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Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, known more commonly as Brive Rugby or CA Brive, are a French rugby union team that compete in the Top 14, the top level of rugby union in France.
Although it may feel like the glory years are behind Brive Rugby, the side did gain promotion to the Top 14 in the 2018-19 season and the team will now be looking to build on their successes. On this page, you’ll find all the latest news from Brive Rugby. You can also see the team’s latest results and upcoming fixtures.
Brive Rugby Club was first created in 1910, but it wasn’t formally established until 1912. In the club’s early days, the side also switched codes. Although it was first formed as a rugby union club, Brive Rugby Club did briefly play rugby league between the First and Second World Wars. However, after the Second World War was over, the team returned to playing rugby union.
In the post-war years, the Brive Rugby team established themselves as one of the top sides in France. However, for many years, the team only held one piece of silverware: the second division title in 1957.
In the years that followed, Brive were the bridesmaids but never the bride. After all, Brive Rugby made it to the French championship final on several occasions, but they repeatedly fell short at the final hurdle. In 1965, they lost to SU Agen in a hard-fought encounter. Then, throughout the 1970s, Brive Rugby came up against an unassailable AS Béziers side who beat them in the final on two occasions. However, there was certainly no shame in this. When AS Béziers beat Brive Rugby in the 1975 final, it marked the side’s fourth title in five years.