Top 14
Player records -- Appearances
Table:
Rank

Player

Club(s)

Years

Apps

1

Thibaut Privat

Nîmes, Béziers, Clermont, Montpellier, Lyon

1998–2017

387

2

Rodrigo Capó Ortega

Castres

2002–

345

3

Florian Fritz

Bourgoin-Jallieu, Toulouse

2002–2018

322

4

Aurélien Rougerie

Clermont

1999–2018

321

5

Yannick Nyanga

Béziers, Toulouse, Racing 92

2002–2018

315

6

Grégory Lamboley

Toulouse, La Rochelle

2001–2018

309

7

Jean-Baptiste Poux

Narbonne, Toulouse, Bordeaux Bègles

2001–2018

303

8

Julien Pierre

Bourgoin-Jallieu, Clermont, Pau

2003–2018

294

9

Julien Arias

Colomiers, Stade Français

2001–

288

10

Julien Peyrelongue

Biarritz

2001–2014

277

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Thibaut Privat ( born 4 February 1979 ) is a former French international rugby union player . He played as a Lock for AS Béziers , Montferrand and Montpellier .
Rugby Club Nîmes Gard ( also known as just RC Nîmes ) are a French rugby union club that currently compete in the Fédérale 2 competition , the third division of French rugby . They have in the past played in the higher divisions , and in 1991 were quarter-finalists of the top French championship . Nîmes were established in 1963 and play in red and green colours . The driving force behind the club has always been former Béziers captain Louis Gagnière , who as president took the club to the top division in the late eighties and early nineties . After a long battle with illness he has returned to the club and they are becoming strong contenders for the top level once again .
Association Sportive Béziers Hérault ( Occitan : Associacion Esportiva de Besièrs Erau ) , often referred to by rugby media simply by its location of Béziers , is a French rugby union club currently playing in the second level of the country 's professional rugby system , Pro D2 . They earned their most recent promotion as 2011 Fédérale 1 champions , but the club also won 11 Top 14 titles since its establishment in 1911 . Béziers was a major force in French rugby throughout the 1970s and 1980s ; however , at the end of 2004-05 season they were relegated to Pro D2 . After some years playing in French second division , they finished bottom of the table in 2008-09 and were relegated to amateur Fédérale 1 , before returning to Pro D2 after their 2011 title . They are based in Béziers in Occitania , and play at Stade de la Méditerranée ( capacity 18,555 ) . The club colors are red and blue .
Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne ( pronounced [ klɛʁmɔ̃ ovɛʁɲ ] ) is a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that currently competes in Top 14 , the top level of the French league system . Clermont are two times French champions in 2009-10 and 2016-17 . The rugby section is a part of a multi-sport club called AS Montferrand , which was founded in 1911 and adopted that name in 1919 . Although the rugby section changed its name to the current ASM Clermont Auvergne in 2004 , it is still frequently referred to as Montferrand both within and outside France . The team play at the 19,022-seat Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin , also known by its nickname , The Bib Park . Clermont wear yellow and blue , the colours of the city of Montferrand , taken from the French tyre manufacturer Michelin when the firm settled in Montferrand in 1889 . The city is where Marcel Michelin , the son of the founder of the famous French tyre manufacturer , decided to implement the first factory but also the stadium after the creation of ASM for its workers before World War I. L'ASM , as they are also called , are the traditional underdog , always cited among early favourites and praised for their style of play , but never winning trophies at the end of the season . [ citation needed ] They have reached the French Championship final thirteen times , losing on each occasion until their eleventh trip in 2010 , when they finally won the championship in their 100th year as a club .
Montpellier Hérault Rugby ( French pronunciation : ​ [ mɔ̃.pə.lje eʁo ʁyɡbi klœb ] ) ( Occitan : Montpelhièr Erau Rugbi Club ) is a French professional rugby union club , based in Montpellier , Occitanie and named after the Hérault river . The club competes in the top level of the French league system , the Top 14 . They originally played at Stade Sabathé ( capacity 5,000 ) but moved to the Stade Yves-du-Manoir , later known as Altrad Stadium , and since renamed the GGL Stadium , in 2007 . They wear white and blue .
Lyon Olympique Universitaire or LOU is a French rugby union team based in Lyon that currently competes in the Top 14 , the highest level of the country 's professional league system , having been most recently promoted for the 2016-17 season after winning the 2015-16 title of the second-level Pro D2 . The club has bounced between the top two levels in recent years , having also been promoted in 2011 and 2014 and relegated in 2012 and 2015 . They were founded in 1896 and play in red and black . In 2011 , the team left the Stade Vuillermet to the new Matmut Stadium . In 2017 the team moved to the Matmut Stadium de Gerland .
Rodrigo Capó Ortega ( born 8 December 1980 ) is a Uruguayan rugby union player , currently playing in the Top 14 for Castres , where he won the 2012-13 championship .
Castres Olympique ( French pronunciation : ​ [ kastʁ ɔlɛ̃pik ] ) is a French rugby union club located in the Occitanian city of Castres and is currently competing in the top level of the French league system . Founded in 1898 , the club took its current name in 1906 . They play at the Stade Pierre-Fabre , which is one of the smallest in Top 14 with a capacity of 12,500 . The team wear blue and white kits . The team won five French top-division championships in 1949 , 1950 , 1993 , 2013 , and 2018 as well as one Coupe de France in 1948 .
