SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne
Full name | Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne | ||
---|---|---|---|
Founded | 1908 | ||
Location | Agen, France | ||
Ground(s) | Stade Armandie (Capacity: 14,400) | ||
President | Alain Tingaud | ||
Coach(es) | Christophe Laussucq Rémi Vaquin | ||
Captain(s) | Antoine Erbani | ||
League(s) | Pro D2 | ||
2023–24 | 13th | ||
| |||
Official website | |||
www |
Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne (French pronunciation: [spɔʁtɪŋ ynjɔ̃ aʒɛ̃ lɔt e ɡaʁɔn]), commonly referred to as SU Agen, Agen (French pronunciation: [aʒɛ̃]) or SUALG, is a French professional rugby union club based in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne that competes in the Pro D2, France's second division of rugby.
Founded in 1908, Agen is one of the historic clubs in French rugby, having won the French Championship eight times. Its home ground is the Stade Armandie and traditional club colours are navy blue and white.
The club is renowned for its youth system and its academy structure.
History
The club was established in 1900. They made their first championship final in the 1930 season, where they met US Quillan, and defeated them 4 points to nil in Bordeaux, and thus capturing their first championship title. The club experienced some success in the coming years in the Challenge Yves du Manoir competition as well; winning it in the 1932 season and then becoming runners-up to Lyon OU in the 1933 season.
Agen would have another successful run in the 1940s, beginning with the 1943 season when they defeated Stade Bordelais 11 to 4 to win the Coupe de France. That season they also made it to the championship final; though they were defeated by Aviron Bayonnais 3 points to nil at Parc des Princes in Paris.
In 1945 they again won the title of the French championship, defeating FC Lourdes 7 points to 3 in the final in Paris. The championship was one of two titles that season, as Agen also won the Coupe de France, defeating Montferrand 14 to 13. Agen featured in one more championship that decade, losing to Toulouse 10 points to 3.
Agen were relatively quiet during the 1950s, though they again rose to prominence during the 1960s. In 1962 they again became of the champions of France after defeating Béziers 14 points to 11 in the season final. The following season they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating Brive 11 points to nil in the final. Agen became the French champions on two more occasions during the 1960s, defeating Brive in 1965 and then Dax in 1966.
The club had another successful run during the 1970s, starting with an unsuccessful Challenge Yves du Manoir final, losing to Toulon 25 points to 22. They were unsuccessful again in 1975 in the Challenge Yves du Manoir, losing to Béziers 16 points to 12 in the final. However they would then meet Béziers in the championship final of the 1976 season, and defeat them 13 to 10 to win their first championship since 1966.
Agen went through period of success in the 1980s after winning the championship in 1982, defeating Aviron Bayonnais 18 points to 9 in the final. The following season they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir as well after defeating Toulon 29 points to 7. In 1984 they again contested the championship final, though they eventually lost it to Béziers. They unsuccessfully contested it again in 1986, losing to Toulouse 16 to 6. They were also runners-up in the 1987 Challenge Yves du Manoir, losing to Grenoble. However, in 1988 they again won the championship, defeating Stadoceste Tarbais 9 to 3 in the final.
They contested the final again in the 1990 season, losing to Racing Club de France 22 points to 12. In 1992 they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating RC Narbonne 23 to 18.
Professional era
In 1998 they played in their first European cup final, the European Challenge Cup, losing to fellow French team US Colomiers 43 to 5 in the final. On June 8, 2002 they lost to Biarritz Olympique in the championship final.
In recent years, one of their biggest stars has been Fijian winger Rupeni Caucaunibuca. He led the team in tries in 2005 and 2006, and led Pro D2 in that category during Agen's most recent promotion season in 2010. However, he would be dismissed from the team in September 2010 after failing to report to the team for preseason workouts (several weeks later, he would reemerge at Toulouse).
