Castres Olympique

Castres Olympique

Full name	Castres Olympique
Founded	1906; 112 years ago (1906)
Location	Castres, France
Ground(s)	Stade Pierre-Fabre (Capacity: 12,500)
President	Pierre-Yves Revol
Coach(es)	Christophe Urios
League(s)	Top 14
2017–18	Champions (regular season: 6th)
1st kit 2nd kit 3rd kit
Official website
www.castres-olympique.com

Castres Olympique (French pronunciation: ​[kastʁ ɔlɛ̃pik]) is a French rugby union club located in the Occitanian city of Castres and is currently competing in the top level of the French league system.

Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906. They play at the Stade Pierre-Fabre, which is one of the smallest in Top 14 with a capacity of 12,500. The team wear blue and white kits.

The team won five French top-division championships in 1949, 1950, 1993, 2013, and 2018 as well as one Coupe de France in 1948.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Honours
  


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  3 Finals results
  
  
  
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    3.1 French championship
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Current standings
  


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  5 Current squad
  


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  6 Notable former players
  


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  7 See also
  


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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

History

In 1898 several alumni of Castres' municipal college met in a city centre bar and decided to create a team allowing them to play their favourite sport, rugby union. For the first few years this team was part of a multisport club until 1906. Unhappy with the dominating position cycling had within the club, the members of the rugby section decided to leave and create a club of their own, solely dedicated to their sport. It was decided that this club would be named Castres Olympique and its colours would be changed from yellow and black to its current blue, white and grey.

The new club reached the top flight after only 15 years of existence and has remained there ever since, bar for a couple of years during the 80s when the club was in the then Section B of the 1st division. The club has never left the 1st division since 1921.

For a while Castres Olympique would experience mixed fortunes until 1948 when they reached and won their first Coupe de France. The prestigious championship would follow a year later, and again in 1950.

From the 1960s the club would experience a stream of mediocre seasons and steady decline until Pierre Fabre, the founder of a local pharmaceutical company, decided to take over the club and restore it to its former relative glory in 1988.

The 1992–93 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Castres who beat Grenoble 14–11 in the final, but a try of Olivier Brouzet is denied to Grenoble^[1]
and the decisive try by Gary Whetton was awarded by the referee, Daniel Salles, when in fact the defender Franck Hueber from Grenoble touched down the ball first in his try zone. This error gave the title to Castres. Salles admitted the error 13 years later.^[2][3][4]

The club reached the final again in 1995 losing to Toulouse.

Castres won the 2012–13 French Rugby Union Championship beating Toulon 19–14 in the final.^[5]

The team's owner, Pierre Fabre, the founder of Laboratoires Pierre Fabre. died on 20 July 2013.^[6] Castres' home stadium, previously known as Stade Pierre-Antoine, was renamed in his memory during ceremonies in conjunction with Castres' match with Montpellier on 9 September 2017.^[7]

Honours

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  French championship:
  
  
  
  • Champions (5) : 1949, 1950, 1993, 2013, 2018
  
  
  • Runners-up (2) : 1995, 2014
  
  
  
  


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  Coupe de France:
  
  • Champions (1) : 1948
  
  


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  Challenge Yves du Manoir:
  
  • Runners-up (1) : 1993
  
  


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  Group B French Champions:
  
  • Champions (1) : 1989
  
  


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  European Challenge Cup:
  
  • Runners-up (2) : 1997, 2000
  
  


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  European Shield:
  
  • Champions (1) : 2003
  
  

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winners	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Spectators
22 May 1949	Castres Olympique	Stade Montois	14-3 1	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse	23,000
16 April 1950	Castres Olympique	Racing Club de France	11-8	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse	25,000
5 June 1993	Castres Olympique	FC Grenoble	14-11	Parc des Princes, Paris	48,000
6 May 1995	Stade Toulousain	Castres Olympique	31-16	Parc des Princes, Paris	48,615
1 June 2013	Castres Olympique	RC Toulon	19-14	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	80,033
31 May 2014	RC Toulon	Castres Olympique	18-10	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	80,174
2 June 2018	Castres Olympique	Montpellier	29-13	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	78,441

Current standings

2018–19 Top 14 Table watch · edit · discuss
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Diff.	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Clermont	8	6	0	2	276	136	+140	32	12	4	2	30
2	Stade Français	8	6	0	2	203	134	+69	22	14	2	1	27
3	Toulouse	8	5	1	2	185	189	–4	22	23	1	1	24
4	Racing	8	5	0	3	223	160	+63	27	14	2	1	22
5	Bordeaux Bègles	8	4	1	3	192	152	+40	20	12	2	2	22
6	Lyon	8	4	1	3	188	148	+40	19	14	2	1	21
7	Montpellier	8	4	1	3	216	180	+36	26	22	1	2	21
8	La Rochelle	8	5	0	3	186	168	+18	24	20	1	1	21
9	Castres	8	4	0	4	152	181	–29	14	20	1	2	19
10	Pau	8	4	0	4	167	206	–39	16	21	0	1	17
11	Grenoble	8	2	1	5	149	194	–45	11	23	0	3	12
12	Agen	8	2	1	5	114	246	–132	10	32	0	1	11
13	Toulon	8	2	0	6	124	182	–58	14	19	1	1	10
14	Perpignan	8	0	0	8	133	232	–99	13	24	0	4	4
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Competition points earned in head-to-head matches Points difference in head-to-head matches Try differential in head-to-head matches Points difference in all matches Try differential in all matches Points scored in all matches Tries scored in all matches Fewer matches forfeited Classification in the previous Top 14 season
Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup. Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup. Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2019–20 European Rugby Challenge Cup. Pink background (row 13) will qualify to the Relegation play-offs. Red background (row 14) will automatically be relegated to Rugby Pro D2. Final table — source: [1]

Current squad

For player movements before or during the 2018–19 season, see List of 2018–19 Top 14 transfers § Castres.

