Blagnac Rugby

Blagnac Rugby, previously known as Blagnac Sporting Club Rugby and commonly known as Blagnac, is a French rugby union team that currently takes part in Nationale, the third-tier of the countries rugby system. The club is currently attempting to make a comeback to the professional ranks after having been relegated due to both sporting and financial issues. In 2007-08, the club played in France's second professional level, Rugby Pro D2, but finished bottom of the table. This automatically led to their relegation to the first amateur level, Fédérale 1, but a postseason audit revealed financial problems serious enough that French sporting authorities forcibly relegated them further to Fédérale 2.^[1] They earned promotion to Fédérale 1 after winning the 2009–10 Fédérale 2 championship.

Blagnac Rugby

Full name	Blagnac Sporting Club Rugby (1922–2015) Blagnac Rugby (2015–present)
Nickname(s)	Les caouecs
Founded	1922
Location	Blagnac, France
Ground(s)	Stade Ernest-Argelès
President	Jean-Michel Accorsi
Coach(es)	Olivier Carbonneau
League(s)	Nationale
2022–23	4th (playoff semi-finalists)
Team kit 2nd kit

It was founded in 1922 in Blagnac, in the suburbs of Toulouse. Their nickname, caouecs, is the occitan word for carrots.

2007-2008 Squad(Pro D2)

Props Laurent Cettolo Yannick Lacrouts Philipp Lemmer Laurent Martine Bernard Nnomo Christophe Saint-Lary Grégory Saliba Robin Aziza Hookers Mathieu Cidre Grégory Moulis Carthy Mwangangi Paco Rodriguez Second Row Abdelatif Boutaty Guy Jeannard David Penalva Lugha Verling

Back-Row Boumedienne Allam Fabrice Bassaber Mathieu Mandement Christophe Marth Renaud Pérez Vincent Sohet Răzvan Ilișescu Scrum-halves Nicolas Duffard Jérémie Moles Stand-offs Jérôme Accorsi Romain Fuertès Jérémy Pailhès Duarte Cardoso Pinto

Centres Roger Joe Thomas Lode Lilian Majesté John Payne Wings Jérôme Durand Sydney Edouard Viliami Hakalo Julien Patey Martin Worthington Fullbacks Damien Duffau Matt Gillon Jérôme Suderie

Honours

• Pro D2
  • Winner : 1983
  • Runner-up Jean-Prat Trophy : 2007
  • Semi-final Jean-Prat Trophy : 2002
• Champion de France Promotion Honneur : 1958
• Champion de France Nationale 2 / Fédérale B : 2001
• Winner Challenge de l'Essor : 1982
  • Runner-up : 2001
• Fédérale 2
  • Champions: 2010

Current standings

2022–23 Nationale season Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dax (P)	26	21	0	5	715	435	+280	9	2	104	Semi-final promotion play-off
2	Valence Romans (P)	26	17	1	8	675	385	+290	10	7	96
3	Albi	26	17	3	6	620	398	+222	5	4	92	Quarter-final promotion play-off
4	Blagnac	26	17	2	7	572	504	+68	2	3	86
5	Bourgoin-Jallieu	26	16	2	8	606	536	+70	3	3	83
6	Bourg-en-Bresse	26	14	2	10	527	485	+42	4	5	78
7	Narbonne	26	14	1	11	590	565	+25	3	5	75
8	Nice	26	12	2	12	538	475	+63	4	9	74
9	Chambéry	26	13	0	13	581	521	+60	3	6	70
10	Tarbes	26	12	2	12	575	577	−2	2	6	66
11	Suresnes	26	9	1	16	450	704	−254	1	3	51
12	Hyères	26	8	0	18	479	590	−111	1	7	49
13	Rennes (R)	26	4	0	22	322	620	−298	1	6	32	Relegation to Nationale 2
14	Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély (R)	26	0	0	26	380	835	−455	0	9	12

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated