CA Brive
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| Full name | Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Brive-la-Gaillarde, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stade Amédée-Domenech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Daniel Derichebourg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Tim Lane and Richard Crespy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Top 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin are a French rugby union team founded in 1904 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in Limousin. They wear black and white and play in the Parc Municipal des Sports (capacity 15,000).
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[edit] History
The club was established on Oct.12, 1912. It played regularly in the First Division, and established itself as the stronghold of rugby in Limousin but for ages its only title was a Second Division trophy won in 1957. Brive did not make it to the final of the First Division championship until 1965. On May 23 that year they met SU Agen at Stade de Gerland in Lyon only to lose (8-15). Brive next made it to the final in the 1972 season, where they faced AS Béziers on May 21 in Lyon again, and again the Black and White came out the losers, as Béziers won their second consecutive title (9-0). Brive met AS Béziers in the final again three season later, in 1975. By then, Béziers had become the unbeatable team of the decade, and they won their fifth title, this time by just the one point (13-12), at Parc des Princes in Paris.
Brive experienced a resurgence in the middle of the 1990s, first in 1996, when they made their first finals appearance since the mid 1970s in Paris. Brive however went down 20 to 13 to Stade Toulousain. It was their fourth losing final. Only two other clubs have lost more finals without winning one than them (ASM Clermont Auvergne 7, US Dax 5). That year however, they won the famed Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating Pau (12-6).
The following season, they made it to the final of the Heineken Cup where they faced the Leicester Tigers from England at Cardiff Arms Park. Brive finally won a final, defeating the Tigers 28 points to nine. So far, they are one of only two clubs to win the European Cup without ever winning the domestic championship, the other one being Northampton Saints.
On Feb 22, 1997, Brive, as European champions, were pitted against Auckland Blues who had recently won the Super 12. The French were no competition to an extra powerful Kiwi side who won easily 47-11 [1].
In 1998 they were again finalists of the Heineken Cup. Brive came close to capturing back-to-back titles, but lost to English club Bath Rugby by just one point, 18 to 19 at Parc Lescure in Bordeaux.
Since then, the club has been in dire straits, as it was relegated to the second division in 2000. They bounced back in 2003 and have struggled ever since in the lower echelons of the league table, except in 2004 when they managed to qualify for the playoffs.
[edit] Former greats
Brive have bred some 30 players who went on to play for France. Among them, Amédée Domenech, nicknamed "Le Duc"" ("the Duke") who played there in the 50s and 60s, and gave his name to the stadium shortly after his death in 2003. London Irish Olivier Magne, flyhalf Christophe Lamaison, n°8 Jean-Luc Joinel and hooker Michel Yachvili, the father of Dimitri Yachvili also donned the CAB jersey. Puma flyhalf Lisandro Arbizu also played for them. Only one international is currently playing for Brive, centre Ludovic Valbon.
[edit] Finals results
[edit] French championship
| Date | Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Spectators |
| 23 May 1965 | SU Agen | CA Brive | 15-8 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | 28.758 |
| 21 May 1972 | AS Béziers | CA Brive | 9-0 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | 31.161 |
| 18 May 1975 | AS Béziers | CA Brive | 13-12 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 39.991 |
| 1 June 1996 | Stade Toulousain | CA Brive | 20-13 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 48.162 |
[edit] Heineken Cup
| Date | Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Spectators |
| 25 January 1997 | CA Brive | Leicester Tigers | 28-9 | Arms Park, Cardiff | 41.664 |
| 31 January 1998 | Bath Rugby | CA Brive | 19-18 | Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | 36.500 |
[edit] Current Squad
Pertrisor Toderasc
Jawad Djoudi- Pierre Capdevielle
Johan Van Zyl- Charl Van Rensburg
- Lionel Mallier
- Jérôme Bonvoisin
- Simon Azoulai
Tim Clark- Maxime Petitjean
- Yves Donguy
- Cédric Leite
- Ludovic Valbon
- Farid Sid
- Yohan Dalla Riva
Norman Ligairi- Filimoni Bolavucu
[edit] Famous players
- Christophe Lamaison
- Olivier Magne
- Alain Penaud
- Gregor Townsend
- Sébastien Viars
- Elvis Vermeulen
[edit] External link
- (French) Official site
- Unofficial fan's site
- CA Brive profile on Rugby15
| Rugby union in France | |
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| Federation: | Fédération Française de Rugby |
| National team: | France • France Sevens |
| International Competitions: | Rugby World Cup • Six Nations Championship • Heineken Cup • European Challenge Cup • European Shield • Rugby World Cup Sevens • IRB Sevens World Series • Paris Sevens |
| Domestic Competitions: | Ligue Nationale de Rugby (Top 14 • Pro D2) • Fédérale 1 • Fédérale 2 • Fédérale 3 |
| Top 14 teams: | Agen • Albi • Bayonne • Biarritz • Bourgoin • Brive • Castres • Clermont • Montauban • Montpellier • Narbonne • Perpignan • Stade Français • Toulouse |
| Pro D2 teams: | Auch • Béziers • Bordeaux-Bègles • Colomiers • Dax • Gaillac • Grenoble • La Rochelle • Limoges • Lyon • Mont-de-Marsan • Oyonnax • Pau • Racing Paris • Tarbes • Toulon |
| See also: | List of clubs |
