Lézignan Sangliers

Lézignan Sangliers

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Club information
Full name	Football Club de Lézignan
Website	Official site
Colours	white with green and pink V
Founded	1903
Current details
Ground(s)	Stade du Moulin (10,000)
Chairman	Alain Fabre, Jacques Laguens, Christian Lapalu
Coach(s)	Aurélien Cologni
Competition	Elite One Championship
2014/15	3rd

Football Club de Lézignan (or Lézignan Sangliers as they are often referred) are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France. They play in the Elite One Championship and to date have achieved reasonable success, having won seven French Championship titles and six Lord Derby Cups.

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Lezignan players celebrating their victory in the finale of the 2008/2009 French Championship (May 2009).

The club was originally founded in 1903 and played rugby union in which it achieved some success in the competitions it competed. In 1939 the club switched codes and began playing rugby league after the success the code began having in the country in the early 1930s with the formation of the French championship in 1934. In the 2007-08 season the club, led by their French international player-coach James Wynne, won the French Championship for the first time in 30 years. They also reached the fourth round of the Challenge Cup.

2015/16 Squad

* As of 11 September 2015:

2015/16 Lezignan Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Valentin Ferret - FB, WG 2 Vincent Michau - WG, CE 3 Damien Cardace - CE, WG 4 Cyril Stacul - CE, WG, FB 5 Fabien Poggi - WG 6 Anthony Carrere - SO 7 Simon Grandjean - SH, LF 8 Yoan Tisseyre - PR, SR 9 Mathieu Liauzun - HK 10 Jamal Fakir - PR 11 Florent Rouanet - SR 12 Guy Williams - SR 13 Jordi Ligneres (c) - LF, SO		14 Jordan Boudebza - HK 15 Thibault Ancely - PR, SR 16 Maxime Da Costa - PR 17 Paul Ratier - SR 18 Florent Tost - WG, CE 19 Thomas Barrau - CE 20 Maxime Benausse - SO 21 Jordan Boudebza - HK 22 Patrick Amila - SR, CE 23 Tony Duggan - FB 24 Rachid Alhalou - CE 25 Benjamin Sarda - FB 26 Romain Mencarini - PR		27 Anthony Deleigne - CE 28 Anthony Ors - LF 29 Benjamin Tort - CE 30 Mathieu Griffi - PR 31 Marvin Merbah - HB				Head coach Aurelien Cologni Assistant coaches Jerome Sarda Tony Duggan Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Updated: 11 September 2015 Source(s): 2015/16 Squad

2015/16 transfers

Gains

Player	Signed from	Contract Length	Date
Romain Mencarini	St Esteve Catalans	1 Year	July 2014
Maxime Da Costa	St Esteve Catalans	1 Year	July 2015
Jordan Boudebza	St Esteve Catalans	1 Year	July 2015
Florent Rouanet	AS Carcassonne	2 Years	July 2015
Thomas Barrau	AS Carcassonne	1 Year	July 2015
Damien Cardace	Catalans Dragons	2 Years	July 2015
Guy Williams	Central Queensland Capras	2 Years	July 2015

Losses

Player	Signed for	Contract Length	Date
Pierre Nègre	St Esteve Catalans	1 Year	July 2015
Mathieu Griffi	St Esteve Catalans	2 Years	July 2015
Jarred Farlow	Wests Tigers	2 Years	July 2015
Tuki Jackson	Yanco Wamoon	1 Year	July 2015
Etienne Ferret	Toulouse Olympique	1 Year	July 2015
Dustin Cooper	Boston Thirteens	1 Year	July 2015
Andrew Bigat	Montpellier Red Devils	2 Years	July 2015

History

The club was founded in 1903 and initially played rugby union. In 1939 they changed sports, joining the French Rugby League. The nickname Sangliers means wild boar, and has long been associated with the club. They have won the French Championship on seven occasions, and the Lord Derby Cup on six occasions.

Honours

• French Championship: 7

1961, 1963, 1978, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

• Lord Derby Cup: 6

1960, 1966, 1970, 2010, 2011, 2015

External links

• Official site