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 Fédérale 1, the fifth-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, 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. They earned promotion to Fédérale 1 after winning the 2009–10 Fédérale 2 championship.
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
References
External links Official Site itsrugby.fr Blagnac