The Stade dijonnais Côte D'Or, commonly known also as "Dijon" is a French

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based a

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, a suburb of

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

and is participating in Nationale (the third level of French rugby union system).

Palmarès

French Rugby Union Championship The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...

: at the eights of finals in

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* Winner of Challenge de l'Espérance in 1971. * Finalist of Challenge de l'Espérance in 1972

Current players (2012)

* Nicolas Coudre * Rebouillat Joseph * Manu Rebelo (capitaine) * Julien Jeuvrey * Ralulu Robanakadavu * Vincent Cortes * Clément Rivier * Yann Rave * Nicolas Coudre * Vincent Bourdeaux

Famous players

* Gérard Murillo *

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* Gérard Savin *

Morgan Parra Morgan Parra (born 15 November 1988) is a French rugby union player who plays as a Scrum-half and occasionally Fly-half. He plays for Stade Français in the Top 14. He played most of his career with Clermont Auvergne after signing for them fro ...

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