Bordeaux Rugby Métropole

Rugby team
teamname = Stade Bordeaux-Bègles


imagesize = 80px
fullname = Union Stade Bordelais-Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde
location = Bordeaux, France
country

founded = 2006
ground = Stade Sainte Germaine, Stade André Moga
capacity = 4,800 9,088
president =
coach = Patrcik Verge and Patrick Laporte
league = Pro D2
season = 2006-07
position = 12th
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USB-CABBG is a French rugby union team that currently takes part in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.

They were founded in 2006 as a result of a merger between two Bordeaux clubs, Stade Bordelais and Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde. They wear claret (in French: "bordeaux") and white. They are based in Bordeaux in Aquitaine, and play at the Stade André Moga, in Bègles.

History

After CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde, the historic club of the Bordeaux area, based in the left-wing stronghold of Bègles (southeastern suburbs) went into liquidation in 2004, another local club, Stade Bordelais, a multi-sports club, once a powerhouse of French rugby until World War I, reached the professional second division (Pro D2). But in order to set up a really powerful club in the area, a merger was finally decided in March 2006. A commercial venture called Bordeaux Rugby Métropole was set up to develop rugby in the Bordeaux area, with a new professional team, USB-CABBG, as its flagship. Only the professional squads were actually merged, as each club keeps its youth teams. There was no agreement on the name, each club refusing to give up, hence the cumbersome name "USB-CABBG". USB-CABBG took the spot of Stade Bordelais in Pro D2.

Honours

* None

ee also

* Stade Bordelais
* Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde

External links

* [http://www.bordeauxrugby.com/ Official site of Bordeaux Rugby Métropole]
* [http://www.cabbg.fr/actualite/actualite.asp Official site of CABBG (Bègles)]
* [http://www.stade-bordelais.com Official site of Stade Bordelais (multi-sports club)]
* [http://www.allezbordeaux.com/ Supporters site]