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SU Agen
Full name	Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne
Founded	1900
Location	Agen, France
Ground	Stade Armandie
Capacity	14,000
President	Daniel Dubroca
Coach	Christian Lanta
League	Pro D2
2006-07 Top 14	13th
Home colours		Away colours
Official website
www.sua-rugby.com

Sporting Union Agen Lot et Garonne is a French rugby union club currently competing in the second level of the French league system, the Pro D2. They are based in Agen in Lot-et-Garonne. Following the 2006-2007 season of the Top 14, Agen was relegated to Pro D2.

They were founded in 1900. Their home stadium is called Stade Armandie (capacity 14,000). They wear blue and white in domestic competitions. For the season 2006-07 they wore orange for European cup matches.

Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 Finals results 3.1 Finals results 3.2 Challenge Yves du Manoir 3.3 Coupe de France 3.4 European Shield 4 Current squad 5 Famous players 6 External links

The club was established in 1900. They made their first championship final in the 1930 season, where they met US Quillan, and defeated them 4 points to nil in Bordeaux, and thus capturing their first championship title. The club experienced some success in the coming years in the Challenge Yves du Manoir competition as well; winnng it in the 1932 season and then becoming runners-up to Lyon OU in the 1933 season.

Agen would have another successful run in the 1940s, beginning with the 1943 season when they defeated Stade Bordelais 11 to 4 to win the Coupe de France. That season they also made it to the championship final; though they were defeated by Aviron Bayonnais 3 points to nil at Parc des Princes in Paris.

In 1945 they again won the title of the French championship, defeating FC Lourdes 7 points to 3 in the final in Paris. The championship was one of two titles that season, as Agen also won the Coupe de France, defeating AS Montferrand 14 to 13. Agen featured in one more championship that decade, losing to Toulouse 10 points to 3.

Agen were relatively quiet during the 1950s, though they again rose to prominence during the 1960s. In 1962 they again became of the champions of France after defeating AS Béziers 14 points to 11 in the season final. The following season they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating Brive 11 points to nil in the final. Agen became the French champions on two more occasions during the 1960s, defeating Brive in 1965 and then US Dax in 1966.

The club had another successful run during the 1970s, starting with an unsuccessful Challenge Yves du Manoir final, losing to [[RC Toulon 25 points to 22. They were unsuccessful again in 1975 in the Challenge Yves du Manoir, losing to Béziers 16 points to 12 in the final. However they would then meet Béziers in the championship final of the 1976 season, and defeat them 13 to 10 to win their first championship since 1966.

Agen went through period of success in the 1980s after winning the championship in 1982, defeating Aviron Bayonnais 18 points to 9 in the final. The following season they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir as well after defeating Toulon 29 points to 7. In 1984 they again contested the championship final, though they eventually lost it to Béziers. They unsuccessfully contested it again in 1986, losing to Toulouse 16 to 6. They were also runners-up in the 1987 Challenge Yves du Manoir, losing to Grenoble. However in 1988 they again won the championship, defeating Stadoceste Tarbais 9 to 3 in the final.

They contested the final again in the 1990 season, losing to the Racing Métro 92 Paris club 22 points to 12. In 1992 they won the Challenge Yves du Manoir, defeating RC Narbonne 23 to 18. In 1998 they played in their first European cup final, the European Challenge Cup, losing to fellow French team US Colomiers 43 to 5 in the final. On June 8, 2002 they lost to Biarritz Olympique in the championship final.

Their top try scorer for the past two years (2005-2006) has been Fijian winger Rupeni Caucaunibuca.

