Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne (commonly known as Aurillac) is a French professional

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club that was founded in 1904 and currently play in the

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, the second division of French rugby. Aurillac`s home matches are mostly played at the

Stade Jean Alric Stade Jean Alric is a rugby union stadium, in Aurillac, France. It is the home stadium of Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne (commonly known as Aurillac) is a French professional rugby union club that was fou ...

, which has a capacity of around 9,000.

Honours

* Première Division Groupe B ** Runners-up: 1996 *

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** Winner: 2007 *

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** Runners-up: 1986

Current standings

Current squad

The Aurillac squad for the 2022–23 season is:

Espoirs squad

Notable former players

* Victor Boffelli * Danie De Beer *

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* Romeo Gontineac * Wade Grintell * Olivier Magne * Sébastien Viars * Jean-François Viars * Keith Andrews * John O'Connor * Phillipe Kilroe * Mark Andrews * Forrest Gainer * Joel Bates * Pierre Trémouille * Didier Casadeï * Graydon Staniforth * Harold Karele *

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* Jason Marshall *

Ludovic Mercier Ludovic Mercier (born 1 November 1976) is a French rugby union player, currently playing for the Top12 team Petrarca Rugby. He is a fly half. He was one of the quickest players in history to reach 500 Premiership points; his goal-kicking and pla ...

* Daniel Kotze

References

External links

*
Stade Aurillacois
Official website * 1904 establishments in France Rugby clubs established in 1904 Sport in Cantal {{france-rugbyunion-team-stub