- Stade Bagnérais
Infobox_esl_club | clubname = Stade Bagnérais
fullname = Stade Bagnérais
emblem =
colours = black and white
founded = 1904
sport =Rugby union
league = Ligue Nationale de Rugby
ground = Stade Marcel-Cazenave
web = NoneStade Bagnérais is a French
rugby union club currently competing at the fourth level of the French league system (Fédérale 2 ). They are based inBagnères-de-Bigorre , a small town of 8,000 inhabitants, in theHautes-Pyrénées département, at the foot of thePyrénées .Formed in 1901 they have reached the final of the French championship twice in 1979 and 1981. Several of their players played for France :
* 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
* FullbackJean-Michel Aguirre (39), who won France’s second Grand Slam ever in 1977 along with…
* …WingJean-François Gourdon (22)
* WingJean Gachassin (21), nicknamed 'Peter Pan' finished his career with them in the 1960s in the town where he was born.Honours
* French championship : runner-up 1979 (lost to
RC Narbonne 0-10), 1981 (lost to AS Béziers 13-22)
* Fédérale 3 champions : 2005
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