Honours
- French championship Top 14
- European Rugby Challenge Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1998
- Challenge Yves du Manoir
- Champions (4): 1932, 1963, 1983, 1992
- Runners-up (4): 1933, 1970, 1975, 1987
- French Cup
- Champions (2): 1943, 1945
- Pro D2
- Champions: 2010
- Promotion playoff winners: 2015, 2017
Finals results
French championship
Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Spectators |
18 May 1930 | SU Agen | 4-0 (aet) | US Quillan | Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | 28.000 |
21 March 1943 | Aviron Bayonnais | 3-0 | SU Agen | Parc des Princes, Paris | 28.000 |
7 April 1945 | SU Agen | 7-3 | FC Lourdes | Parc des Princes, Paris | 30.000 |
13 April 1947 | Stade Toulousain | 10-3 | SU Agen | Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse | 25.000 |
27 May 1962 | SU Agen | 14-11 | AS Béziers | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse | 37.705 |
23 May 1965 | SU Agen | 15-8 | CA Brive | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | 28.758 |
22 May 1966 | SU Agen | 9-8 | US Dax | Stadium Municipal, Toulouse | 28.803 |
23 May 1976 | SU Agen | 13-10 (aet) | AS Béziers | Parc des Princes, Paris | 40.300 |
29 May 1982 | SU Agen | 18-9 | Aviron Bayonnais | Parc des Princes, Paris | 41.165 |
26 May 1984 | AS Béziers | 21-21 (aet) | SU Agen | Parc des Princes, Paris | 44.076 |
24 May 1986 | Stade Toulousain | 16-6 | SU Agen | Parc des Princes, Paris | 45.145 |
28 May 1988 | SU Agen | 9-3 | Stadoceste Tarbais | Parc des Princes, Paris | 48.000 |
26 May 1990 | Racing Club de France | 22-12 (aet) | SU Agen | Parc des Princes, Paris | 45.069 |
8 June 2002 | Biarritz Olympique | 25-22 (aet) | SU Agen | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | 78.457 |
European Rugby Challenge Cup
Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Spectators |
2 February 1998 | 43-5 | Stade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse | 12.500 |
Challenge Yves du Manoir
Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up |
1932 | SU Agen | round robin | Lyon OU |
1933 | Lyon OU | round robin | SU Agen |
1963 | SU Agen | 11-0 | CA Brive |
1970 | RC Toulon | 25-22 | SU Agen |
1975 | AS Béziers | 16-12 | SU Agen |
1983 | SU Agen | 29-7 | RC Toulon |
1987 | FC Grenoble | 26-7 | SU Agen |
1992 | SU Agen | 23-18 | RC Narbonne |
French Cup
Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up |
1943 | SU Agen | 11-4 | Stade Bordelais |
1945 | SU Agen | 14-13 | AS Montferrand |
Pro D2 promotion playoffs
Date | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Venue | Attendance |
2014 | La Rochelle | SU Agen | 31–22 | Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux | 33,262 |
2015 | SU Agen | Stade Montois | 16–15 | Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse | |
2017 | SU Agen | US Montauban | 41-20 | Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux |
Current standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Provence | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 803 | 632 | +171 | 8 | 3 | 95 | Semi-final promotion playoff place |
2 | Vannes | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 777 | 508 | +269 | 10 | 7 | 89 | |
3 | Béziers | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 789 | 715 | +74 | 6 | 4 | 80 | Quarter-final promotion playoff place |
4 | Grenoble | 30 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 826 | 694 | +132 | 8 | 3 | 79[a] | |
5 | Dax | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 626 | 683 | −57 | 5 | 2 | 77 | |
6 | Brive | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 689 | 583 | +106 | 8 | 2 | 76 | |
7 | Nevers | 30 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 682 | 610 | +72 | 6 | 9 | 75 | |
8 | Mont-de-Marsan | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 766 | 641 | +125 | 5 | 7 | 74 | |
9 | Aurillac | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 593 | 764 | −171 | 3 | 3 | 64 | |
10 | Colomiers | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 661 | 657 | +4 | 4 | 6 | 64 | |
11 | Valence Romans | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 623 | 640 | −17 | 5 | 5 | 62 | |
12 | Soyaux Angoulême | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 563 | 616 | −53 | 0 | 6 | 62 | |
13 | Agen | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 597 | 732 | −135 | 2 | 5 | 61 | |
14 | Biarritz | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 618 | 811 | −193 | 4 | 5 | 53 | |
15 | Montauban | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 577 | 755 | −178 | 2 | 5 | 51 | Relegation play-off |
16 | Rouen | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 604 | 753 | −149 | 5 | 5 | 48 | Relegation to Nationale |
Rules for classification: 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
Notes:
- ^ Following the decisions rendered by the Appeal Commission on July 6, 2023 and December 14, 2023 by the Disciplinary Council, a withdrawal of 12 points applies for FC Grenoble Rugby.The total sanction was reduced on appeal on 31 January 2024, recovering four points in the ranking.
