AC Bobigny 93 Rugby is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

team from

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which plays in

Fédérale 1 Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the fifth highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 20 ...

(D3). The club is based in

Bobigny Bobigny () is a commune, or town, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Bobigny is the prefecture (capital city) of the Seine-Saint-Denis department, as well as the seat of the A ...

Seine-Saint-Denis () is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobigny ...

. The

section was created in 1965 as part of the sports club. The independent association, AC Bobigny 93 Rugby, was created in 2005. It is based in

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. The club also has a women's section.

History

* 1965 : Creation of the club. Plays in the FSGT championship (Fédération Sportive et Gymnique du Travail). * 1969 : Joins the

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(FFR). * 1970-1978 : The first years in FFR with two promotions. * 1978 : Final of the French second division championship, beat

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(

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) to be promoted to the first division. * 1979 : Promotion with honour. * 1986-1987 : Promoted to 3rd division. * 1989-1990 : Promoted to 2nd division. * 1990-2002 : Twelve years in 2nd division leads to Fédérale 2 * 2001-2002 : Champions of France in Fédérale 2 and promotion to

* 2006-2007 : Finalist in

(play-down) (defeat against RC Châteaurenard 24-25)

Famous players

* Jean-Pierre Bordessoules * Jacky Courrent * Valentin Courrent * Jacky Dany * Alain Chamois * Yves Donguy * Jean-Claude Kaninda

List of coaches

* Jean-Pierre Bordessoules * Francis Auburgan 1979 * Frédéric Barthe * Benoît Larousse

External links

Official site

itsrugby.com

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