# Colomiers Rugby

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

* Heineken Cup / European Rugby Champions Cup
** Runners-up (1): 1999
* European Rugby Challenge Cup
** Champions (1): 1998
* French championship Top 14
** Runners-up (1): 2000
* Fédérale 1
** Champions: 2005, 2008

## Finals results
### French championship

| 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

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

### European Rugby Challenge Cup

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

## Current standings

2024–25 Pro D2 Table :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Grenoble | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 758 | 476 | +282 | 9 | 2 | 79 | Semi-final promotion playoff place |
| 2 | Provence | 23 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 617 | 541 | +76 | 5 | 4 | 67 | Semi-final promotion playoff place |
| 3 | Brive | 23 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 573 | 466 | +107 | 7 | 4 | 67 | Quarter-final promotion playoff place |
| 4 | Béziers | 23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 592 | 501 | +91 | 6 | 6 | 64 | Quarter-final promotion playoff place |
| 5 | Montauban | 23 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 618 | 590 | +28 | 3 | 3 | 62 | Quarter-final promotion playoff place |
| 6 | Soyaux Angoulême | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 563 | 569 | −6 | 4 | 1 | 61 | Quarter-final promotion playoff place |
| 7 | Colomiers | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 604 | 614 | −10 | 3 | 5 | 58 | |
| 8 | Oyonnax | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 558 | 487 | +71 | 5 | 3 | 50 | |
| 9 | Biarritz | 23 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 523 | 533 | −10 | 3 | 3 | 49 | |
| 10 | Dax | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 503 | 549 | −46 | 2 | 4 | 48 | |
| 11 | Nevers | 23 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 476 | 603 | −127 | 2 | 2 | 48 | |
| 12 | Mont-de-Marsan | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 599 | 637 | −38 | 2 | 5 | 47 | |
| 13 | Valence Romans | 23 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 597 | 589 | +8 | 2 | 8 | 46 | |
| 14 | Agen | 23 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 547 | 550 | −3 | 2 | 7 | 45 | |
| 15 | Aurillac | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 509 | 678 | −169 | 1 | 1 | 42 | Relegation play-off |
| 16 | Nice | 23 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 429 | 683 | −254 | 0 | 6 | 22 | Relegation to Nationale |

## Current squad

The squad for the 2023–24 season is:
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 |
| Toma Kolokilagi | Hooker | France |
| Thomas Larrieu | Hooker | France |
| Andrew Ready | Hooker | Australia |
| Hugo Djehi | Prop | France |
| Thomas Dubois | Prop | France |
| Marco Fepulea'i | Prop | Samoa |
| Hugo Pirlet | Prop | Spain |
| Michaël Simutoga | Prop | France |
| Guillaume Tartas | Prop | France |
| Maxime Granouillet | Lock | France |
| Alexandre Manukula | Lock | France |
| Janse Roux | Lock | South Africa |
| Jean Thomas | Lock | France |
| Jack Whetton | Lock | New Zealand |
| Romain Bèzian | Back row | France |
| Anthony Coletta | Back row | France |
| Jorick Dastague | Back row | France |
| Aldric Lescure | Back row | France |
| Waĕl Ponpon | Back row | France |
| Joseva Tamani | Back row | Fiji |
| Player | Position | Union |
| Mathis Galthié | Scrum-half | France |
| Edoardo Gori | Scrum-half | Italy |
| Ugo Séguéla | Scrum-half | France |
| Brett Herron | Fly-half | England |
| Maxime Javaux | Fly-half | France |
| Dorian Laborde | Centre | France |
| Fabien Perrin | Centre | France |
| Paul Pimienta | Centre | France |
| Ray Nu'u | Centre | New Zealand |
| Enzo Salles | Centre | France |
| Farrell Delourmel | Wing | France |
| Martin Dulon | Wing | France |
| Rodrigo Marta | Wing | Portugal |
| Vincent Pinto | Wing | France |
| Valentin Saurs | Wing | France |
| Max Auriac | Fullback | France |
| Thomas Girard | Fullback | France |

### Espoirs squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
| Player | Position | Union |
| Robin Bellemand | Prop | France |
| Romain Fierret | Prop | France |
| Pierre-Emmanuel Pacheco | Prop | France |
| Louis Descoux | Lock | France |
| Théo Pédémons | Lock | France |
| Jeremy Bechu | Back row | France |
| Alexis Caumel | Back row | France |
| Elliot Maurel | Back row | France |
| Paolo Parpagiola | Back row | France |
| Player | Position | Union |
| Arthur Diaz | Scrum-half | France |
| Baptiste Serraro | Centre | France |
| Lucas Paulien-Camy | Wing | France |
| Antoine Lere | Fullback | France |
| Ugo Pacome | Fullback | France |

## Notable former players

* Jean-Luc Sadourny / 1984-2003
* Fabien Galthié / 1985-2001
* Yannick Bru / 1997-1998
* David Skrela / 1997-2003 and 2013-2016
* Patrick Tabacco / 1997-2000
* Marc Dal Maso / 1998-2000
* Yannick Jauzion / 1999-2002
* Francis Ntamack / 1999-2004 and 2006-2007
* Julien Arias / 2001-2004
* Hugues Miorin / 2002-2003
* Yannick Forestier / 2003-2004
* Thierry Dusautoir / 2003-2004
* Jean-Philippe Grandclaude / 2003-2004
* Patricio Albacete / 2003-2004
* Benjamin Thiéry / 2003-2004
* Jonathan Wisniewski / 2007
* François Tardieu / 2017-2018

## Coaches

* Jean-Luc Sadourny
* Bernard de Giusti