CA Brive
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Full name | Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin | ||
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Nickname(s) | Les Coujous Les Gaillards (The Strapping Lads) Les Noir et Blanc (The Black and Whites) Les Zèbres (The Zebras) | ||
Founded | 1910 | ||
Location | Brive-la-Gaillarde, France | ||
Ground(s) | Stade Amédée-Domenech (Capacity: 14,759) | ||
President | Simon Gillham | ||
Coach(es) | Pierre Henry-Broncan | ||
Captain(s) | Saïd Hireche | ||
Most appearances | ![]() | ||
Top scorer | ![]() | ||
Most tries | ![]() | ||
League(s) | Pro D2 | ||
2023–24 | 6th | ||
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Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive (French pronunciation: [bʁiv]) or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department.
Brive is a historical member of French rugby union, being one of the clubs that spent the most seasons in the top French domestic competition. "Les Coujous" also won the Heineken Cup in 1997, defeating Leicester Tigers in the final in a 28-9 win.
Many great players, both French and foreign, played for the club currently headed by Simon Gillham, and the youth academy has a good reputation. Brive players who also on to play for France include: Amédée Domenech, nicknamed "Le Duc" ("The Duke") who played there in the 1950s and 60s, and gave his name to the stadium after his death in 2003; prolific flanker Olivier Magne, fly-halves Christophe Lamaison and Alain Penaud, number-eight Jean-Luc Joinel and hooker Michel Yachvili, the father of Dimitri Yachvili, also wore the black and white jersey.
Their home ground is the 14,759-capacity Stade Amédée-Domenech and the club colours are black and white.
History
[edit]The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on 12 October 1912.[clarification needed] Before the Second World War, Brive changed from rugby union to rugby league but returned to union after the war.
It played regularly in the First Division, and established itself as the stronghold of rugby in Limousin but for many years its only title was a Second Division trophy won in 1957. Brive did not make it to the final of the First Division championship until 1965. On 23 May that year they met SU Agen at Stade de Gerland in Lyon only to lose 15–8. Brive next made it to the final in the 1972 season, where they faced AS Béziers on 21 May in Lyon again, and again the Black and White came out the losers, as Béziers won their second consecutive title (9–0). Brive met AS Béziers in the final again three season later, in 1975. By then, Béziers had become the unbeatable team of the decade, and they won their fifth title, this time by just one point (13–12), at Parc des Princes in Paris.
Brive experienced a resurgence in the middle of the 1990s, first in 1996, when they made their first finals appearance since the mid-1970s in Paris. Brive however went down 20–13 to Stade Toulousain. It was their fourth losing final. Only one club have lost more finals without winning one than them (US Dax, on five). That year however, they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating Pau 12–6. The following season, they made it to the final of the Heineken Cup where they faced the Leicester Tigers from England at Cardiff Arms Park. Brive finally won a final, defeating the Tigers 28–9.[1] They are the only club to win the European Cup without ever winning their domestic championship.
On 22 February 1997, Brive, as European champions, were pitted against Auckland Blues who had recently won the Super 12. The French team were no competition to an extra powerful Kiwi side which won easily 47–11.[2] In 1998 Brive again reached the final of the Heineken Cup, this time against Bath. They came close to capturing back-to-back titles, losing by just one point, 19–18 at Parc Lescure in Bordeaux.
Since then, however, the club has been in dire straits, as it was subjected to a punitive relegation to the second division in 2000 due to bad financial management. They bounced back two years later but have struggled ever since in the lower echelons of the league table, except in 2004 when they managed to qualify for the playoffs. In 2005, Brive went to the semi-finals of European Challenge Cup, but they lost to Pau. In 2009, after taking the sixth place of the Championship, the Black and White could participate in the Heineken Cup, but the competition was difficult for them, against the Europeans champions Leinster, Llanelli Scarlets and London Irish.
