| KNOWN AS |
Castres Olympique |
| FOUNDED |
1898 |
| STADIUM (capacity) |
Stade Pierre-Antoine
|
11,500 |
| POSITION LAST YEAR |
5th,
lost in play-off quarter-finals.
Full results |
|
BUDGET FOR 2010/11 |
€12.5m (up
€1.5m
from
2009/10) |
| COLOURS |
Blue, white and grey |
| HONOURS |
Championship
winners |
1949, 1950, 1993 |
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Championship
runners-up |
1995 |
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Division 2 Champions |
1989 |
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Challenge
Yves du Manoir, winners |
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Challenge
Yves du Manoir, runners-up |
1993 |
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Coup de
L’Esperance, winners |
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Coupe Andre
Moga, winners |
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Coupe de
France, winners |
1948 |
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European Challenge Cup,
winners |
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European Challenge Cup,
runners-up |
1997, 2000 |
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European Shield, winners |
2003 |
| PRESIDENT |
Jean Philippe Swiadek |
|
| COACH |
Laurent Travers,
Laurent Labit |
|
CAPTAIN |
Alexandre Albouy/Sébastien Tillous-Borde |
| TRIVIA |
Coaches Laurent Travers and Laurent Labit arrived
from Montauban during the 2009 summer, together with
four Montauban players |
| MAJOR SIGNINGS |
Sérémaia Bai (Fijian centre) |
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Benjamin Kayser (French
Hooker) |
| |
Jamal Fakir (French
rugby league full-back) |
| |
Scott Murray (Scottish
lock) |
| CURRENT PLAYERS |
View Current Players & Player
Profiles |
| MAJOR PLAYERS |
Sebastien Tillous-Borde (French scrum-half) |
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Chris Masoe (former All-Black back row) |
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Ibrahim Diarra (France
flanker) |
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Yannick Caballero (France flanker) |
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Carl Hoeft (veteran New Zealand prop) |
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Iosefa Tekori (Samoan back row) |
| OFFICIAL SITE |
www.castres-olympique.fr |
