Colomiers Rugby

Colomiers
Full nameUnion Sportive Colomiers Rugby
Founded1915 (1915)
LocationColomiers, France
GroundStade Michel Bendichou (Capacity: 11,430)
PresidentAlain Carre
CoachOlivier Baragnon
LeaguePro D2
2024–253rd
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.colomiers-rugby.com

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

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

2025–26 Pro D2 Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Vannes 14 11 1 2 453 242 +211 7 1 54 Semi-final promotion playoff place
2 Valence Romans 14 11 0 3 424 380 +44 3 0 47
3 Provence 14 9 0 5 422 317 +105 5 4 45 Quarter-final promotion playoff place
4 Colomiers 14 9 0 5 398 215 +183 4 3 43
5 Oyonnax 14 8 0 6 411 310 +101 3 4 39
6 Aurillac 14 8 0 6 370 392 −22 2 2 36
7 Agen 14 7 0 7 341 342 −1 5 1 34
8 Brive 14 7 1 6 385 312 +73 4 0 34
9 Nevers 14 7 0 7 366 410 −44 4 1 33
10 Soyaux Angoulême 14 7 0 7 263 353 −90 0 2 30
11 Grenoble 14 6 0 8 351 362 −11 2 2 28
12 Biarritz 14 5 1 8 353 422 −69 4 0 21
13 Béziers 14 4 0 10 339 418 −79 3 1 20
14 Dax 14 6 0 8 334 303 +31 3 3 16
15 Mont-de-Marsan 14 3 0 11 283 500 −217 1 1 14 Relegation play-off
16 Carcassonne 14 2 1 11 235 450 −215 0 3 13 Relegation to Nationale
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2025. Source: [1]

Current squad

The squad for the 2025–26 season is:[1][2]

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 Italy
Théo Lachaud Hooker France
Thomas Larrieu Hooker France
Robin Bellemand Prop France
Eliès El Ansari Prop Morocco
Phil Kite Prop Tonga
Pierre-Emmanuel Pacheco Prop France
Michaël Simutoga Prop France
Guillaume Tartas Prop France
Atonio Ulutuipaleiei Prop France
Thomas Adélaïde Lock France
Myles Edwards Lock England
Maxime Granouillet Lock France
Federico Lavanini Lock Argentina
Jean Thomas Lock France
Grégoire Bazin Back row France
Jeremy Bechu Back row France
Alexis Caumel Back row France
Nicolas Martins Back row Portugal
Elliott Maurel Back row France
Paolo Parpagiola Back row France
Luka Plataret Back row France
Caleb Timu Back row Australia
Player Position Union
Jules Danglot Scrum-half France
Arthur Diaz Scrum-half France
Ugo Segeula Scrum-half France
Valentin Delpy Fly-half France
Théo Giral Fly-half France
Martin Dulon Centre France
Ray Nu'u Centre New Zealand
Matías Osadczuk Centre Argentina
Enzo Salles Centre France
Baptiste Serrano Centre France
Martín Alonso Wing Spain
Rodrigo Marta Wing Portugal
Vincent Pinto Wing Portugal
Valentin Saurs Wing France
Anzelo Tuitavuki Wing Tonga
Max Auriac Fullback France
Alexandre Borie Fullback France
Alberto Carmona Fullback Spain

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
Clovis Chizat Hooker France
Arthur Cros Hooker France
Valentin Barret Prop France
Theo Pedemons Lock France
Natan Culinat Scrum-half France
Guillaume Laffont Scrum-half France
Farell Delmourel Wing France
Rayan Houari Wing France

Notable former players

Coaches

See also

References

  1. ^ "Effectif". US Colomiers. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Colomiers squad for season 2025/2026". All Rugby. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.