The Montpellier Rugby team is officially known as Montpellier Hérault Rugby. They’re the pride of the city of Montpellier and they’re named after the Hérault River, which runs past the city. The Montpellier Rugby side is one of France’s elite rugby union teams. They play in the Top 14, which is France’s top division, and they also represent France in European competitions.
Read on to learn even more about Montpellier Rugby. On this page, you’ll find the latest news about the Montpellier Rugby team and you’ll even be able to see the side’s latest results and fixtures.
Montpellier coach Philippe Saint-Andre revealed he “screamed” at his team at half-time as he criticised their “apathetic” first-half performance in their Heineken Champions Cup draw with London Irish.
Elliott Stooke has become the latest ex-Wasps player to move to the Top 14, the lock bringing to an end his short-term injury cover deal at Bristol by signing for Montpellier, the reigning French champions, until the end of the current season.
The Montpellier Rugby team is officially known as Montpellier Hérault Rugby. They’re the pride of the city of Montpellier and they’re named after the Hérault River, which runs past the city. The Montpellier Rugby side is one of France’s elite rugby union teams. They play in the Top 14, which is France’s top division, and they also represent France in European competitions.
Read on to learn even more about Montpellier Rugby. On this page, you’ll find the latest news about the Montpellier Rugby team and you’ll even be able to see the side’s latest results and fixtures.
Although the Montpellier Rugby side is incredibly successful, the club is actually relatively young. The Montpellier Rugby Club was only formed in 1986, when the Stade Montpelliérain and MUC Rugby sides merged.
It didn’t take long for the newly-formed Montpellier Rugby side to become successful. In 1993, only seven years after forming, the Montpellier Rugby team won the Challenge de l'Espérance. Only a decade later, in 2003, the side became the champions of France’s second division, the Pro D2. Then, in the side’s first year in the top flight, they won the European Shield, which was a third-tier competition in Europe at the time.
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Ben Alexander Prop 
Brandon Paenga-Amosa Hooker 
Enzo Forletta Prop 
Florian Verhaeghe Lock 
Fulgence Ouedraogo Flanker 6 
Guilhem Guirado Hooker 
Henry Thomas Prop 
Jeremie Maurouard Hooker 
Kelian Galletier Flanker 7 
Kieran Martin Lock 
Kotaro Yatabe Lock 
Malik Hamadache Prop 
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Mickael Capelli Lock 
Mikheil Nariashvili Prop 
Mohammed Haouas Prop 
Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg Lock 4 
Paul Willemse Lock 
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Titi Lamositele Prop 
Vincent Giuducelli Hooker 
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Zach Mercer Flanker 6 
Anthony Bouthier 
Aubin Eymeri Fullback 
Axel Bevia Fullback 
Bastien Chalureau 
Benoit Paillaugue Scrum half 
Gabriel Ngandebe Wing 
Gela Aprasidze Scrum half 
Geoffrey Doumayrou Centre 
Handre Pollard Fly half 
Jacobus Reinach Scrum half 
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Josua VICI Right wing 
Julien Tisseron Fullback 
Les Makin 
Louis Foursans Fullback 
Martin Doan Fullback 
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Paolo Garbisi Fly half 
Paul Vallée Fullback 
Pierre Lucas Wing 
Robert Rodgers Fullback 
Thomas Darmon Fly half 
Tyler Duguid Fullback 
Vincent Rattez Wing 
Yvan Reilhac Centre Although the side was almost relegated from the Top 14 in 2007, the Montpellier Rugby team’s fortunes have been transformed since. For example, during the very next season, Fulgence Ouedraogo became the first Montpellier player to play on the French national rugby union team. Then, in 2010-11, the side finished in the play-off places of the Top 14 for the first time. As underdogs, they even reached the final of the competition after beating Castres and Racing Métro. Since then, the team have been a near-constant fixture in the year-end play-offs. However, although the Montpellier Rugby side have reached the final on two occasions, they’ve never been crowned as the champions of France in the professional era.
That said, the side have also been highly successful while representing France in European competitions. As well as winning the European Shield in 2004, they also won the European Rugby Challenge Cup in 2016. Now, the club regularly represent France in the European Rugby Champions Cup, although they’re yet to advance beyond the first knockout round.
Due to the team’s success in recent years, a number of international-calibre players currently represent the Montpellier Rugby team. They include South African hooker Bismarck du Plessis, France lock Paul Willemse and Georgia prop Mikheil Nariashvili.
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