FULL NAME |
Atlantique Stade Rochelais |
FOUNDED |
1898 |
STADIUM (capacity) |
Stade Marcel-Deflandre |
12,000 |
POSITION LAST YEAR |
3rd in ProD2, but won the play-off final. Full results |
BUDGET FOR 2010/11 |
?8.31m |
COLOURS |
Yellow and black |
HONOURS |
Championship winners |
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Championship runners-up |
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Challenge Yves du Manoir, winners |
2002, 2003 |
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Challenge Yves du Manoir, runners-up |
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Coup de France, winners |
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ProD2 champions |
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PRESIDENT |
Alain Autant |
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COACH |
Serge Milhas, Frédéric Uthurry |
CAPTAIN |
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TRIVIA |
The stadium is named after former president Marcel Deflandre, who was in charge after the forced amalgamation of the town's union and league clubs under the Vichy government during WWII. He was a resistor who was shot by the Gestapo in Bordeaux in 1944. |
MAJOR SIGNINGS |
Seru Rabeni (Fijian centre) |
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Sefulu Gaugau (Samoan centre) |
CURRENT PLAYERS |
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MAJOR PLAYERS |
Piula Faasalele (NZ u19 centre) |
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Tamato Leopolu (Samoan prop) |
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Norman Ligairi (Fijian winger) |
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David McGowan (Irish u21 back row) |
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Robert Mohr (German lock) |
OFFICIAL SITE |
www.staderochelais.com |