed. It started as Club Athlétique Bègles, then became CA Bègles-Bordeaux Gironde in 1983, then CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde in 1988. CABBG were relegated from the First Division for the first time in 2003, after the professional league's financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne. The City of Lyon proper had a population of 522,969 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,280,845 that same year, the second most populated in France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 the Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,411,571 in 2019. Lyon is the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and seat of the Departmental Council of Rhône (whose jurisdiction, however, no longer extends over the Metropolis of Lyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Devergie
Thierry Devergie (born 27 July 1966 in Marseille) is a French former rugby union footballer. He played as a lock and as a flanker. He also had a brief stint as a professional rugby league footballer. Career Devergie played for RC Nîmes and for FC Grenoble (1994/95) in rugby union. He played a season for Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League (1995/96), returning to his previous code afterwards. He played for the Welsh team Neath RFC in the season of 1997/98, moving to Bristol Shoguns, in England the same season. Returning to France he would represent CA Brive (1998/99) and CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde (1999/2000). He finished his career aged 33 years old. Devergie had 17 caps for France, from 1988 to 1992, without ever scoring. He had 4 caps at the 1990 Five Nations Championship. He was selected for the 1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Courtiols
Michel Courtiols (born 27 April 1965 in Fumel) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a flanker. He played for Cahors Rugby and for CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde, Bordeaux Bègles, from 1990/91 to 1996/97. He won one title of the French Championship, in 1990/91, and two Cups of France, in 1990/91 and 1994/95. Courtiols had 4 caps for France national rugby union team, France, in 1991, scoring 1 try, 4 points in aggregate. He was called for the 1991 Rugby World Cup but never played. References External links * 1965 births Living people French rugby union players France international rugby union players Rugby union flankers CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde players Sportspeople from Lot-et-Garonne {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrice Collazo
Patrice Collazo (born 27 April 1974) is a French rugby union footballer and is currently the Head coach of Top 14 side CA Brive. He played as a prop. Collazo has Galician ancestry. Whilst at Gloucester he started in the 2002 Zurich Championship Final (the year before winning the play-offs constituted winning the English title) in which Gloucester defeated Bristol Rugby Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 18 .... References External linksGloucester profile 1974 births Living people People from La Seyne-sur-Mer Rugby union props Stade Toulousain players Gloucester Rugby players Barbarian F.C. players France international rugby union players Sportspeople from Var (department) CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde players Expatriate rugby union players in England Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (; 7 March 1915 – 10 November 2000) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. He was the Mayor of Bordeaux from 1947 to 1995 and a deputy for the Gironde ''département'' between 1946 and 1997. Biography Jacques Chaban-Delmas was born Jacques Michel Pierre Delmas in Paris. He studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, before attending the École Libre des Sciences Politiques (''"Sciences Po"''). In the resistance underground, his final nom de guerre was ''Chaban''; after World War II, he formally changed his name to ''Chaban-Delmas''. As a general of brigade in the resistance, he took part in the Parisian insurrection of August 1944, with general de Gaulle. He was the youngest French general since François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, during the First French Empire. A member of the Radical Party, he finally joined the Gaullist Rally of the French People (RPF), which opposed the Fourth R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Brouzet
Olivier Brouzet (born 22 November 1972, in Béziers) is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position was at lock. He has played over 70 internationals for France, including being a part of numerous Rugby World Cup squads for France. He has also played for a variety of French and English clubs. Brouzet made his debut for France against Scotland in March 1994. He was included in the 1995 Rugby World Cup squad He scored his first try for France against that same opposition in February 1998. He was also a part of the 1999 Rugby World Cup and 2003 Rugby World Cup squads. At the 2003 tournament he withdrew through injury and was replaced by Thibaut Privat. A French championship Title private following a refereeing error with Grenoble 1993 He has played for the FC Grenoble and despite overpowering pack called the Mammoths of Grenoble his club tilts on the score of 14–11. A try on his part is also refused in Grenoble and the decisive try by Gary Whetton was awarded by the refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Bernat-Salles
