US Dax

Dax

Full name	Union Sportive Dacquoise
Founded	1904 (1904)
Location	Dax, France
Ground(s)	Stade Maurice Boyau (Capacity: 16,170)
President	Alain Pecastaing
Coach(es)	Richard Dourthe Brice Miguel
Captain(s)	Anthony Salle-Canne
League(s)	Pro D2
2013–14	13th
Team kit 2nd kit 3rd kit
Official website
www.usdax.fr

Union sportive dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.

They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 16,170). They wear red and white. They are based in Dax in the Landes département of Aquitaine.

Honours

• French championship:
  • Runners-up: 1956, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1973
• Challenge Yves du Manoir/Coupe de France:
  • Champions: 1957, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1982

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Spectators
3 June 1956	FC Lourdes	US Dax	20-0	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	38,426
28 May 1961	AS Béziers	US Dax	6-3	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	35,000
2 June 1963	Stade Montois	US Dax	9-6	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	39,000
22 May 1966	SU Agen	US Dax	9-8	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	28,803
20 May 1973	Stadoceste Tarbais	US Dax	18-12	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	26,952

Squad will be updated once season 2012-2013 commences and all recruits have been finalised. sorry for any inconvinience.

Current standings

2014–15 Rugby Pro D2 Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Pau	14	12	0	2	333	238	+95	4	1	49
2	Mont-de-Marsan	15	9	0	6	332	277	+55	0	3	39
3	Biarritz	14	9	0	5	304	271	+33	2	0	38
4	Perpignan	14	7	1	6	330	272	+58	2	4	36
5	Albi	14	8	0	6	307	305	+2	1	3	36
6	Aurillac	14	7	2	5	268	257	+11	2	2	36
7	Colomiers	14	8	0	6	290	272	+18	1	1	34
8	Montauban	14	7	0	7	296	258	+38	3	3	34
9	Béziers	14	7	0	7	283	271	+12	0	3	31
10	Agen	14	6	0	8	331	328	+3	2	3	29
11	Carcassonne	14	6	0	8	329	332	–3	1	3	28
12	Tarbes	14	6	0	8	308	388	−80	0	3	27
13	Massy	14	5	0	9	298	336	−38	1	4	25
14	Dax	15	5	0	10	252	332	−80	0	2	22
15	Bourgoin	14	5	1	8	281	332	–51	1	2	21
16	Narbonne	14	5	0	9	257	330	−73	0	1	21
Green background (row 1) Champions automatically promoted to Top 14. Blue background denotes teams that qualify for the promotion play-offs. Red background (row 15 and 16) will be relegated to Fédérale 1. Updated: 30 November 2014

Current squad

2012–13 season
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Boris Béthéry Hooker France Emmanuel Maignien Hooker France Victor Damian Arias Prop France Rémy Hugues Prop France Renaud Boyoud Prop France Yassin Boutemane Prop France Mickaël Bert Lock France Jacques Naude Lock South Africa Thomas Vervoort Lock France Jérémy Dumont Lock France Bastien Adrillon Flanker France Anthony Coletta Flanker France Mathieu Lièvremont Flanker France Charlie Ternisien Flanker France Arthur Chollon Flanker France Olivier August Flanker France Noa Soqeta Number 8 Fiji

Player Position Union Matt Henjak Scrum-half Australia Étienne Quiniou Scrum-half France Anthony Salle-Cane Scrum-half France Joji Raqamate Scrum-half Fiji Romain Lacoste Fly-half France Maxime Mathy Fly-half France Jacques-Louis Potgieter Fly-half South Africa Guillaume Devade Centre France Mark Ireland Centre England Rémi Vignau Centre France Clemens von Grumbkow Centre Germany Marius Delport Centre South Africa Samy Ben Letaief Wing France Simon Ternisien Wing France Jean-Mathieu Alcalde Fullback France Mathieu Bourret Fullback France Clinton Sills Fullback Australia

Notable former players

• Horacio Agulla
• Pierre Albaladejo
• Jean-Louis Azarete
• Jean-Pierre Bastiat
• Jean-Louis Bérot
• Maurice Biraben
• Maurice Boyau
• Georges Capdepuy
• Philippe Carbonneau
• Jean Desclaux
• Claude Dourthe
• Richard Dourthe
• Gérard Dufau
• Charlie Hore
• Raphaël Ibañez
• Jean-Patrick Lescarboura
• Thierry Lacroix
• Paul Lasaosa
• Jean-Claude Lasserre
• Thomas Lièvremont
• Jean-Pierre Lux
• Olivier Magne
• Ivor Matthews
• Joseph Mbu
• Fabien Pelous
• Justin Purdie
• Laurent Rodriguez
• Olivier Roumat
• Marc Sallefranque

See also

• List of rugby union clubs in France
• Rugby union in France

External links

• (French) Union Sportive Dacquoise Official website
• (French) US DAX Anthem Song
• (French) Allezdax.com Unofficial website