Lyon OU

Full name

Lyon Olympique Universitaire

Nickname(s)

Les Loups (The Wolves)

Founded

1896

Location

Lyon, France

Ground(s)

Matmut Stadium (Capacity: 11,805 (10,007 seated))

President

Yvan Patet

Coach(es)

Matthieu Lazerges
Raphaël Saint-André

League(s)

Top 14

2015–16

Rugby Pro D2, 1st (promoted)

1st kit

2nd kit

Official website

www.lourugby.fr

LOU Rugby against Stade Montois at the Vuillermet Stadium in Lyon, Pro D2 season 2004-2005

Lyon Olympique Universitaire or LOU is a French rugby union team that currently competes in the Top 14, the highest level of the country's professional league system, in the 2016–17 season after winning the 2015–16 title of the second-level Pro D2. The club has bounced between the top two levels in recent years, having also been promoted in 2011 and 2014 and relegated in 2012 and 2015.

They were founded in 1896 and play in red and black. They are based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and play at the Matmut Stadium in Lyon, having moved from the Stade Vuillermet in 2011.

History

Le LOU, as it is traditionally known, is one of the oldest sports clubs in France and among the first outside Paris to have set up a rugby section. The club’s original name was Racing Club, the result of a merger of the Racing Club de Vaise and the Rugby Club de Lyon. It was renamed Racing et Cercles Réunis in 1902 after several other clubs joined it, then a few months later Lyon Olympique. Finally, in 1910, it became Lyon Olympique Universitaire. The red and black were adopted in 1902.

The club developed several sections (it now has 13), one of the most successful being the rugby union section, which is now known as LOU Rugby. The rugby club took part in three successive French championship finals (1931–33), losing the first one to Toulon (3-6) but winning the next two against Narbonne (9-3 and 10-3). It then played in lower amateur leagues until it was promoted back to the second professional division (Pro D2). In 2006-07, it had the second biggest budget of the championship and its ambition was to rejoin the Top 14 in the next two years, under the leadership of their coach Christian Lanta, who formerly led Racing Club de France, Italian club Treviso and Agen. However, they would not succeed in their promotion quest until 2011. Since then, they have been a proverbial "yo-yo team", having been either relegated or promoted in all but one season.

Honours

Champion de France:
- Champions 1932, 1933
- Runners-up: 1931
Rugby Pro D2:
- Champions: 2011, 2014, 2016
Challenge Yves du Manoir:
- Champions: 1933
Fédérale 1:
- Champions: 2002
Deuxième Division:
- Champions: 1989, 1992

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Spectators
10 May 1931	RC Toulon	Lyon OU	6-3	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	10,000
5 May 1932	Lyon OU	RC Narbonne	9-3	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	13,000
7 May 1933	Lyon OU	RC Narbonne	10-3	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	15,000

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1932	SU Agen	round robin	Lyon OU
1933	Lyon OU	round robin	SU Agen

Current standings

2016–17 Top 14 Table

Club

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points For

Points Against

Points Diff.

Tries For

Tries Against

Try Bonus

Losing Bonus

Points

Clermont

378

286

+92

Montpellier

318

253

+65

La Rochelle

312

265

+47

Toulon

336

266

+90

Bordeaux

316

297

+19

Castres

335

259

+76

Toulouse

272

252

+20

Racing

291

285

Stade Français

338

313

+25

Brive

288

341

–53

Pau

296

342

–46

Lyon

263

298

–35

Bayonne

188

341

–153

Grenoble

297

430

–193

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Competition points earned in head-to-head matches

Points difference in head-to-head matches

Try differential in head-to-head matches

Points difference in all matches

Try differential in all matches

Points scored in all matches

Tries scored in all matches

Fewer matches forfeited

Classification in the previous Top 14 season

Green background (rows 1 and 2) receive semi-final play-off places and receive berths in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup.
Blue background (rows 3 to 6) receive quarter-final play-off places, and receive berths in the Champions Cup.
Yellow background (row 7) advances to a play-off for a chance to compete in the Champions Cup.
Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Red background (row 13 and 14) will be relegated to Rugby Pro D2. Final table