Florian Fritz ( born 17 January 1984 ) is a French rugby union rugby player . His usual position is in the centre , and he currently plays for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14 club competition in France . Fritz has also played for France . He played his first Heineken Cup match during the 2003-04 tournament , scoring a try in his fifth match against Gloucester for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu . Fritz moved to Toulouse in 2004 and he scored two tries for Toulouse during their 2004-05 Heineken Cup campaign , with Toulouse eventually winning the tournament , defeating fellow French side , Stade Français 18 points to 12 . He won the Heineken Cup for a second time in 2010 , this time scoring a penalty and a drop goal in the final . His good form at Toulouse was rewarded with selection in the France squad for the 2005 mid-year Test against South Africa . He went on to make his international debut against the Springboks on 18 June in Durban which resulted in a 30-all draw . That year Fritz earned further international caps for France in matches against Australia in Marseille and South Africa in Paris . He played for France during the 2006 Six Nations Championship , playing his first Six Nations match against Scotland on 5 February . Although France lost that match 16 to 20 , France went on to win the tournament . He was named in the French Rugby Squad for the Six Nations in 2009 .
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu is a French rugby union club currently competing in the second level of the French league system ( also known by its French initialism of LNR ) in the Fédérale 1 . The club have been runners-up in the French championship and the Challenge Yves du Manoir competitions , and have won the Challenge Cup . Founded in 1906 as Club Sportif Bergusien . They play at Stade Pierre Rajon ( capacity 10,000 ) . They are based in Bourgoin-Jallieu in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes .
Stade Toulousain ( French pronunciation : ​ [ stad tuluzɛ̃ ] ) ( Occitan : Estadi Tolosenc ) , also referred to as Toulouse , is a French rugby union club from Toulouse in Occitania . Toulouse is one of the most successful clubs in Europe , having won the Heineken Cup a joint record four times - in 1996 , 2003 , 2005 and 2010 . They were also runners-up in 2004 and 2008 against London Wasps and Munster , respectively . Stade Toulousain have also won a record 20 French Championship titles . It is traditionally one of the main providers for the French national team . Their home ground is the Stade Ernest-Wallon . However , big Top 14 matches along with Heineken Cup games are often played at the Stadium Municipal de Toulouse . The club colours are red , black and white .
Aurélien Rougerie ( born 26 September 1980 ) is a French former rugby union player who played on the wing and center for France and ASM Clermont Auvergne in the French Top 14 for his entire 19-year career .
Yannick Nyanga ( born 19 December 1983 in Kinshasa , Zaire ) is a professional rugby union player who plays flanker for Racing 92 and France , and is also known for his long tenure at Toulouse . He was a part of the victorious French team of the 2006 Six Nations Championship . Nyanga plays at flanker in the style of a classic carrier with explosive pace from the scrum and excellent ability to support backs in later phases of play and good leg muscles to drive through the tackle , although being relatively light for a back row forward he can contain larger and more physical opposite numbers in rucks and mauls .
Racing 92 ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ʁasiŋ ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.duz ] ) is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro . They were called Racing Métro 92 between 2001 and 2015 , when they changed the name to Racing 92 . 92 is the number of Hauts-de-Seine , a département of Île-de-France , bordering Paris to the west , where they play , and whose council gives financial backing to the club . They currently play in the Top 14 , having been promoted as 2008-09 champions of Rugby Pro D2 . After starting the 2017-18 season at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir stadium at Colombes , where the France national team played for several decades , Racing played their first match at the new U Arena , since renamed Paris La Défense Arena , in Nanterre on 22 December 2017 .
Grégory Lamboley ( 12 January 1982 ) is a French rugby union footballer , currently playing for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14 , the top competition of rugby in France . Lamboley has also played for the French national team . His usual position is as a lock or a flanker . Prior to playing for Toulouse he played for Massy . He made his debut for the French national team in 2005 in a match against Scotland . He was educated at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux . Whilst at Toulouse he helped them win the Heineken Cup in 2003 when he featured as a replacement .
Stade Rochelais [ stad ʁɔʃ.lɛ ] , commonly called La Rochelle , is a French rugby union club who compete in the Top 14 . They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre ( capacity 16,000 ) . They wear yellow and black . They are based in La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime département of the New Aquitaine region .
Jean-Baptiste Poux ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ʒɑ̃batist puks ] ; born 26 September 1979 ) is a former French rugby union footballer who played as a prop , and was capable of playing loosehead and tighthead . Poux began his professional rugby career at RC Narbonne in 1998 before moving to Toulouse , where he was a part of the side that won the 2003 , 2005 and 2010 Heineken Cups . In 2013 , Poux joined Union Bordeaux Bègles . Poux has also played for the French national team , and was included in their 2003 , 2007 , and 2011 Rugby World Cup squads .
