Stade Bagnérais () is a French

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club currently competing at the third level of the French league system (

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). They are based in

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, a small town of 8,000 inhabitants, in the

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département, at the foot of the

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. Formed in 1901 they have reached the final of the French championship twice in 1979 and 1981. Several of their players played for France : Stade Marcel-Cazenave

* Center Roland Bertranne who held the French record for most caps (69) for a long time and captained the club to its two championship finals * Fullback

Jean-Michel Aguirre Jean-Michel Aguirre (born Tostat, 2 November 1951) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a Scrum-half and Fullback. Aguirre played for Stade Bagnérais. He started his career as a Scrum-half but his usual positions became Ful ...

(39), who won France’s second

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ever in 1977 along with… * …Wing Jean-François Gourdon (22) * Wing Jean Gachassin (21), nicknamed 'Peter Pan' finished his career with them in the 1960s in the town where he was born.

Honours

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: runner-up 1979 (lost to

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0-10), 1981 (lost to

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13-22) * Fédérale 3 champions : 2005 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stade Bagnerais Bagneres-de-Bigorre Sport in Hautes-Pyrénées 1901 establishments in France Rugby clubs established in 1901