Stade Bagnérais

Stade Bagnérais is a French rugby union club currently competing at the third level of the French league system (Fédérale 1). They are based in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, a small town of 8,000 inhabitants, in the Hautes-Pyrénées département, at the foot of the Pyrénées.

Stade Bagnérais
Full nameStade Bagnérais
Founded1901
LocationBagnères-de-Bigorre,
Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Ground(s)Stade Marcel-Cazenave
League(s)Fédérale 1
Official website
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Formed in 1901 they have reached the final of the French championship twice in 1979 and 1981. Several of their players played for France :

Stade Marcel-Cazenave
  • Center Roland Bertranne who held the French record for most caps (69) for a long time and captained the club to its two championship finals
  • Fullback Jean-Michel Aguirre (39), who won France’s second Grand Slam ever in 1977 along with…
  • …Wing Jean-François Gourdon (22)
  • Wing Jean Gachassin (21), nicknamed 'Peter Pan' finished his career with them in the 1960s in the town where he was born.

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