Racing Club de Narbonne Méditerannée ( also known as RCNM ) is a French rugby union club that play in the third-level Federale 1 . They are based in Narbonne in Occitania . They were founded in 1907 . They play at Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié ( capacity 12,000 ) . They wear orange and black .
Union Bordeaux Bègles ( French : [ ynjɔ̃ bɔʁdo bɛɡl ] ; Occitan : Union Bordèu Begla ) is a French rugby union team playing in the Top 14 , the first level of the country 's professional league system . They earned their Top 14 place by winning the promotion playoffs that followed the 2010-11 season in the second-level Rugby Pro D2 . Upon promotion to the Top 14 in 2011 , they were assured a place in the European Challenge Cup . In 2015 , they earned their European Champions Cup place , after winning the European playoffs against Gloucester Rugby in Worcester . They were founded in 2006 as a result of a merger between two Bordeaux clubs , Stade Bordelais and Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde . They wear claret ( in French : bordeaux ) and white . They are based in Bordeaux ( New Aquitaine ) , and play at the Stade Chaban-Delmas . The two teams which amalgamated cumulated nine championship titles of France : seven for the Stade Bordelais and two for the Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde . Since 2006 and the amalgamation , the club competed in Pro D2 until winning the 2011 promotion playoffs . UBB drew an average home attendance of 23,689 in the 2014/2015 Top 14 season .
Julien Pierre ( born 31 July 1981 ) is a French rugby union player for Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 . He plays as a lock . He won his first cap on France 's 2007 tour of New Zealand . He previously played for Bourgoin and La Rochelle . He was injured in an attack on him and other teammates in July 2014 after visiting a nightclub in Millau .
Section Paloise Béarn Pyrénées ( { pronounced [ sɛksjɔ̃ palwaz beaʁn piʁene ] , Occitan : Seccion Paulina Bearn Pirenèus or Seccion Palenca ) , commonly called Pau [ po ] , is a French rugby union club from Pau in Pyrénées-Atlantiques competing in Top 14 , the highest level of the French league system . They most recently earned promotion by winning the championship of the second-level Rugby Pro D2 in 2015 , nine years after having been relegated from the top flight .
Julien Arias ( born 26 October 1983 ) is a French rugby union coach and former player , he is currently the co-head coach of Stade Français in Top 14 with Laurent Sempéré . His usual position was on the wing . Prior to playing for Stade Français Paris , he was with US Colomiers . He has also represented France two times .
Union sportive Colomiers rugby or US 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 .
Stade Français Paris Rugby ( French pronunciation : ​ [ stad fʁɑ̃sɛ ] ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris . The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era . The original Stade Français was founded in 1883 . In its current form , the club was founded in 1995 with the merger of the rugby sections of the Stade Français and Club Athlétique des Sports Généraux ( CASG ) . Its traditional home is Stade Jean-Bouin , though the club has recently played some home games at the 80,000-seat Stade de France , taking anywhere from two to five matches to the larger venue each season since 2005-06 . From 2010 to 2013 , the team played temporarily at the 20,000-capacity Stade Charléty in Paris to allow a new stadium to be built at the Jean-Bouin site . The team participated in the first French championship final in 1892 , and went on to win numerous titles during the early 1900s . Stade Français spent about 50 years in the lower divisions of French rugby , until entrepreneur Max Guazzini took over in 1992 , overseeing a rise to prominence , which saw the team returning to the elite division in just five seasons , and capture four French championships in seven years . After a financial crisis plagued the club in 2011 , Guazzini sold a majority stake and stepped down as club president . From 2009 to 2015 , the team struggles , failing to reach the final phases . 2015 marked a rebirth for them , as the team reached the final phases and won three games in row , against Racing Métro , Toulon and Clermont and won also Top 14 .
Julien Peyrelongue ( born 2 April 1981 in Bayonne ) is a French rugby union fly-half , currently playing for the Pro D2 team Dax .
Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque ( French : [ bjaʁits ɔlɛ̃pik pe.i bask ] ; lit . Biarritz Olympic , Basque Country ) , usually known simply as Biarritz , is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz , New Aquitaine which competes in the Rugby Pro D2 , the second division of French rugby . Biarritz plays its home matches at the Parc des Sports Aguiléra , which is a multi-use stadium in Biarritz and which has a capacity of around 13,500 people , though for games that need a larger capacity , Biarritz may play at the Estadio Anoeta in San Sebastián . Biarritz play in red and white colours . Biarritz won a number of major honors , including the French championship on five occasions . Biarritz Olympique was formed in 1913 through a merger of the Biarritz Stade and Biarritz Sporting Club rugby teams . Biarritz made their way to the final of the French championship for the first time in the 1934 season where they were defeated by Bayonne . The following season they claimed their first championship , defeating Perpignan in the final . That decade Biarritz met Perpignan twice again in the final , winning one and losing one . It would not be until 1992 when the club made the final again , and then a decade later , winning the championship in 2002 . The club won back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006 , and were runners-up in Europe in 2006 and 2010 as well . In 2013-14 , Biarritz won just five matches out of 26 , and were relegated to the Pro D2 League .