US Dax

US Dax
Full name	Union Sportive Dax Rugby Landes
Founded	1904
Location	Dax, France
Ground	Stade Maurice Boyau (Capacity: 7,262)
President	Philippe Jacquemain
Coach(es)	ean-Frédéric Dubois; Hervé Durquety; Marc Dal Maso
League	Pro D2
2024–25	11th
Team kit	2nd kit
Official website
	usdax.fr/rugby/

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

They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 7,262). They wear red and white. They are based in Dax in the Landes department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Honours

French championship Top 14
- Runners-up (5): 1956, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1973
Challenge Yves du Manoir
- Champions (5): 1957, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1982
- Runners-up (2): 1968, 1988

Finals results

French championship

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

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up
1957	US Dax	6-6	AS Montferrand
1959	US Dax	12-8	Section Paloise
1968	RC Narbonne	14-6	US Dax
1969	US Dax	24-12	FC Grenoble
1971	US Dax	18-8	Stade Toulousain
1982	US Dax	22-19	RC Narbonne
1988	Stade Toulousain	15-13	US Dax

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
Louis Barrère	Hooker	France
Iban Hiriart-Urruty	Hooker	France
Paul Laperne	Hooker	France
Dino Casadeï	Prop	France
Thomas Crețu	Prop	Romania
Thibaud Dréan	Prop	France
Diogo Hasse Ferreira	Prop	Portugal
Nephi Leatigaga	Prop	Samoa
David Lolohea	Prop	Tonga
Brice Ferrer	Lock	Spain
Étienne Loiret	Lock	France
Amine Maalla	Lock	France
Alexandre Manukula	Lock	France
Charlie Matthews	Lock	England
Jean-Baptiste Singer	Lock	France
Arnaud Aletti	Back row	France
Paul Ausset	Back row	France
Jean-Baptiste Barrère	Back row	France
Lucas Guillaume	Back row	Spain
Genesis Mamea Lemalu	Back row	Samoa
Ratu Nacika	Back row	Fiji
Sam Wasley	Back row	New Zealand

Player	Position	Union
Paul Ravier	Scrum-half	France
Sylvère Reteau	Scrum-half	France
Hugo Cerisier	Fly-half	France
Romuald Séguy	Fly-half	France
Bastien Daguerre	Centre	France
Hugo Fourquet	Centre	France
Benjamin Puntous	Centre	France
Jale Vatubua	Centre	Fiji
Naïm Ben Alla	Wing	France
Théo Gatelier	Wing	France
Jope Naseara	Wing	Fiji
Maxime Oltmann	Wing	Germany
Théo Duprat	Fullback	France

Espoirs squad