Current squad
The Agen squad for the 2023–24 season is:[1]
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Espoirs squad
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
|
|
Notable former players
This list of "famous" or "notable" people has no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria. Please help improve this article by defining clear inclusion criteria to contain only subjects that fit those criteria. (June 2012) |
Belisario Agulla
Eusebio Guiñazú
Omar Hasan
Scott Daruda
Junior Pelesasa
Colin Yukes
Jason Marshall
Sergio Valdes
Silvère Tian
Andrew Springgay
Rupeni Caucaunibuca
Osea Kolinisau
Taniela Rawaqa
Saïmoni Vaka
Mathieu Barrau
Guy Basquet
Jean-Paul Baux
Christian Béguerie
Jean-Baptiste Bédère
Abdelatif Benazzi
René Bénésis
Philippe Benetton
Pierre Berbizier
Philippe Bérot
Paul Biémouret
Sébastien Bonetti
Jean Boubée
Guillaume Bouic
Christian Califano
Olivier Campan
Georges Carabignac
Jean Clavé
Valentin Courrent
David Couzinet
Jean-François Coux
Jean-Jacques Crenca
Marc Dal Maso
Jean-Louis Dehez
Christian Delage
Daniel Dubroca
Yves Duffaut
Brice Dulin
Jean-Louis Dupont
Sylvain Dupuy
Louis Echave
Pépito Elhorga
Dominique Erbani
Albert Ferrasse
Jacques Fort
François Gelez
Éric Gleyze
Jacques Gratton
Pierre Guilleux
Marius Guiral
Francis Haget
Cédric Heymans
Jean-Claude Hiquet
Thierry Labrousse
Bernard Lacombe
Pierre Lacroix
Luc Lafforgue
Christophe Lamaison
Grégoire Lascubé
Michel Lasserre
Serge Lassoujade
Marcel Laurent
Bernard Lavigne
Joël Llop
Matthieu Lièvremont
Gérard Magnac
Jean-Claude Malbet
Christophe Manas
Jean Matheu-Cambas
Jean-Michel Mazas
Patrick Mazzer
Jérôme Miquel
Jean Monribot
Christophe Porcu
Olivier Sarraméa
Philippe Sella
Michel Sitjar
Laurent Seigne
Jean-Louis Tolot
Bruno Tolot
Max Vigerie
Bernard Viviès
Irakli Machkhaneli
Giorgi Nemsadze
Anton Peikrishvili
Konstantin Mikautadze
Beka Sheklashvili
Denis Fogarty
Santiago Dellapè
Alessio Galasso
Aaron Persico
Francesco Zani
Djalil Narjissi
Ben Blair
Richard Fromont
Billy Fulton
Kees Meeuws
John Schwalger
Sorin Socol
Adri Badenhorst
Conrad Barnard
Daniel (Neil) du Plessis
Gert Muller
Ross Skeate
Conrad Stoltz
Kirill Kulemin
Viliamu Afatia
François Tardieu
Lisiate Faʻaoso
Uelini Fono
Opeti Fonua
Semisi Telefoni
Inaki Basauri
Kevin Swiryn
Luke Hamilton
Jamie Robinson
See also
References
- ^ "EFFECTIF VERSION 19/20". Sporting Union Agenais (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2019.
External links
- (in French) SU Agen Lot et Garonne Official website
- (in French) SU-Agen Unofficial website