Stade Montois is a French

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team that currently is playing in

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, the second level of the country's professional league system. They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black. They are based in

Mont-de-Marsan Mont-de-Marsan (; Occitan: ''Lo Mont de Marçan'') is a commune and capital of the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Population Military installations The French Air and Space Force operates the ''Constantin Rozan ...

, the capital of the Landes ''

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'', in

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, and play at the Stade Guy Boniface.

History

Stade Montois is a multi-sports club (28 sections) but its rugby team has always been its flagship. After winning a few regional titles between the two world wars, it reached the top of French club rugby four times in 15 years. It lost its first three French championship finals to

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in 1949 (3-14, in a replay, after the original final had ended in a 3-3 draw), to

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in 1953 (16-21), and to

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in 1959 (3-8). Their finest hour came in 1963 in an all Landes-final against

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, won by the Yellow and Black 9-6. They had finally won one, whereas their Dax neighbours would lose all five finals they would play in. It finished in the bottom table in the first-tier

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in the 2008–09 season. They had just been promoted to the Top 14 after winning the Pro D2 promotion playoffs. They remained in Pro D2 for three seasons before successfully navigating the 2012 promotion playoffs. Stade Montois' players include the Boniface brothers (

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and Guy, who died in a car accident on 1 January 1968),

Thomas Castaignède Thomas Castaignède (born 21 January 1975) is a rugby union footballer from Mont-de-Marsan. Born in Mont-de-Marsan, Aquitaine, Castaignède played as a junior and senior for Stade Montois in various positions, initially as fly-half or centre, ...

, Christian Darrouy,

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. Former

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and Fiji scrum-half wizard

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also played for them as well as other notable Fijians such as

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and Vilimoni Delasau.

Honours

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:: ** Champions: 1963 ** Runners-up: 1949, 1953, 1959 *

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: ** Champions: 1960, 1961, 1962 ** Runners-up: 1958, 1966 *

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: ** Champions: 2002 ** Promotion playoff winners: 2008, 2012 * Second Division (Groupe B): ** Champions: 1998

Finals results

French championship

Current standings

Current squad

The squad for the 2021–22 season is:

Notable former players

* Carlos Muzzio * Lucio Sordoni * Ben Coutts * Jens Torfs * Josh Jackson *

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* Laurence Pearce * James Voss * Adriu Delai * Vilimoni Delasau *

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* Timoci Matanavou * William Ryder *

* Cédric Beal * Alexandre Bécognée * André Boniface *

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Romain Cabannes Romain Cabannes (born 2 December 1984) is a French rugby union player. His position is centre and he currently plays for Castres Olympique in the Top 14. He began his career with his home town club, Stade Montois, before moving to Pau and on to ...

* André Carrère *

Stéphane Castaignède Stéphane Castaignède (born Mont-de-Marsan, 30 September 1969) is a former French rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a scrum-half. He first played for Mimizan, then moving to Saint-Julien-en-Born. He then went to play for US Dax ...

Fernand Cazenave Fernand Cazenave (26 November 1924, in Orthez – 11 January 2005, in Mont-de-Marsan) was a French former rugby union international and national coach. Cazenave played six times for France as a winger in the 1950s. He made his debut against England ...

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* Marc Dal Maso * Jean Darrieussecq * Christian Darrouy *

Benoît Dauga Benoît Dauga (8 May 1942 – 3 November 2022)Walter Desmaison * Fabien Devecchi * Pierre Lacroix * Grégory Le Corvec * Laurent Magnaval *

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* Florent Massip * Jean-Marc Mazzonetto * Eric Melville * Alexandre Menini *

Arnaud Mignardi Arnaud Mignardi (born 1 November 1986 in Auch, France) is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Montois in the Rugby Pro D2, Pro D2. He has previously played for CA Brive, ASM Clermont Auvergne, Biarritz Olympique and SU Agen ...

* Adrien Oléon * Sébastien Ormaechea * Clément Otazo *

Laurent Rodriguez Laurent Rodriguez (born 25 June 1960) is a retired French rugby player. He made his international debut for France on 5 July 1981 in a test against Australia. Rodriguez was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where France was runners-up to New ...

* Olivier Sourgens * Jocelino Suta *

Rémi Talès Rémi Talès (born 2 May 1984) is a French rugby union player. His position is fly-half (rugby union), fly-half and he currently plays for Stade Montois, Mont-de-Marsan in the Rugby Pro D2, Pro D2. He began his career with Stade Montois before mo ...

Willy Taofifénua Willy Taofifénua (born 4 February 1963) is a former French rugby player. He played as a flanker for FC Grenoble. Taofifénua is originally from Wallis and Futuna. Player He played for FC Grenoble and his brother Jean-Jacques Taofifénua also pla ...

* Lucas Tauzin * Mikaele Tuugahala * Beka Gorgadze * Tamaz Mchedlidze *

Irakli Machkhaneli Irakli Machkhaneli (born 18 June 1981) is a retired Georgian rugby union player who played as a wing. He played in France for AS Béziers (2005/06-2006/07), Stade Montois (2007/08), SU Agen (2008/09), CA Saint-Étienne (2009/10), in the Pro D2 ...

* Gilles Pagnon * Walter Cristofoletto * Andrea De Marchi *

Laurent Travini Laurent Travini (born 24 November 1972 in Gap, Hautes-Alpes) is a former French-born Italian rugby union player. He played as a lock. Travini played all his career in France, but also held Italian citizenship, due to his parents, and decided to ...

* Raoul Larson * António Aguilar *

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* Sébastien Loubsens * Tevita Mailau * Ephraim Taukafa

References

External links

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Stade Montois
Official website *
Blog "Marine et Jaune"
{{Stade Montois squad MontdeMarsan Rugby clubs established in 1908 Mont-de-Marsan 1908 establishments in France Sport in Landes (department)