The Castres squad for the 2018–19 season is:^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Kévin Firmin Hooker France Jody Jenneker Hooker South Africa Marc-Antoine Rallier Hooker France Marc Clerc Prop France Paea Faʻanunu Prop Tonga Tapu Falatea Prop France Wilfried Hounkpatin Prop France Daniel Kötze Prop France Tudor Stroë Prop France Antoine Tichit Prop France Rodrigo Capó Ortega Lock Uruguay Loïc Jacquet Lock France Thibault Lassalle Lock France Steve Mafi Lock Tonga Victor Moreaux Lock France Christophe Samson Lock France Mathieu Babillot Back row France Yannick Caballero Back row France Baptiste Delaporte Back row France Camille Gérondeau Back row France Kévin Gimeno Back row France Anthony Jelonch Back row France Alex Tulou Back row New Zealand Maama Vaipulu Back row Tonga

Player Position Union Yohan Domenech Scrum-half France Rory Kockott Scrum-half France Ludovic Radosavljevic Scrum-half France Yohan Le Bourhis Fly-half France Benjamín Urdapilleta Fly-half Argentina Thomas Combezou Centre France Yann David Centre France Robert Ebersohn Centre South Africa Florian Vialelle Centre France Armand Batlle Wing France Julien Caminati Wing Martin Laveau Wing France Taylor Paris Wing Canada David Smith Wing New Zealand Julien Dumora Fullback France Geoffrey Palis Fullback France Scott Spedding Fullback France

Notable former players

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  Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
  


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  Mario Ledesma
  


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  Phil Christophers
  


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  Paul Volley
  


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  Seremaia Bai
  


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  Marc Andreu
  


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  David Attoub
  


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  Pierre Bernard
  


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  David Bory
  


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  Mathieu Bourret
  


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  Alain Carminati
  


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  Romain Cabannes
  


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  Thomas Castaignède
  


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  Gerard Cholley
  


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  Antonie Claassen
  


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  Arnaud Costes
  


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  Yann Delaigue
  


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  Ibrahim Diarra
  


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  Richard Dourthe
  


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  Brice Dulin
  


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  Yannick Forestier
  


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  Romain Froment
  


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  Karim Ghezal
  


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  Raphaël Ibañez
  


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  Benjamin Kayser
  


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  Laurent Labit
  


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  Thierry Lacroix
  


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  Pierre-Gilles Lakafia
  


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  Remi Lamerat
  


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  Lionel Nallet
  


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  Pascal Papé
  


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  Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet
  


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  Matthias Rolland
  


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  Nicolas Spanghero
  


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  Patrick Tabacco
  


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  Rémi Tales
  


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  Guilaume Taussac
  


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  Romain Teulet
  


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  Sébastien Tillous-Borde
  


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  Julien Tomas
  


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  Dragoș Dima
  


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  Adrian Lungu
  


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  Mihai Lazăr
  


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  Akvsenti Giorgadze
  


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  Anton Peikrishvili
  


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  Pablo Canavosio
  


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  Ramiro Pez
  


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  Fabio Staibano
  


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  Kees Lensing
  


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  Frank Bunce
  


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  Carl Hoeft
  


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  Kees Meeuws
  


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  Kevin Senio
  


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  Sitiveni Sivivatu
  


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  Gary Whetton
  


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  Karena Wihongi
  


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  Rudi Wulf
  


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  Darron Nell
  


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  Pedrie Wannenburg
  


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  Kirill Kulemin
  


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  Piula Faʻasalele
  


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  Laloa Milford
  


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  Joe Tekori
  


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  Freddie Tuilagi
  


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  Romi Ropati
  


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  Max Evans
  


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  Richie Gray
  


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  Glenn Metcalfe
  


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  Gregor Townsend
  


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  José Díaz
  


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  Cedric Garcia
  


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  Pierre-Emmanuel Garcia
  


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  Salesi Sika
  

See also

• List of rugby union clubs in France


• Rugby union in France

References

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   ^ "Combien de fois Bayonne s'est imposé dans la capitale ?". www.rugbyrama.fr. Midi olympique. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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   ^ "Finale Castres-Grenoble 93 : l'insupportable aveu de l'arbitre Salles". rugbyolympic.com. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
   


3. 
   ^ "Daniel Salles à propos de Castres-Grenoble en 1993 : " Je me suis trompé "". sudouest. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
   


4. 
   ^ "Parc des Princes, Paris, 5 Juin 1993". LNR. 28 December 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
   


5. 
   ^ "Castres et " la magie du rugby "". www.republicain-lorrain.fr. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
   


6. 
   ^ "Pierre Fabre, founder of pharmaceutical giant, dies". Agence France Presse. France 24. 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
   


7. 
   ^ "Castres : ce sera le Stade Pierre-Fabre" [Castres: it will be Stade Pierre-Fabre]. La Dépêche. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
   


8. 
   ^ "Equipe Effectifs". Castres Olympique (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2018.
   

External links

• 
  (in French) Castres Olympique Official website

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