Toulon are giants of French rugby. The club is officially known as Rugby Club (RC) Toulonnais, and the team has been dominant in both domestic and European competitions since 2010.
Truly, this is a golden era for the Toulon Rugby team. On this page, you can learn even more about one of France’s most successful sides.
Read on to discover more about the team, including all of the latest Toulon Rugby news. You can also see the side’s upcoming fixtures and recent results.
The Springboks camp face a nervous wait after South Africa's 2019 World Cup hero Cheslin Kolbe left Toulon's match against Lyon on a cart.
Toulon's star wing Cheslin Kolbe was robbed during his side's Top 14 clash with Stade Francais after an illegal play.
Toulon are giants of French rugby. The club is officially known as Rugby Club (RC) Toulonnais, and the team has been dominant in both domestic and European competitions since 2010.
Truly, this is a golden era for the Toulon Rugby team. On this page, you can learn even more about one of France’s most successful sides.
Read on to discover more about the team, including all of the latest Toulon Rugby news. You can also see the side’s upcoming fixtures and recent results.
The Toulon Rugby Club was formed in 1908 when two local clubs (Étoile Sportive Varoise and Stade Varois) merged. It then only took 23 years for the team to be crowned as the French champions. This is because, in 1931, the team won their first ever French championship when they defeated Lyon. On their return to the city, Toulon’s team members were treated like heroes. It’s estimated that 30,000 fans were lining the streets and waiting to greet them.
Throughout the 20th century, the Toulon Rugby team remained successful. However, between 1948 and 1985, they lost four consecutive finals. This included the 1985 extra-time defeat to Toulouse, which is commonly referred to as ‘the most spectacular final ever’. Thankfully, in the following years, the Toulon Rugby team captured the title on two occasions (1987 and 1992).
Adrien Warion Lock 4 
Anthony Etrillard Hooker 
Beka Gigashvili Hooker 
Brian Alainu'uese Lock 
Bruce Devaux Prop 
Charles Ollivon Number 8 
Christopher Tolofua Hooker 
Cornell Du Preez Number 8 
Dany Priso Prop 
Emerick Setiano Prop 
Facundo Isa Flanker 6 Jules Coulon Blindside Flanker 
Kieran Brookes Tighthead Prop 
Levi Douglas Lock 
Mathieu Tanguy Lock Matteo Le Corvec Blindside Flanker Matthias Halagahu Lock 4 Pierre Damond Hooker 
Raphael Lakafia Flanker 7 
Sergio Parisse Number 8 
Sitaleki Timani Lock 
Swan Rebbadj Lock 
Teddy Baubigny Hooker Yanis Boulassel Hooker 
Aymeric Luc Full Back 
Baptiste Serin Scrum half 
Benoit Paillaugue Scrum half 
Cheslin Kolbe Fullback 
Dan Biggar Fly half Davit Mtchedlidze Fullback 
Dorian Laborde Left Wing 
Duncan Paia'aua Fly half Fanguna Apea Tau Junior Fifita Fullback Gabin Villiere Right Wing 
GabinVillière Wing Gael Drean Left Wing 
Gervais Cordin Fullback 
Ihaia West Fly half Jiuta Wainiqolo Left Wing 
Jules Danglot Scrum Half 
Jérémy Sinzelle Centre Maelan Rabut Inside Centre Marius Domon Inside Centre 
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Mathieu Bastareaud Centre 
Mathieu Smaili Centre 
Rudi Wulf Centre Thomas Salles Fullback 
Waisea Nayacalevu Centre Things changed at the turn of the 21st century and, in 2000, Toulon Rugby were relegated to the Pro D2 due to financial troubles. Although the club reached the final of the Pro D2 in their first season in the competition, it took them five years to finally gain promotion. Then, in their first season back in the top flight, they were relegated with only three wins.
But, a change of ownership then brought a change of philosophy and fortune for Toulon Rugby. Under the stewardship of Mourad Boudjellal, Toulon signed a number of international stars, such as Dan Luger, Jonny Wilkinson and former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga. The team was then promoted from the Pro D2 at the second attempt and they’ve never looked back.
Since their promotion to the Top 14 in 2007-08, the Toulon Rugby team have been highly successful in both French and European competitions. They’ve won the Top 14 once and finished as runners-up another four times. Plus, between 2013 and 2015, the team won the European Rugby Champions Cup on three consecutive occasions
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