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Full name
  
Rugby Club Nîmes Gard

Location
  
Nîmes, France

Founded
  
1963

President
  
Claude Pontaud

Ground(s)
  
Stade Nicolas Kaufmann (Capacity: 4000)

Coach(es)
  
Serge Sassolat, Jean-Michel Meunier

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.

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Honors

  • French championship:
  • Quarter-finalists: 1991
  • Current squad

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

    Notable former players

  • Marc Andrieu
  • Didier Camberabero
  • Hervé Chabowski
  • Hervé Giraud
  • Bernard Viviès
  • Jean-Claude Langlade
  • Sébastien Bruno
  • Thierry Devergie
  • Pierre-Édouard Detrez
  • All of these players have represented France at full international level in the recent past, although Camberabero (Béziers) and Bruno (Sale) and Viviès (Agen) were at other clubs when they became internationals.

  • Christophe Barrière
  • Jérôme Bianchi
  • Éric Tissot
  • Have represented France 'A'.

    References

    RC Nîmes Wikipedia