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.
Georgian international Nika Abuladze is close to signing a deal with Top14 side Montpellier, moving from the Exeter Chiefs to Bernard Laporte’s setup just one year after joining the Gallagher Premiership side, as reported by French media.
It was last year when the 30-year-old had an impending three-year contract with Clermont ripped up following a court conviction for hitting his wife in public, a judicial decision that also resulted in his omission by France from their Rugby World Cup training squad.
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.
Adam Mountaga Bouare Loose Head Prop Adrien Sonzogni Hooker Alexandre Becognee Blindside Flanker 
Brandon Paenga-Amosa Hooker Cantin Foguet Loose Head Prop 
Christopher Tolofua Hooker Clement Doumenc Blindside Flanker 
D'arcy Rae Prop 
Elliott Stooke Lock 
Enzo Forletta Prop 
Florian Verhaeghe Lock 
Gregory Fichten Prop 
Harry Williams Prop 
Henry Thomas Prop Jules Veyrier Loose Head Prop 
Karl Tu'inukuafe Prop Lenni Nouchi Blindside Flanker Luca Tabarot Loose Head Prop 
Lyam Akrab Hooker Mael Perrin Lock 4 
Marco Tauleigne Number 8 Masivesi Dakuwaqa Blindside Flanker 
Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg Lock 4 
Paul Willemse Lock 
Sam Simmonds Number 8 
Silatolu Latu Hooker 
Titi Lamositele Prop 
Yacouba Camara Flanker 7 
Alexandre de Nardi Fullback 
Anthony Bouthier 
Arthur Vincent Centre 
Aubin Eymeri Fullback 
Auguste Cadot Inside Centre Aurelien Barreau Fly Half Axel Malaret Fullback 
Baptiste Erdocio Fullback 
Bastien Chalureau 
Ben Lam Wing 
Benoit Paillaugue Scrum half 
Charles Moss Fullback 
Cobus Reinach Scrum Half Gabin Rocher Right Wing 
Gabriel Ngandebe Wing 
Geoffrey Doumayrou Centre 
George Bridge Wing Giovanni Sante Fly Half Jack Kellner Fullback 
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Jules Ducros Inside Centre 
Julien Burguillos Right Wing 
Julien Tisseron Fullback Karl Martin Inside Centre 
Lasha Macharashvili Fullback Leo Coly Scrum Half 
Louis Carbonel Fullback Louis Foursans-Bourdette Fly Half 
Luka Japaridze 
Martin Doan Fullback 
Mogamad Ridhau Bey Right Wing 
Paolo Garbisi Fly half 
Pierre Lucas Wing Romain Delemarle Left Wing 
Thomas Darmon Fly half Titoan Rouvelet Inside Centre 
Tom Petit Fullback 
Tyler Duguid Fullback 
Valentin Welsch Fullback 
Vano Karkadze 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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