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| Full name | Stade Montois Rugby Pro | ||
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| Nickname | Les Abeilles (The Bees) | ||
| Founded | 1908; 117 years ago (1908) | ||
| Location | Mont-de-Marsan, France | ||
| Ground | Stade André et Guy Boniface (Capacity: 16,800) | ||
| President | Philippe Cazaubon | ||
| Coach | David Auradou | ||
| Captain | Jérôme Dhien | ||
| League | Pro D2 | ||
| 2024–25 | 13th | ||
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| Official website | |||
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Stade Montois Rugby is a Frenchrugby union team that currently is playing inPro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.
They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black. They are based inMont-de-Marsan, the capital of theLandesdépartement, inNouvelle-Aquitaine, and play at theStade Guy Boniface.
Stade Montois is a multi-sports club (28 sections) but its rugby team has always been its flagship. After winning a few regional titles between the two world wars, it reached the top of French club rugby four times in 15 years. It lost its first three French championship finals toCastres Olympique in 1949 (3-14, in a replay, after the original final had ended in a 3-3 draw), toFC Lourdes in 1953 (16-21), and toRacing Club de France in 1959 (3-8). Their finest hour came in 1963 in an all Landes-final againstUS Dax, won by the Yellow and Black 9-6. They had finally won one, whereas their Dax neighbours would lose all five finals they would play in.
It finished in the bottom table in the first-tierTop 14 in the2008–09 season. They hadjust been promoted to the Top 14 after winning the Pro D2 promotion playoffs. They remained in Pro D2 for three seasons before successfully navigating the 2012 promotion playoffs.
Stade Montois' players include the Boniface brothers (André andGuy, who died in a car accident on 1 January 1968),Thomas Castaignède,Christian Darrouy,Benoît Dauga,Laurent Rodriguez. FormerLeicester Tigers and Fiji scrum-half wizardWaisale Serevi also played for them as well as other notable Fijians such asViliame Satala andVilimoni Delasau.
| Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Spectators |
| 22 May 1949 | Castres Olympique | 14-3 | Stade Montois | Stade des Ponts Jumeaux,Toulouse | 23,000 |
| 17 May 1953 | FC Lourdes | 21-16 | Stade Montois | Stadium Municipal,Toulouse | 32,500 |
| 24 May 1959 | Racing Club de France | 8-3 | Stade Montois | Parc Lescure,Bordeaux | 31,098 |
| 2 June 1963 | Stade Montois | 9-6 | US Dax | Parc Lescure,Bordeaux | 39,000 |
| Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up |
| 1958 | SC Mazamet | 3-0 | Stade Montois |
| 1960 | Stade Montois | 9-9 | AS Béziers |
| 1961 | Stade Montois | 17-8 | AS Béziers |
| 1962 | Stade Montois | 14-9 | Section Paloise |
| 1966 | FC Lourdes | 16-6 | Stade Montois |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Grenoble | 30 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 987 | 677 | +310 | 11 | 3 | 98 | Semi-final promotion playoff place |
| 2 | Brive | 30 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 764 | 615 | +149 | 10 | 4 | 94 | |
| 3 | Colomiers | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 926 | 778 | +148 | 7 | 5 | 86 | Quarter-final promotion playoff place |
| 4 | Provence | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 818 | 722 | +96 | 7 | 5 | 82 | |
| 5 | Soyaux Angoulême | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 761 | 727 | +34 | 6 | 2 | 80 | |
| 6 | Montauban | 30 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 781 | 762 | +19 | 4 | 5 | 77 | |
| 7 | Béziers | 30 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 769 | 695 | +74 | 7 | 6 | 77 | |
| 8 | Valence Romans | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 840 | 782 | +58 | 4 | 8 | 64 | |
| 9 | Biarritz | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 718 | 757 | −39 | 4 | 5 | 64 | |
| 10 | Nevers | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 706 | 857 | −151 | 3 | 3 | 62 | |
| 11 | Dax | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 634 | 745 | −111 | 3 | 4 | 61 | |
| 12 | Oyonnax | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 749 | 716 | +33 | 6 | 5 | 61 | |
| 13 | Mont-de-Marsan | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 768 | 838 | −70 | 3 | 5 | 60 | |
| 14 | Agen | 30 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 699 | 727 | −28 | 3 | 8 | 59 | |
| 15 | Aurillac | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 700 | 873 | −173 | 2 | 3 | 57 | Relegation play-off |
| 16 | Nice | 30 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 592 | 941 | −349 | 1 | 6 | 35 | Relegation toNationale |
The squad for the2024–25 season is:[1][2]
Note: Flags indicate national union underWorld Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national union underWorld Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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