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| Full name | Rugby Club Massy Essonne | ||
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| Founded | 1971; 54 years ago (1971) | ||
| Location | Massy,Essonne,France | ||
| Ground(s) | Stade Jules-Ladoumègue (Capacity: 3,200) | ||
| President | Vincent Dupond, David Turner | ||
| Coach(es) | Jean-Frédéric Dubois Victor Didebulidze | ||
| League(s) | Nationale | ||
| 2022–23 | Pro D2, 16th (relegated) | ||
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Rugby Club Massy Essonne is a Frenchrugby union club fromMassy,Essonne that play innationale, the third tier of theFrench league system.
They are based inMassy, Essonne, in the southern suburbs of Paris and were founded in 1971. They were promoted from theFédérale 1 at the end of the 2011–12 season, entering professional rugby for the first time in their history.[1]
Their stay inPro D2 was short-lived: they were demoted at the end of the2012–13 Rugby Pro D2 season. On 24 May 2014, it was announced that they had won promotion back toPro D2 for the2014–15 season as a result of winning theFédérale 1 semi-final 17 – 9 againstTyrosse.[2] They went on to lose the final 18–14 toMontauban.[3]
Massy were again relegated after only one season, finishing bottom on the 2014–15 Pro D2 table. They would return to Pro D2 after winning the promotion group in the 2016–17 Fédérale 1 regular season.
The squad for the2022–23 season is:[4]
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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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Chambéry(Q) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 232 | 140 | +92 | 4 | 2 | 38 | Semi-final promotion play-off |
| 2 | Rouen(Q) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 268 | 131 | +137 | 4 | 0 | 36 | |
| 3 | Carcassonne(Q) | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 203 | 118 | +85 | 4 | 2 | 36 | Quarter-final promotion play-off |
| 4 | Narbonne(Q) | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 226 | 167 | +59 | 4 | 1 | 35 | |
| 5 | Périgueux(Q) | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 217 | 113 | +104 | 3 | 1 | 34 | |
| 6 | Albi(Q) | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 205 | 150 | +55 | 2 | 0 | 30 | |
| 7 | Langon | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 234 | 209 | +25 | 2 | 1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Suresnes | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 208 | 162 | +46 | 3 | 4 | 27 | |
| 9 | Bourgoin-Jallieu | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 212 | 198 | +14 | 2 | 2 | 26 | |
| 10 | Massy | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 181 | 139 | +42 | 3 | 3 | 24 | |
| 11 | Tarbes | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 211 | 221 | −10 | 2 | 3 | 23 | |
| 12 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 164 | 156 | +8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | |
| 13 | Marcq-en-Barœul(Q) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 239 | 246 | −7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | Relegation play-off |
| 14 | Hyères(R) | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 650 | −650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation toNationale 2 |
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