Stade Rennais Rugby are a French women's rugby union team, based in Rennes. They compete in the Élite 2 competition, which is the second division of women's rugby in France.
The club has five other representative teams: The Elite Reserve team, the Sevens team (In Extenso SuperSevens), the Elite Under-18s (French sevens and XVs Championship) and two Touch Rugby teams.
History Birth of the club The club was founded on 25 August 1999 at the initiative of a triumvirate composed of Lionel Brouder, founding president, Philippe Morant and Yann Moison. The building of the club was initially based on the establishment of a rugby school located then in the Cleunay district, in the heart of the city of Rennes, near the Yves-Montand square.
In 2001–2002, the first team, undefeated in the regular season, qualified for the semi-finals of the French Second Division Championship and was promoted to Group B of the Elite First Division. In 2003–2004, the team finished second in Group B of the Elite First Division and lost in the final of the Armelle-Auclair Challenge Cup against Bruges Blanquefort. In 2005, the team reached the final of the Armelle-Auclair Challenge Cup again, but lost to Montpellier 14–11. They were nevertheless promoted to the Elite First Division.
The Top 8 In their first season in the first division, Stade Rennais reached the elite final, but lost in the final against the Catalans of Toulouges 3–8.
In 2010–2011, Stade Rennais finished second in the Top 10, the club's best regular season result, and won their playoff semi-final against Montpellier 20–13, after a run of three defeats at this stage against the same club. They then faced Perpignan (formerly USAT XV Toulouges) in the final. As in 2005–2006, the Rennes women were defeated by the Catalan side 11–15.
In 2025, the first team was relegated from the first to the second division.
Honours French Rugby Union Championship: Runner-up: 2006 and 2011
Elite 2 Armelle-Auclair: Finalist: 2004 and 2005
French Women's Elite Rugby Sevens Championship: Finalist (1): 2019 French Reserve Team Championship: Champion: 2015 and 2016
Finals results +List of finals played by Stade Rennais RugbyCompetitionDateChampionScoreRunner-upVenue2nd Division2004ESP Bruges BlanquefortStade Rennais2nd Division2005Montpellier RC14–11Stade Rennais1st Division2006USA Toulouges XV8–3Stade RennaisLa Roche-sur-Yon1st Division19 June 2011USAP Women's XV15–11Stade RennaisSaint-Médard-en-Jalles
International players
Coaches SeasonCoachAssistants1999–2008Yann Moison1999–2012Philippe Morant2009–2012Julien Marie2012–2013Charles Moulec2013–2014Guirec Le Guillou2014–2015Philippe LansadeVincent Herbst (Forwards)Sandrine Agricole (Backs)2015–2016Sandrine AgricoleKevin Courties (Forwards)2016–2017Vincent BrehonnetVincent Herbst (Forwards)Sandrine Agricole (Backs)2017–2018Vincent Herbst (Forwards)2018–2020Anne Berville (Forwards)2020–2021Anne Berville (Forwards)Céline Allainmat (Backs)2021–2022Anne BervilleCéline Allainmat (Backs)2022–2024Arnaud Le Berre (Backs)2024–2025Arnaud Le BerreHugo Mattes (Forwards)Vincent Brehonnet2025–PresentHugo MattesJulien Gomez (Forwards)Melissa Bettoni (Scrum)Vincent Brehonnet References