Rugby Club Nîmes Gard (also known as just RC Nîmes) are a
French rugby union
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club that currently compete 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 ...
competition, the third division of French rugby. They have in the past played in the higher divisions, and in 1991 were quarter-finalists of the top French championship. Nîmes were established in 1963 and play in red and green colours. The driving force behind the club has always been former Béziers captain Louis Gagnière, who as president took the club to the top division in the late eighties and early nineties. After a long battle with illness he has returned to the club and they are becoming strong contenders for the top level once again.
Honors
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French championship
The French rugby league championship (french: Le Championnat de France de Rugby à XIII) has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France since the sport was introduced to the country in the 1930s.
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** Quarter-finalists: 1991
Current squad
Notable former players
* Marc Andrieu
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Didier Camberabero
Didier Camberabero (born 9 January 1961), is a former French international rugby union player. He played as fly half.
Biography
Camberabero is a son of the former international, Guy Camberabero, and the nephew of Lilian Camberabero, two brothe ...
* Hervé Chabowski
* Hervé Giraud
* Bernard Viviès
* Jean-Claude Langlade
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Sébastien Bruno
* Thierry Devergie
* Pierre-Édouard Detrez
All of these players have represented
France
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at full international level in the recent past, although Camberabero (Béziers) and Bruno (Sale) and Viviès (Agen) were at other clubs when they became internationals.
* Christophe Barrière
* Jérôme Bianchi
* Éric Tissot
Have represented
France 'A'.
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Thierry Teixeira
Have represented
Portugal
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See also
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List of rugby union clubs in France
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The oldest rugby club in France is Le Havre AC, founded in 1872 making it the oldest association football and rugby club registered in Fra ...
External links
Official website
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Nimes
Sport in Nîmes
Rugby clubs established in 1963
1963 establishments in France