Union Sportive Bressane is a general sports club based in the town of Bourg-en-Bresse, France. The club has competed for the past few years in France's third division, Nationale. During the 2007–08 season, they managed to reach the final of the Jean-Prat championship and faced a surging US Colomiers side. US Bressane was easily defeated 36-3, but thanks to reaching the final this still earned the club automatic promotion to the second division of France, Rugby Pro D2 for 2008-09.
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| Full name | Union Sportive Bressane Pays de l’Ain | ||
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| Founded | 1902 | ||
| Location | Bourg-en-Bresse, France | ||
| Ground(s) | Stade Marcel-Verchère (Capacity: 11,400) | ||
| President | Jean-Marc Seguin and Philippe Duc | ||
| Coach(es) | Jean Anturville, Jean-Pierre Boisson and Jérome Chatelard | ||
| League(s) | Nationale | ||
| 2022–23 | 6th (playoff quarter-finalists) | ||
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| Official website | |||
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Current standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Chambéry (Q) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 232 | 140 | +92 | 4 | 2 | 38 | Semi-final promotion play-off |
| 2 | Rouen (Q) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 268 | 131 | +137 | 4 | 0 | 36 | |
| 3 | Carcassonne (Q) | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 203 | 118 | +85 | 4 | 2 | 36 | Quarter-final promotion play-off |
| 4 | Narbonne (Q) | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 226 | 167 | +59 | 4 | 1 | 35 | |
| 5 | Périgueux (Q) | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 217 | 113 | +104 | 3 | 1 | 34 | |
| 6 | Albi (Q) | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 205 | 150 | +55 | 2 | 0 | 30 | |
| 7 | Langon | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 234 | 209 | +25 | 2 | 1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Suresnes | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 208 | 162 | +46 | 3 | 4 | 27 | |
| 9 | Bourgoin-Jallieu | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 212 | 198 | +14 | 2 | 2 | 26 | |
| 10 | Massy | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 181 | 139 | +42 | 3 | 3 | 24 | |
| 11 | Tarbes | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 211 | 221 | −10 | 2 | 3 | 23 | |
| 12 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 164 | 156 | +8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | |
| 13 | Marcq-en-Barœul (Q) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 239 | 246 | −7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | Relegation play-off |
| 14 | Hyères (R) | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 650 | −650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Nationale 2 |
Rules for classification: When two teams have the same points total, position is determined by head-to-head results before points difference.
(Q) Qualified for the playoffs; (R) Relegated
Current squad
editThe Bourg-en-Bresse squad for the 2021–22 season is:[2]
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Classement NATIONALE". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French).
- ^ "Effectif Pro". Union Sportive Bressane (in French). Retrieved 25 August 2021.
External links
edit- (in French) Union Sportive Bressane Official website
- (in French) itsrugby.fr US Bressane
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