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Colomiers
Full nameUnion Sportive Colomiers Rugby
Founded1915; 110 years ago (1915)
LocationColomiers, France
Ground(s)Stade Michel Bendichou (Capacity: 11,430)
PresidentAlain Carre
Coach(es)Olivier Baragnon
League(s)Pro D2
2023–2410th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.colomiers-rugby.com

Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby or Rugby Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006–07 season, but earned promotion from Fédérale 1 at the first opportunity in 2007-08, and survived a relegation scare in 2008–09, finishing 14th, in the last safe position. The club was relegated from Pro D2 in the 2010–11 season. The club, based in Colomiers in the Haute-Garonne département of Occitania, was founded in 1915 and plays at the Stade Michel Bendichou (capacity 11,000). The players wear blue and white. Colomiers have been runners-up in the French championship and Heineken Cup, as well as winners of the European Challenge Cup.

US Colomiers were established in 1915. Colomiers had various European success in the late 1990s. In 1998 they won the European Challenge Cup, the competition below the Heineken Cup, defeating fellow French club SU Agen in the final. The following season they competed in the Heineken Cup. They made it all the way to the final, which took place at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. The capacity crowd saw Irish side Ulster win 21 points to 6.

Colomiers also competed in the 1999–00 and 2000–01 Heineken Cups, but did not make the finals stages of the tournament. The club made its first domestic championship final when they met Stade Français in 2000. The Paris club won the game 28 points to 23 at Stade de France. In 2005 they were crowned Fédérale 1 champions and were promoted back up to Pro D2, but went back down to Fédérale 1 after two seasons in the second flight. They again claimed the Fédérale 1 title in 2008 to return to Pro D2.

Honours

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Finals results

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French championship

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Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Spectators
15 July 2000 Stade Français 28-23 US Colomiers Stade de France, Saint-Denis 78,000

Heineken Cup/European Rugby Champions Cup

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Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Spectators
30 January 1999 Ireland Ulster 21-6 France US Colomiers Lansdowne Road, Dublin 49,000

European Rugby Challenge Cup

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Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Spectators
1 February 1998 France US Colomiers 43-5 France SU Agen Stade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse 12,500

Current standings

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2024–25 Pro D2 Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
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 to Nationale
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2025. Source: [1]

Current squad

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The squad for the 2024–25 season is:[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Pablo Dimcheff Hooker Argentina Argentina
Tomo Kolokilagi Hooker France France
Théo Lachaud Hooker France France
Thomas Larrieu Hooker France France
Robin Bellemand Prop France France
Eliès El Ansari Prop France France
Marco Fepulea'i Prop Samoa Samoa
Pierre-Emmanuel Pacheco Prop France France
Hugo Pirlet Prop France France
Michaël Simutoga Prop France France
Guillaume Tartas Prop France France
Louis Descoux Lock France France
Maxime Granouillet Lock France France
Janse Roux Lock South Africa South Africa
Jean Thomas Lock France France
Jack Whetton Lock New Zealand New Zealand
Grégoire Bazin Back row France France
Alexis Caumel Back row France France
Martin Devergie Back row France France
Anthony Coletta Back row France France
Aldric Lescure Back row France France
Eliott Maurel Back row France France
Caleb Timu Back row New Zealand New Zealand
Player Position Union
Sadek Deghmache Scrum-half France France
Mathis Galthié Scrum-half France France
Ugo Seguela Scrum-half France France
Brett Herron Fly-half England England
Joaquin de la Vega Fly-half Argentina Argentina
Martin Dulon Centre France France
Dorian Laborde Centre France France
Ray Nu'u Centre New Zealand New Zealand
Pablo Patilla Centre France France
Enzo Salles Centre France France
Baptiste Serrano Centre France France
Martín Alonso Wing Spain Spain
Rodrigo Marta Wing Portugal Portugal
Valentin Saurs Wing France France
Anzelo Tuitavuki Wing Tonga Tonga
Max Auriac Fullback France France
Ugo Pacome Fullback France France
Vincent Pinto Fullback Portugal Portugal

Espoirs squad

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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Clovis Chizat Hooker France France
Baptiste Gualda Hooker France France
Romain Fierret Prop France France
Theo Pedemons Lock France France
Jérémy Bechu Back row France France
Paolo Parpagiola Back row France France
Martin Tremoulet Back row France France
Natan Culinat Scrum-half France France
Arthur Diaz Scrum-half France France
Guillaume Laffont Scrum-half France France
Eliott Arandiga Fly-half France France
Farell Delourmel Wing France France

Notable former players

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Coaches

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Effectif". US Colomiers. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Colomiers squad for season 2024/2025". All Rugby. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
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