• French championship:
  • Champions: 1930, 1945, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1976, 1982, 1988
  • Runners-up: 1943, 1947, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2002
• Challenge Yves du Manoir:
  • Champions: 1932, 1963, 1983, 1992
  • Runners-up: 1933, 1970, 1975, 1987
• Coupe de France:
  • Champions: 1943, 1945
• European Challenge Cup:
  • Runners-up: 2000
• Challenge Armand Vaquerin:
  • Champions: 1999

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
18 May 1930	SU Agen	US Quillan	4-0 AP	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	28.000
21 March 1943	Aviron Bayonnais	SU Agen	3-0	Parc des Princes, Paris	28.000
7 April 1945	SU Agen	FC Lourdes	7-3	Parc des Princes, Paris	30.000
13 April 1947	Stade Toulousain	SU Agen	10-3	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse	25.000
27 May 1962	SU Agen	AS Béziers	14-11	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	37.705
23 May 1965	SU Agen	CA Brive	15-8	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	28.758
22 May 1966	SU Agen	US Dax	9-8	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	28.803
23 May 1976	SU Agen	AS Béziers	13-10 AP	Parc des Princes, Paris	40.300
29 May 1982	SU Agen	Aviron Bayonnais	18-9	Parc des Princes, Paris	41.165
26 May 1984	AS Béziers	SU Agen	21-21 AP	Parc des Princes, Paris	44.076
24 May 1986	Stade Toulousain	SU Agen	16-6	Parc des Princes, Paris	45.145
28 May 1988	SU Agen	Stadoceste Tarbais	9-3	Parc des Princes, Paris	48.000
26 May 1990	Racing Club de France	SU Agen	22-12 AP	Parc des Princes, Paris	45.069
8 June 2002	Biarritz Olympique	SU Agen	25-22 AP	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	78.457

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1932	SU Agen	round robin	Lyon OU
1933	Lyon OU	round robin	SU Agen
1963	SU Agen	11-0	CA Brive
1970	RC Toulon	25-22	SU Agen
1975	AS Béziers	16-12	SU Agen
1983	SU Agen	29-7	Toulon
1987	FC Grenoble	26-7	SU Agen
1992	SU Agen	23-18	RC Narbonne

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1943	SU Agen	11-4	Stade Bordelais
1945	SU Agen	14-13	AS Montferrand

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
1998	US Colomiers	SU Agen	43-5	Stade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse	12.500

Name	Nationality	Birth
Djalil Narjissi		18/01/1980
Ace Tiatia		18/06/1980
Laurent Cabarry		18/01/1985
Alessio Galasso		29/05/1974
Eusebio Guiñazu		15/01/1982
Kees Meeuws		26/07/1974
Cezar Popescu		29/12/1976
Pieter Van Niekerk		22/01/1978
Adri Badenhorst		18/07/78
Kiril Koulemine		13/10/1980
Thibault Lassalle		22/08/1987
Andreï Ostreikov		02/07/1987
Sorin Socol		30/11/1977
Willem Stoltz		02/03/1975
Fabrice Culine		29/06/1983
Mathieu Lièvremont		06/11/1975
Lucas Ostiglia		03/05/1976
Pierre Som		14/10/1981
Thomas Soucaze		06/06/1982
Colin Yukes		23/10/1979
Mathieu Barrau		03/09/1977
Max Carabignac		10/02/1987
Joël Delabardonnie		28/06/1986
Billy Fulton		22/04/1977
Nicolas Morlaes		03/10/1978
François Gelez		15/01/1979
Jérôme Miquel		30/07/1974
Manu Ahotaeiloa		12/01/1986
Arnaud Mignardi		01/11/1986
Sylvain Mirande		30/06/1984
Conrad Stoltz		14/09/1974
Rupeni Caucaunibuca		05/06/1980
Jack Durling		12/07/1987
Romain Edmond-Samuel		22/05/1986
Opéti Fonua		19/08/1980
Luc Lafforgue		18/02/1974
Dave Vainqueur		15/02/1981
Pépito Elhorga		06/01/1978
Morrisson Faaletino		02/07/1985

• Guy Basquet
• Abdelatif Benazzi
• Philippe Benetton
• Pierre Berbizier
• Philippe Berot
• Rupeni Caucaunibuca ( Fiji)
• Jean-Jacques Crenca
• Marc Del Maso
• Daniel Dubroca
• Philippe Sella

• Byron Kelleher ( New Zealand) will join Agen after the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

• SU Agen Lot et Garonne - Official site (French)
• SU-Agen - Unofficial site (French)

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