Stade Montois Rugby

Stade Montois Rugby
Full name	Stade Montois Rugby Pro
Nickname	Les Abeilles (The Bees)
Founded	1908
Location	Mont-de-Marsan, France
Ground	Stade André et Guy Boniface (Capacity: 16,800)
President	Philippe Cazaubon
Coach	David Auradou
Captain	Jérôme Dhien
League	Pro D2
2024–25	13th
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.stademontoisrugby.fr

Stade Montois Rugby is a French rugby union team that currently is playing in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.

They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black. They are based in Mont-de-Marsan, the capital of the Landes département, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and play at the Stade Guy Boniface.

History

Stade Montois is a multi-sports club (28 sections) but its rugby team has always been its flagship. After winning a few regional titles between the two world wars, it reached the top of French club rugby four times in 15 years. It lost its first three French championship finals to Castres Olympique in 1949 (3-14, in a replay, after the original final had ended in a 3-3 draw), to FC Lourdes in 1953 (16-21), and to Racing Club de France in 1959 (3-8). Their finest hour came in 1963 in an all Landes-final against US Dax, won by the Yellow and Black 9-6. They had finally won one, whereas their Dax neighbours would lose all five finals they would play in.

It finished in the bottom table in the first-tier Top 14 in the 2008–09 season. They had just been promoted to the Top 14 after winning the Pro D2 promotion playoffs. They remained in Pro D2 for three seasons before successfully navigating the 2012 promotion playoffs.

Stade Montois' players include the Boniface brothers (André and Guy, who died in a car accident on 1 January 1968), Thomas Castaignède, Christian Darrouy, Benoît Dauga, Laurent Rodriguez. Former Leicester Tigers and Fiji scrum-half wizard Waisale Serevi also played for them as well as other notable Fijians such as Viliame Satala and Vilimoni Delasau.

Honours

French championship Top 14
- Champions (1): 1963
- Runners-up (3): 1949, 1953, 1959
Challenge Yves du Manoir
- Champions (3): 1960, 1961, 1962
- Runners-up (2): 1958, 1966
Pro D2
- Champions: 2002
- Promotion playoff winners: 2008, 2012
Second Division (Groupe B):
- Champions: 1998

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Spectators
22 May 1949	Castres Olympique	14-3	Stade Montois	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse	23,000
17 May 1953	FC Lourdes	21-16	Stade Montois	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	32,500
24 May 1959	Racing Club de France	8-3	Stade Montois	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	31,098
2 June 1963	Stade Montois	9-6	US Dax	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	39,000

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up
1958	SC Mazamet	3-0	Stade Montois
1960	Stade Montois	9-9	AS Béziers
1961	Stade Montois	17-8	AS Béziers
1962	Stade Montois	14-9	Section Paloise
1966	FC Lourdes	16-6	Stade Montois

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	Semi-final promotion playoff place
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
Luka Begic	Hooker	Portugal
Florian Dufour	Hooker	France
Torsten van Jaarsveld	Hooker	Namibia
Samuel Lagrange	Hooker	France
Anthony Alves	Prop	Portugal
Thibault Berthaud	Prop	France
Thomas Bultel	Prop	France
Gheorghe Gajion	Prop	Romania
Luka Goginava	Prop	Georgia
Jean-Luc Innocente	Prop	France
Ig Prinsloo	Prop	South Africa
Lado Chachanidze	Lock	Georgia
Romain Durand	Lock	France
Jay Dussutour	Lock	France
Morgan Eames	Lock	England
Brent Liufau	Lock	France
Jay Tuivaiti	Lock	New Zealand
Ewan Bertheau	Back row	France
Nicolas Garrault	Back row	France
Ioane Iashagashvili	Back row	Georgia
Aurelien Lafforgue	Back row	France
Waёl Ponpon	Back row	France
Raphaёl Robic	Back row	France
Sam Tuifua	Back row	New Zealand

Player	Position	Union
Baptiste Canut	Scrum-half	France
Christophe Loustalot	Scrum-half	France
Lisati Milo-Harris	Scrum-half	New Zealand
Iban Laclau	Fly-half	France
Willie du Plessis	Fly-half	Netherlands
Joris Dupont	Centre	France
Bautista Ezcurra	Centre	Argentina
Gatien Massé	Centre	France
Nacani Wakaya	Centre	Fiji
Simão Bento	Wing	Portugal
Mosese Dawai	Wing	Fiji
Alexandre de Nardi	Wing	France
Pierre Sayerse	Wing	France
Théo Cortes	Fullback	France

Espoirs squad