| KNOWN AS |
Rugby Club Toulonnaise |
| FOUNDED |
1908 |
| STADIUM (capacity) |
Stade Mayol |
13,700 |
| POSITION LAST YEAR |
D2 champions |
| COLOURS |
Red and black |
| HONOURS |
Championship winners |
1931, 1987, 1992 |
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Championship runners-up |
1946, 1968, 1971, 1985 |
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Challenge Yves du Manoir,
winners |
1934, 1970 |
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Challenge Yves du Manoir,
runners-up |
1939, 1954, 1983 |
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Coup de L’Esperance, winners |
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Coupe Andre Moga, winners |
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Division 2 champions |
2005, 2008 |
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Div2 runners-up |
2000 |
| PRESIDENT |
Mourad Boudjellal |
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| COACH |
Tana Umaga, Aubin Hueber |
| TRIVIA |
The Stade Mayol
is named after the locally born concert singer Felix
Mayol. And president Mourad Boudjellal made his
fortune in comic strips. New signing Jerry Collins
is the cousin of coach Tana Umaga. |
| MAJOR SIGNINGS |
Sonny Bill
Williams (Canterbury Bulldogs, rugby league) |
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Jerry Collins
(flanker, Hurricanes) |
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Matt Henjak
(scrum-half, Western Force) |
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Luke Rooney
(centre, Penrith Panthers) |
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Tiaan Liebenberg
(hooker, Cape Town Stormers) |
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Ross Skeate
(lock, Western Province) |
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Francois van der
Merwe (lock, Western Province) |
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Joe van Niekerk
(No 8, Lions) |
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Olivier Missoup
(loose forward, Oyonnax) |
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Sisa Koyamaibole
(loose forward, Padova Petrarca) |
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Davit
Kubriashivili (prop, Montpellier) |
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Ben Castle (prop,
Waikato Chiefs) |
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Jocelino Suta
(lock, Mont-de-Marsan) |
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Matthieu Larrouy
(prop, Albi) |
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Jerome Filitoga
Taofifenua (prop, Albi) |
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Guilaume Ribes
(hooker, Albi) |
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Sébastien Fauqué
(fly-half, Montauban) |
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Ramiro Pez
(fly-half, Venise) |
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Damien Vidal
(fly-half, Béziers) |
| CURRENT PLAYERS |
View Current Players & Player
Profiles |
| MAJOR PLAYERS |
Jerry Collins (former All Blacks
back row) |
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Sonny Bill Williams (controversial
rugby league convert) |
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Luke Rooney (another rugby league
convert, playing centre or wing) |
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Ramiro Pez (Italian fly-half) |
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Santiago Dellape (Italy second row) |
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Esteban Lozada (Argentine lock) |
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Joe van Niekerk (Springbok back row) |
| OFFICIAL SITE |
www.rctoulon.com |