Current squad

2016-17 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Mickael Ivaldi	Hooker	France
Cameron Mapusua	Hooker	New Zealand
Ti’i Paulo	Hooker	Samoa
David Attoub	Prop	France
Albertus Buckle	Prop	South Africa
Stéphane Clément	Prop	France
Francisco Gomez Kodela	Prop	Argentina
Sami Mavinga	Prop	France
Alexandre Menini	Prop	France
Zaza Navrozashvili	Prop	Georgia
Josh Bekhuis	Lock	New Zealand
Julien Goux	Lock	France
Felix Lambey	Lock	France
Franco Mostert	Lock	South Africa
Christian Njewel	Lock	Cameroon
Maselino Paulino	Lock	Samoa
Thibaut Privat	Lock	France
Virgile Bruni	Flanker	France
Curtis Browning	Flanker	Australia
Carl Fearns	Flanker	England
Dean Fourie	Flanker	South Africa
Giorgi Javakhia	Flanker	Georgia
Julien Puricelli	Flanker	France
Julien Bonnaire	Number 8	France
Taiasina Tuifu'a	Number 8	Samoa

Player	Position	Union
Agustin Figuerola	Scrum-half	Argentina
Baptiste Couilloud	Scrum-half	France
Nicolas Durand	Scrum-half	France
Mike Harris	Fly-half	Australia
Frédéric Michalak	Fly-half	France
Jacques-Louis Potgieter	Fly-half	South Africa
Theo Belan	Centre	France
Paul Bonnefond	Centre	France
Hemani Paea	Centre	Tonga
Thibault Regard	Centre	France
Rudi Wulf	Centre	New Zealand
Toby Arnold	Wing	New Zealand
Henry Clunies-Ross	Wing	Australia
Nisle Huyard	Wing	France
Napolioni Nalaga	Wing	Fiji
Franck Romanet	Wing	France
Delon Armitage	Fullback	England
Romain Loursac	Fullback	France
Jerome Porical	Fullback	France

References

External links

(French) Lyon OU Official website
LOU Omnisports Sportsclub

Top 14

2016–17 Teams	Bayonne Bordeaux Brive Castres Clermont Grenoble La Rochelle Lyon Montpellier Pau Racing Stade Français Toulon Toulouse

Early years	1892 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19

Interbellum era	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39

World War II	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45

Post-war years	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–80	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–95	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

Professional era and Top 16	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

Top 14	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Trophy	Bouclier de Brennus

European Rugby Challenge Cup

Organised by European Professional Club Rugby
Formerly the European Challenge Cup, organised by European Rugby Cup

2016–17 teams

European Challenge Cup
(1996-2014)

Seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Pool Stages	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

European Shield	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05

European Rugby Challenge Cup
(2014-present)

Seasons	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Pool stages	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Qualification play-offs

Qualifying Competition

2014–15 2015–16

Rugby union in France

Governing body

Fédération Française de Rugby

National teams

Men's	France A 7s France amateur U-20 U-18

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Sevens Grand Prix Series

Professional clubs	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup National Rugby League (France) Top 14 Pro D2 Fédérale 1 Fédérale 2 Fédérale 3 Challenge Yves du Manoir

Lyon squad

Forwards	David Attoub Josh Bekhuis Julien Bonnaire Curtis Browning Virgile Bruni Albertus Buckle Stéphane Clément Carl Fearns Deon Fourie Francisco Gómez Kodela Mickaël Ivaldi Giorgi Javakhia Cameron Mapusua Sami Mavinga Alexandre Menini Zaza Navrozashvili Christian Njewel Maselno Paulino Ti’i Paulo Julien Puricelli Taïasina Tuifua Karena Wihongi

Backs	Delon Armitage Toby Arnold Robin Aulas Théo Belan Paul Bonnefond Henry Clunies-Ross Nicolas Durand Agustín Figuerola Mike Harris Romain Loursac Frédéric Michalak Napolioni Nalaga Hemani Paea Jérôme Porical Jacques-Louis Potgieter Thibaut Regard Franck Romanet Jone Tuva Rudi Wulf

Coaches	Matthieu Lazerges Raphaël Saint-André

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