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CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

Bourgoin-Jallieu
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Full name Club Sportif Bourgoin-Jallieu Rugby
Founded 1906; 111 years ago (1906)
Location Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
Ground(s) Stade Pierre Rajon (Capacity: 10,000)
President Gaston Maulin
Pierre Martinet (Honorary)
Coach(es) Éric Catinot
Captain(s) Julien Frier
League(s) Pro D2
2013–14 8th
Official website
www.csbj-rugby.fr

CS Bourgoin-Jallieu is a French rugby union club currently competing in the second level of the French league system (also known by its French initialism of LNR) in the Pro D2. The club have been runners-up in the French championship and the Challenge Yves du Manoir competitions, and have won the Challenge Cup.

Founded in 1906 as "Club Sportif Bergusien". They play at Stade Pierre Rajon (capacity 10,000). They are based in Bourgoin-Jallieu in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

The club was established in 1906 as "Club Sportif Bergusien". In 1997 the club had a very successful season; contesting the Challenge Yves du Manoir final, losing to Section Paloise 13 to 11, as well as making it to the final of the French championship, where they went down to Toulouse, 12 to 6 at Parc des Princes in Paris. Also that year they made it to the final of the Challenge Cup, where they defeated fellow French club Castres 18 to 9 in Béziers. They played in the 1997–98 Heineken Cup, winning two of their 6 pool fixtures, missing out on the finals.

The club had similar success in various competitions in the 1999 season, again contesting the Challenge Yves du Manoir, which they lost to Stade Français Paris 27 to 19, as well as contesting the European Shield final, which they also lost, to AS Montferrand 25 to 16 in Lyon. The club saw similar results in their 1999–2000 Heineken Cup season to that of the 1997-98 competition, winning two of their six pool fixtures, not moving into the finals.


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