Niort Rugby Club (, formerly known as Stade Niortais Rugby) is a

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team based in the city of

Niort Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres. The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the u ...

(population approx. 70,000) in the

Deux-Sèvres Deux-Sèvres () is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.

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'' in the

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region. They play their home games at "Stade Espinassou" which has a seating capacity of 1,500. Stade Niortais currently play in the Fédérale D1 division in France.

Facilities

Stade Niortais has excellent facilities considering the size of the club. Their home ground comprises 3 pitches (2 training, 1 main pitch), over 12 dressing rooms all equipped with showers, a club house and bar used for functions and ceremonies alongside a running track, 2 tennis courts and handball court.

Emblematic Players

* Yassine Ben Lahoucine * Raphaël Lavaud * Laurent Martine *

Denis Avril Denis Avril (born 31 October 1972 in Thouars) is a French international professional rugby union player. As a prop, Avril played for Biarritz Olympique with which he won three Top 14 titles. In 2008 he left Biarritz to play for Aviron Bayonnais. He ...

* Robert Mohr

External links

(French) Niort Sport in Deux-Sèvres Rugby clubs established in 1906 1906 establishments in France French rugby union clubs {{Rugbyunion-stub