CA Brive
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Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive ( ) or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department. Brive is a historical member of French rugby union, being one of the clubs that spent the most seasons in the top French domestic competition. "Les Coujous" also won the Heineken Cup in 1997, defeating Leicester Tigers in the final in a 28–9 win. Many great players, both French and foreign, played for the club currently headed by Simon Gillham, and the youth academy has a good reputation. Brive players who also went on to play for France include: Amédée Domenech, nicknamed "Le Duc" ("The Duke") who played there in the 1950s and 60s, and gave his name to the stadium after his death in 2003; prolific flanker Olivier Magne, fly-halves Christophe Lamaison and Alain Penaud, number-eight Jean-Luc Joinel and hooker Michel Yachvili, the father of Dimitri Yachvili, also wore the black and white jersey. Their home ground is the 14,759-capacity Stade Amédée-Domenech and the club colours are black and white.
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive ( ) or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department. Brive is a historical member of French rugby union, being one of the clubs that spent the most seasons in the top French domestic competition. "Les Coujous" also won the Heineken Cup in 1997, defeating Leicester Tigers in the final in a 28–9 win. Many great players, both French and foreign, played for the club currently headed by Simon Gillham, and the youth academy has a good reputation. Brive players who also went on to play for France include: Amédée Domenech, nicknamed "Le Duc" ("The Duke") who played there in the 1950s and 60s, and gave his name to the stadium after his death in 2003; prolific flanker Olivier Magne, fly-halves Christophe Lamaison and Alain Penaud, number-eight Jean-Luc Joinel and hooker Michel Yachvili, the father of Dimitri Yachvili, also wore the black and white jersey. Their home ground is the 14,759-capacity Stade Amédée-Domenech and the club colours are black and white.
Honours
Heineken Cup / European Rugby Champions Cup Champions (1): 1997 Runners-up (1): 1998 French championship Top 14 Runners-up (4): 1965, 1972, 1975, 1996 Pro D2 Champions (1): 1957 Runners-up (2): 2013, 2019 Promotion play-offs Final/Top 14 Access Match Champions (2): 2012–13, 2018–19 Challenge Yves du Manoir Champions (1): 1996 Runners-up (2): 1963, 1974 French Cup Runners-up (1): 2000
Finals results
Heineken Cup / European Rugby Champions Cup
French championship
Challenge Yves du Manoir
French Cup
Current standings
Current squad
The Brive squad for the 2025–26 season is: Props Hookers Locks || Back row Scrum-halves Fly-halves || Centres Wings Fullbacks Props Hookers Locks || Back row Scrum-halves Fly-halves || Centres Wings Fullbacks
Notable former players
The following are players who have represented their country, players who have won a title with the club, players who have played a sufficient number of games to go down in the club history or players who came from the academy and have made a significant career in another team: ]] ]] ]] ]] Horacio Agulla Lisandro Arbizu Christian Martin Agustin Figuerola Pablo Henn Alex Moreno Eduardo Simone Tim Donnelly Peter FitzSimons Mark Giacheri Poutasi Luafutu Alfie Mafi Chris Tuatara-Morrison John Welborn Scott Franklin John Tait Phil Christophers Ben Cohen Riki Flutey Shane Geraghty Andy Goode Ben Johnston Jamie Noon Shaun Perry Steve Thompson Christian Short Filimone Bolavucu Kitione Kamikamica Sisa Koyamaibole Norman Ligairi Tabai Matson Benito Masilevu Peniami Narisia Dominiko Waqaniburotu Demba Bamba Roger Bastié Mathieu Bélie Nicolas Bézy Alexandre Bias Pascal Bomati Sébastien Bonetti Terry Bouhraoua Russlan Boukerou Jacques Boussuge Hugues Briatte Julien Brugnaut Romain Cabannes Benoît Cabello Julien Caminati Pierre Capdevielle Georges Carabignac Philippe Carbonneau Alain Carminati Sébastien Carrat Florian Cazenave Pierre Chadebech Damien Chouly Antonie Claassen Valentin Courrent Benjamin Dambielle Thierry Devergie Amédée Domenech Yves Donguy Thibault Dubarry Fabrice Estebanez Roger Fite Mickaël Forest Gaëtan Germain Jérôme Guisset Dominique Harize Cédric Heymans Teddy Iribaren Nicolas Jeanjean Jean-Luc Joinel Virgile Lacombe Damien Lagrange Julien Laharrague Christophe Lamaison Benjamin Lapeyre Julien Le Devedec Olivier Magne Arnaud Mela Arnaud Mignardi Rodolphe Modin Vincent Moscato Alexis Palisson Élie Pebeyre Michel Pebeyre Alexandre Péclier Alain Penaud Maxime Petitjean Lucas Pointud Jefferson Poirot Fabien Sanconnie Thomas Sanchou Patrick Sébastien Atila Septar Farid Sid Scott Spedding Laurent Travers Sébastien Vahaamahina Ludovic Valbon Loïc Van Der Linden David Venditti Elvis Vermeulen Sébastien Viars Pierre Villepreux Dimitri Yachvili Michel Yachvili Tedo Abzhandadze Karlen Asieshvili Soso Bekoshvili Otar Giorgadze Giorgi Jgenti Vasil Kakovin David Khinchagishvili Mamuka Magrakvelidze Irakli Natriashvili Anton Peikrishvili Goderdzi Shvelidze Valerio Bernabò Luciano Orquera Damian Browne Tjiuee Uanivi Brad Mika Tamato Leupolu Viliame Waqaseduadua Grzegorz Kacala Petru Bălan Alexandru Manta Sorin Socol Petrișor Toderașc Pat Barnard Kevin Buys So'otala Fa'aso'o Terry Fanolua Na'ama Leleimalefaga Simon Lemalu Mike Blair Tom Smith Gregor Townsend Alex Dunbar Suka Hufanga Kevin Dalzell Barry Davies Liam Davies Kieran Murphy Alix Popham
See also
List of rugby union clubs in France Rugby union in France
References
External links
CA Brive Official website Unofficial fan's site CA Brive profile on Rugby15
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