Union sportive dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

club currently playing in Nationale, the third level of the French league system. They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 16,170). They wear red and white. They are based in Dax in the

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Honours

* French championship: ** Runners-up: 1956, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1973 *

Challenge Yves du Manoir The Challenge Yves du Manoir was a rugby union club competition that was played in France between 1931 and 2003 under different names. It is named after former player Yves du Manoir. History The Challenge Yves du Manoir was officially created on ...

: ** Champions: 1957, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1982

Finals results

French championship

Current standings

Current squad

The squad for the 2020–21 season is:

Notable former players

* Horacio Agulla * Federico Martín Aramburú * Lucas Borges *

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* Ignacio Mieres * Juan Pablo Socino * Nicolás Vergallo *

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* Matt Henjak *

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* Al Charron * Joseph Mbu * Fero Lasagavibau * Neumi Nanuku *

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* Nemia Soqeta *

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* Pierre Albaladejo * Raymond Albaladejo * Benoît August * Jean-Louis Azarete * David Banquet * Jean-Pierre Bastiat * Jean-Louis Bérot * Maurice Biraben * Anthony Bouthier *

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* Julien Brugnaut * Georges Capdepuy *

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* Stéphane Castaignède * Cyril Cazeaux * Arthur Chollon *

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* Claude Darbos * Pierre Darbos *

Jean Desclaux Jean Desclaux (1922 – 24 March 2006) was a French rugby union player and coach who played for US Dax as flanker. Born in 1922 in Dax, he played and coached club rugby for US Dax only; as a player he served the club from 1947 to 1959 and represe ...

Claude Dourthe Claude Dourthe (born 20 November 1948, in Magescq) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a centre. Dourthe played for US Dax, where he was runners-up of the French Championship, in 1965/66, and twice winner of the Challenge Yves du ...

* Richard Dourthe * Mathieu Dourthe * Claude Dufau * Gérard Dufau * Sébastien Fauqué * Philippe Gimbert * Pascal Giordani * Abel Guichemerre * Arnaud Héguy * Jacques Ibañez * Raphaël Ibañez * Olivier Klemenczak * Simon Labouyrie * Charles Lacazedieu *

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* Nicolas Laharrague * Thierry Lacroix * Paul Lasaosa * Jean-Claude Lasserre * Bernard Lavigne * Jean-Patrick Lescarboura * Matthieu Lièvremont * Thomas Lièvremont * Ludovic Loustau * Jean-Pierre Lux * Olivier Magne * Christophe Milhères * Ugo Mola * Benjamin Noirot * Fabien Pelous * Maxime Petitjean * Julien Peyrelongue * Toki Pilioko *

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 Roumat * Marc Sallefranque * Julien Saubade * Nicolas Spanghero * Irakli Giorgadze * Tariel Ratianidze *

Clemens von Grumbkow Clemens von Grumbkow (born 22 July 1983) is a German international rugby union player, playing for the U.S. Dax in the French Rugby Pro D2.

* Aidan McCullen * David Bortolussi * Laurent Travini * P. J. van Lill *

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Petru Bălan Petru Vladimir Bălan (born 12 July 1976, in Suceava) is a Romanian retired rugby union footballer who played as a prop. Before moving to play rugby in France he played for Dinamo Bucharest in Romania, including playing for them in the 1998–9 ...

* Gabriel Brezoianu * Iulian Dumitraș * Kas Lealamanua * Justin Purdie *

Kane Thompson Kane Gregory Thompson (born 9 January 1982) is a New Zealand-born Samoan rugby union player. He played for Taranaki in the Mitre 10 Cup. He currently plays for NOLA Gold in Major League Rugby (MLR). Professional rugby career He debuted for th ...

* Gavin Williams * Craig Smith * Jannie Bornman *

Jacques-Louis Potgieter Jacques-Louis Potgieter (born 2 September 1984 in Pretoria) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with French side . His regular position is fly-half. Career He made his Super 14 debut for the against the in 2007. In 2008 ...

* Paea Faʻanunu * Mafileo Kefu *

Joe Tuineau Joseph Mark Laifone Tuineau (born 18 August 1981) is a Tonga international rugby union footballer. He plays in the lock position for the France based Pro D2 side, Dax. Tuineau also represents Tonga at international level. Tuineau is a former A ...

* Mario Sagario * Liam Davies

Footnotes

References

External links

*
Union sportive dacquoise
official website *
Allezdax.com
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