After difficulties and a relegation to the second division in 2012, Brive returned to the Top 14 the following year, after defeating Pau.[3]
Honours
[edit]- Promotion play-offs Final/Top 14 Access Match
- Challenge Yves du Manoir
- Champions (1): 1996
- Runners-up (2): 1963, 1974
- French Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2000
Finals results
[edit]Heineken Cup/European Rugby Champions Cup
[edit]Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Spectators |
25 January 1997 | ![]() |
28–9 | ![]() |
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | 41,664 |
31 January 1998 | ![]() |
19–18 | ![]() |
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | 36,500 |
French championship
[edit]Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Spectators |
23 May 1965 | SU Agen | 15–8 | CA Brive | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | 28,758 |
21 May 1972 | AS Béziers | 9–0 | CA Brive | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | 31,161 |
18 May 1975 | AS Béziers | 13–12 | CA Brive | Parc des Princes, Paris | 39,991 |
1 June 1996 | Stade Toulousain | 20–13 | CA Brive | Parc des Princes, Paris | 48,162 |
Challenge Yves du Manoir
[edit]Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Spectators |
8 June 1963 | SU Agen | 11–0 | CA Brive | N/A |
18 May 1974 | RC Narbonne | 19–10 | CA Brive | 15,000 |
27 January 1996 | CA Brive | 12–6 | Section Paloise | 13,000 |
French Cup
[edit]Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Spectators |
1 June 2000 | Biarritz Olympique | 24–13 | CA Brive | Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | 17,500 |
Current standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
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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
[edit]The Brive squad for the 2023–24 season is:[4][5]
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Espoirs squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Notable former players
[edit]The following are players who have represented their country, players who have won a title with the club, players who have played a sufficient number of games to go down in the club history or players who came from the academy and have made a significant career in another team:
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Horacio Agulla
Lisandro Arbizu
Christian Martin
Agustin Figuerola
Pablo Henn
Alex Moreno
Eduardo Simone
Tim Donnelly
Peter FitzSimons
Mark Giacheri
Poutasi Luafutu
Alfie Mafi
Chris Tuatara-Morrison
John Welborn
Scott Franklin
John Tait
Phil Christophers
Ben Cohen
Riki Flutey
Shane Geraghty
Andy Goode
Ben Johnston
Jamie Noon
Shaun Perry
Steve Thompson
Christian Short
Filimone Bolavucu
Kitione Kamikamica
Sisa Koyamaibole
Norman Ligairi
Tabai Matson
Benito Masilevu
Peniami Narisia
Dominiko Waqaniburotu
Demba Bamba
Roger Bastié
Mathieu Bélie
Nicolas Bézy
Alexandre Bias
Pascal Bomati
Sébastien Bonetti
Terry Bouhraoua
Russlan Boukerou
Jacques Boussuge
Hugues Briatte
Julien Brugnaut
Romain Cabannes
Benoît Cabello
Julien Caminati
Pierre Capdevielle
Georges Carabignac
Philippe Carbonneau
Alain Carminati
Sébastien Carrat
Florian Cazenave
Pierre Chadebech
Damien Chouly
Antonie Claassen
Valentin Courrent
Benjamin Dambielle
Thierry Devergie
Amédée Domenech
Yves Donguy
Thibault Dubarry
Fabrice Estebanez
Roger Fite
Mickaël Forest
Gaëtan Germain
Jérôme Guisset
Dominique Harize
Cédric Heymans
Teddy Iribaren
Nicolas Jeanjean
Jean-Luc Joinel
Virgile Lacombe
Damien Lagrange
Julien Laharrague
Christophe Lamaison
Benjamin Lapeyre
Julien Le Devedec
Olivier Magne
Arnaud Mela
Arnaud Mignardi
Rodolphe Modin
Vincent Moscato
Alexis Palisson
Élie Pebeyre
Michel Pebeyre
Alexandre Péclier
Alain Penaud
Maxime Petitjean
Lucas Pointud
Jefferson Poirot
Fabien Sanconnie
Thomas Sanchou
Patrick Sébastien
Atila Septar
Farid Sid
Scott Spedding
Laurent Travers
Sébastien Vahaamahina
Ludovic Valbon
Loïc Van Der Linden
David Venditti
Elvis Vermeulen
Sébastien Viars
Pierre Villepreux
Dimitri Yachvili
Michel Yachvili
Tedo Abzhandadze
Karlen Asieshvili
Soso Bekoshvili
Otar Giorgadze
Giorgi Jgenti
Vasil Kakovin
David Khinchagishvili
Mamuka Magrakvelidze
Irakli Natriashvili
Anton Peikrishvili
Goderdzi Shvelidze
Valerio Bernabò
Luciano Orquera
Damian Browne
Tjiuee Uanivi
Brad Mika
Tamato Leupolu
Viliame Waqaseduadua
Grzegorz Kacala
Petru Bălan
Alexandru Manta
Sorin Socol
Petrișor Toderașc
Pat Barnard
Kevin Buys
So'otala Fa'aso'o
Terry Fanolua
Na'ama Leleimalefaga
Simon Lemalu
Mike Blair
Tom Smith
Gregor Townsend
Alex Dunbar
Suka Hufanga
Kevin Dalzell
Barry Davies
Liam Davies
Kieran Murphy
Alix Popham
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mick Cleary and John Griffiths, ed. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7732-X.
- ^ Pope, Bruce (23 February 1997). "Brive out with the washing". The Independent. London: INM. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Imakhoukhene, Hamid (19 May 2013). "Brive ne l'a pas volée". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ "Effectif". CA BRIVE RUGBY SITE OFFICIEL (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Brive squad for season 2023/2024". All Rugby. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- (in French) CA Brive Official website
- Unofficial fan's site
- CA Brive profile on Rugby15