Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby or Rugby Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006–07 season, but earned promotion from Fédérale 1 at the first opportunity in 2007-08, and survived a relegation scare in 2008–09, finishing 14th, in the last safe position. The club was relegated from Pro D2 in the 2010–11 season. The club, based in Colomiers in the Haute-Garonne département of Occitania, was founded in 1915 and plays at the Stade Michel Bendichou (capacity 11,000). The players wear blue and white. Colomiers have been runners-up in the French championship and Heineken Cup, as well as winners of the European Challenge Cup.
US Colomiers were established in 1915. Colomiers had various European success in the late 1990s. In 1998 they won the European Challenge Cup, the competition below the Heineken Cup, defeating fellow French club SU Agen in the final. The following season they competed in the Heineken Cup. They made it all the way to the final, which took place at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. The capacity crowd saw Irish side Ulster win 21 points to 6.
Colomiers also competed in the 1999–00 and 2000–01 Heineken Cups, but did not make the finals stages of the tournament. The club made its first domestic championship final when they met Stade Français in 2000. The Paris club won the game 28 points to 23 at Stade de France. In 2005 they were crowned Fédérale 1 champions and were promoted back up to Pro D2, but went back down to Fédérale 1 after two seasons in the second flight. They again claimed the Fédérale 1 title in 2008 to return to Pro D2.
Honours European Rugby Champions Cup (formerly known as Heineken Cup) Runners-up (1): 1999 European Rugby Challenge Cup Champions (1): 1998 French championship Top 14 Runners-up (1): 2000 Fédérale 1 Champions: 2005, 2008, 2009
Finals results
French championship Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Spectators15 July 2000Stade Français 28-23US ColomiersStade de France, Saint-Denis78,000
Heineken Cup / European Rugby Champions Cup Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Spectators30 January 1999 Ulster 21-6 US ColomiersLansdowne Road, Dublin49,000
European Rugby Challenge Cup Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Spectators1 February 1998 US Colomiers43-5 SU AgenStade des Sept Deniers, Toulouse12,500
Current standings
Current squad
The 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
Jean-Luc Sadourny / 1984-2003 Fabien Galthié / 1985-2001 Yannick Bru / 1997-1998 David Skrela / 1997-2003 and 2013-2016 Patrick Tabacco / 1997-2000 Marc Dal Maso / 1998-2000 Yannick Jauzion / 1999-2002 Francis Ntamack / 1999-2004 and 2006-2007 Julien Arias / 2001-2004 Hugues Miorin / 2002-2003 Yannick Forestier / 2003-2004 Thierry Dusautoir / 2003-2004 Jean-Philippe Grandclaude / 2003-2004 Patricio Albacete / 2003-2004 Benjamin Thiéry / 2003-2004 Jonathan Wisniewski / 2007 François Tardieu / 2017-2018
Coaches Jean-Luc Sadourny Bernard de Giusti
See also List of rugby union clubs in France Rugby union in France
References
External links Union Sportive Colomiers Rugby Official website The Fourth Heineken Cup Final