KNOWN AS |
Rugby Club Toulonnaise |
FOUNDED |
1908 |
STADIUM (capacity) |
Stade Félix Mayol |
17,000 |
POSITION LAST YEAR |
2nd, lost in play-off semi-final. Full results |
BUDGET FOR 2010/11 |
?20.8m, up ?4.3m from 2009/10) |
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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Amlin Challenge Cup runners-up |
2010 |
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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 |
Philippe Saint-André, Aubin Hueber |
CAPTAIN |
Joe van Niekerk
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TRIVIA |
The Stade Félix Mayol is named after the locally born concert singer Félix Mayol. President Mourad Boudjellal made his fortune in comic strips. |
MAJOR SIGNINGS |
Dean Schofield (England lock) |
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Paul Sackey (England winger) |
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Carl Hayman (All Blacks prop) |
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George Smith (Australian flanker) |
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Rudi Wulf (All Blacks winger) |
CURRENT PLAYERS |
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MAJOR PLAYERS |
Joe van Niekerk (Springbok back row, club captain) |
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Rory Lamont (Scottish full-back) |
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Tom May (England centre) |
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Mafileo Kefu (Australian centre) |
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Felipe Contepomi (Argentine fly-half) |
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Jonny Wilkinson (England fly-half) |
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Pierre Mignoni (French scrum-half) |
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Juan Fernández Lobbe (Argentine back row) |
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Sébastien Bruno (French hooker) |
OFFICIAL SITE |
www.rctoulon.com |