The Paris Université Club (PUC) is a French

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 ...

club based in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. As at January 2023 it was in the

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 2 ...

division. It is the rugby section of the omnisport club ( PUC). In 2012–2013 it played in the

Fédérale 2 Fédérale 2 is a rugby union club championship division in France. It is the sixth division of rugby above Fédérale 3. Teams can earn promotion to Fédérale 1, and subsequently, to the National 2 and Nationale leagues, and on to the professi ...

championship (the fourth level of rugby union in France).

Palmarès

* Semifinal in 1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship and 1957–58 French Rugby Union Championship. * Season 2011/2012: First of its pool in Fèderal 3, promoted to Federale 2. * 2011 : relegated in Fédérale 3 * 2004 : champion of Fédérale 2 * 1996 : champion of 2nd XV championship * 1987 : champion Junior (Crabos) * 1986 : champion of 2nd XV championship * 1983 : Finalist, first division (group B) * 1979 : champion Junior (Reichel) * 1969 : champion of 2nd division * 1966 : champion of 2nd XV championship

Famous players

* Éric Alabarbe *

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* Roger Blachon *

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* Wesley Fofana * André Fremaux * Arthur Gomes * Jean-François Gourdon * Claude Haget * André Haget * Eddy Joliveau * Gérard Krotoff *

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* Donald Mac Donald *

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* Andy Mulligan * Nicolas Nadau * Christian Orditz * Max Starkey *

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* Guy Stener * Ronnie Thompson * John Wilcox *

Dimitri Yachvili Dimitri Yachvili Markarian (born 19 September 1980, in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France. He played for France from 2002 to 2012, earning 61 caps and scori ...

* Stephen Parez

Former coaches

* Clément Dupont * René Deleplace * Guy Boniface * Robert Antonin * André Haget * André Siné * Guy Malvezin * Jacques Dury * Daniel Herrero *

Vincent Moscato Thierry Vincent Moscato, known as Vincent Moscato (born 28 July 1965, in Paris) is a former French rugby union player as well as radio talk host and actor. Moscato played as a hooker. He won the French Top 14 title with CA Bordeaux-Bègles Giron ...

* Xavier Blond * Frédéric Saint-SardoS

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paris Universite Club (rugby union) French rugby union clubs Rugby union clubs in Paris Rugby clubs established in 1906 1906 establishments in France

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Famous players

Former coaches

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