Philippe Bernat-Salles (born 17 February 1970) is a retired French rugby union player, usually playing as a wing. His main skill was a blinding speed, while he was also visually striking due to his unruly mop of gray hair. Early life Bernat-Salles was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. He went through the youth teams of Bizanos before joining AS Idron-Lee, in which first XV he debuted at the age of 16. Before starting his professional career, Bernat-Salles worked as an electrician. Club career In 1987, Bernat-Salles joined the high-level club closest to where he lived, Pau, where he gained his first international caps and remained until 1996, at the start of the professional era, when he moved to Bordeaux-Bègles. After one season at Bordeaux, Bernat-Salles moved back to Pau. Again after one year, he joined Biarritz, where he remained for seven seasons. In 2005, after it had been announced that he would join the ambitious second division side Tarbes, Bernat-Salles surpris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Accoceberry
Guy Accoceberry (born 5 May 1967, in Vittel) 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 France, from 1994 to 1997, scoring 2 tries, 10 points in aggregate. He had two matches played at the 1995 Rugby World Cup The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country. The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in Sou ... finals, and won a Grand Slam at the Five Nations, in 1997. External linksGuy Accoceberry International Statistics 1967 births Living people French rugby union players France international rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde players Sportspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Williams (Canadian Rugby Player)
Morgan Andrew Williams (born April 17, 1976, in Kingston, Ontario) is a rugby union Scrum-half (rugby union), scrum half. A Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia native, Williams debuted on the world rugby scene at age 23 when he scored two tries for Canada national rugby union team, Canada against France national rugby union team, France during the 1999 Rugby World Cup. The 183 cm, 84 kg Williams has played professionally with Bordeaux Rugby Métropole, Bordeaux-Begles (1999–00 season), Stade Français (00-02 and 06 seasons), Saracens F.C., Saracens (02-05 seasons). Williams beat out Christophe Lassuque to gain the starting role at Stade Français, and Kieran Bracken at Saracens. Williams Played 3 times for the British Barbarians, and was selected in the Martin Johnston vs Joan Lomu North vs South game in Twickenham. Williams has scored 12 tries and 1 drop-goal for Canada in 56 caps. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Méndez
Federico Mendez (2 August 1972, Mendoza Province, Mendoza), also known as Freddie Mendez is an Argentina, Argentine rugby union footballer. Méndez played professional rugby in South Africa, England and France. He also played for Mendoza Rugby Club in Argentina and won 74 caps for the Argentina national rugby union team, including appearances at four Rugby World Cups, in 1991 Rugby World Cup, 1991, 1995 Rugby World Cup, 1995 and 2003 Rugby World Cup, 2003. Mendez was considered the best hooker at the 1995 World Cup and had the unique ability to play hooker, loosehead or tighthead. Biography Playing career Méndez started his career with Mendoza RC in his hometown; he made his Argentina debut as a teenager, and was sent off in a match against England national rugby union team, England for a punch on English lock Paul Ackford in 1990. Méndez played in the 1995 Rugby World Cup and later played for in South Africa winning the Currie Cup in 1996. He played for Bath Rugby and Northa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
Ignacio is a male Spanish language, Spanish and Galician Language, Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius (other), Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the Ignatius of Antioch, third bishop of Antioch (who was thrown to wild beasts by emperor Trajan) and Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Variants include the archaic Iñacio, the Italian Ignazio, the German Ignatz, the Basque Iñaki, Iñigo, Eneko (given name), Eneko, and the diminutives Nacho (given name), Nacho/Natxo, Iggy, and Iggie. Ignacio can refer to: People * Ignacio Chávez (other) * Ignacio González (other) * Ignacio López (other) ; Arts and entertainment * Ignacio Aldecoa, 20th-century Spanish author * Ignacio Berroa, 20th-21st-century Cuban jazz drummer * Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh, 19th-20th-century Cuban virtuoso pianis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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