The Club Olympique Creusot Bourgogne, formerly known as Club Olympique Creusotin, is a French

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club currently playing in the 2012-13 championship of

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in the pool 1. It is based in

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in the

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department

Honours

* Second division ** Finalist : 1973 (losing against

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6-10) * Premier division Group B ** Finalist : 1984 (losing against CS Bourgoin-Jallieu) * 2 participations in Challenge Yves-du-Manoir *

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Championship : ** Winner : 1926, 1930, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946

Other competitions

* Winner of Challenge of l'Espérance (1) :

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. * Finalist of Challenge Leydier in 2009 * French Champion open "touch-rugby" 2012

Notable players

* Christian Chalmandrier, scrum half * Gilles Delaigue, centre, international for France in 1973 * Daniel Kaczorowski, third line, international for France in 1974 * Alexandre Lapandry, growth in Le Creusot, Junior au COC, flanker in Clermont-Ferrand. * Bernard Nectoux, centre in 1960s *

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, third line player, international for Poland played in Grenoble, Brive and Cardiff. * Džoni Mandić, third line centre. * Georges Siné, wing in the 1950s * Eddy Langi. * Zane Bosch, South African player. * Andrew Thompson, Munster & Irish Player * Hervé Laporte, growth in Le Creusot then played in Perpignan. * Bernard Labouré, growth in Le Creusot then played in RC Toulon. *

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, French Champion with Béziers in 1972 * Jean Paul Pelloux, : Finalist of French Championship 1983 with Nice against Béziers * Gérard Verdoulet, 1/2 Finalist of French Championship with Romans against Agen in 1977. * Sébastien kuzbik, wing of Montpellier * Didier Rétière, now assistant coach of French National team

Coaches

* André Buonomo 1973-1977 * Bernard Labouré 1983-1984 * Gérard Verdoulet 1984-1987 * Jean-Paul Peloux and Philippe Marguin 1991-1993 * Jean François Izidorczyk and Roch Gilot 2006-2007 * Régis Fribourg and Thierry Casasréales 2007-2010 * Wilfrid Gauthier and Sylvain Guyon 2010-2014 * Christophe Vojetta And Cedric Bourgeau 2014--

Presidents

* Raymond Bené(1960/1966) * Jean Bourgeois (1966/1967) * Marcel Lagoutte (1967/1972) * Andre Roquain (1972/1974) * Robert Chazette (1974/1977) * Roger Rousseau (1977/1979) * Maurice Delorme (1979/1986) * Jean Claude Clair (1986/1989) * Robert Boisseau (1989/1995) * Guy Arnoud and Claude Vernochet (1995) * Jean Jacques Soulier (2003/2006) * Jean Pierre Moreau and Alexandre Agnani (2007) * Jean Pierre Moreau (2009) * Jean Claude Bourdiau and Michel Popille (2010–present)

External links

Official Site

''Le Pilon en Ovalie'', club of supporters
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