| KNOWN AS |
Aviron Bayonnais, Bayonne |
| FOUNDED |
1904 |
| STADIUM (capacity) |
Stade Jean Dauger/ Parcs des Sports |
12,000 |
| POSITION LAST YEAR |
13th, but escaped relegation due to Montauban's bankruptcy. Full results |
| BUDGET FOR 2010/11 |
€15.9m (up €3.9m from 2009/10) |
| COLOURS |
Light blue and white (home), Dark blue and white (away)
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| HONOURS |
Championship winners
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1913, 1934, 1943 |
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Championship runners-up |
1922, 1923, 1944, 1982 |
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Challenge Yves Manoir, winners |
1936, 1980 |
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Coup de L’Esperance, winners |
1919 |
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Coupe Andre Moga, winners |
1995 |
| PRESIDENT |
Francis Salagoity |
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| COACH |
Christian Gajan
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| CAPTAIN |
Rémy Martin
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| TRIVIA |
The club mascot is a Pottok pony called, brilliantly, ‘Pottoka’. |
| MAJOR SIGNINGS |
Benjamin Boyet (French fly-half)
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Troy Flavell (All Blacks flanker) |
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Joe Pietersen (South African full-back) |
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Tonga Lea'aetoa (Tongan prop) |
| CURRENT PLAYERS |
View Current Players & Player Profiles |
| MAJOR PLAYERS |
Craig Gower (Italy fly half)
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Rémy Martin (club captain and French international flanker) |
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Ross Filipo (All Blacks lock) |
| OFFICIAL SITE |
www.abrugby.fr |
