| KNOWN AS |
Association
Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne, Les
Jaunards, Clermont |
| FOUNDED |
1911 |
| STADIUM (capacity) |
Parc des Sports Marcel
Michelin |
15,857 |
| POSITION LAST YEAR |
Champions - Finished 3rd, but beat Perpignan in play-off final.
Full results |
|
BUDGET FOR 2009/10 |
€18.9m
(up
€1.9m
from 2008/9) |
| COLOURS |
Yellow and blue – the colours of
Michelin |
| HONOURS |
Championship winners |
2010 |
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Championship runners-up |
1936, 1937, 1970, 1978, 1994,
1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
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Division 2 Champions |
1925 |
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Challenge Yves du Manoir,
winners |
1938, 1976, 1986 |
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Challenge Yves du Manoir,
runners-up |
1935, 1957, 1972, 1979, 1985,
1994 |
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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 |
2001 |
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Coupe de France, runners-up |
1945, 1947 |
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European Challenge Cup,
winners |
1999, 2007 |
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European Challenge Cup,
runners-up |
2004 |
| PRESIDENT |
René Fontès |
|
| COACH |
Vern Cotter, Alex King,
Franck Azema |
|
CAPTAIN |
Aurélien Rougerie |
| TRIVIA |
Founded in
1911 as AS Michelin, but changed name to AS
Montferrandaise in 1922. Adopted its current name in
2004, but still referred to as Montferrand. Michelin
founder André’s son Marcel Michelin started the club
for its workers before WWI. |
| MAJOR SIGNINGS |
Ti'i Paulo (New Zealand
hooker) |
| |
Sione Lauaki (New
Zealand number eight) |
| CURRENT PLAYERS |
View Current Players & Player
Profiles |
| MAJOR PLAYERS |
Napolioni Nalaga (Fijian winger) |
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Aurélien Rougerie (French winger) |
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Brock James (Australian fly-half) |
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Benoit Baby (French centre) |
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Julien Malzieu (French winger) |
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Mario Ledesma (Argentine hooker) |
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Alejandro Campos (Argentine flanker) |
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Gonzalo Canale (Italian centre) |
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Marius Joubert (South
African centre) |
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Julien Bonnaire (French
flanker) |
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Jamie Cudmore (Canadian
lock) |
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Morgan Parra (France
scrum-half) |
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Lionel Faure (France
prop) |
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Jason White (Scottish
flanker) |
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Tasesa Lavea (ex-NZ
league centre) |
| |
Kevin Senio (All Blacks
scrum-half) |
| OFFICIAL SITE |
www.asm-rugby.com |
