Bayonne Ospreys and Edinburgh book places in Challenge Cup last eight
Ospreys roared into the quarter-finals of the European Challenge Cup with a gritty 23-15 victory over Sale Sharks.
Aviron Bayonnais (more commonly known by rugby fans as Bayonne) are the pride of the French Basque community.
The club was founded in 1904 and was immediately successful. It took under a decade for the Bayonne Rugby team to appear in the final of the French Championship. They won the national domestic championship for the first time in 1913 and they won the final edition of the Coupe de l'Espérance in 1919.
On this page, you’ll find all the latest news about the Bayonne Rugby team. You’ll also find the team’s most recent results and all of their upcoming fixtures.
Edinburgh have been forced into a very late change of venue due to 'storm forces' winds that are due to hit the Scottish capital today.
Aviron Bayonnais (more commonly known by rugby fans as Bayonne) are the pride of the French Basque community.
The club was founded in 1904 and was immediately successful. It took under a decade for the Bayonne Rugby team to appear in the final of the French Championship. They won the national domestic championship for the first time in 1913 and they won the final edition of the Coupe de l'Espérance in 1919.
On this page, you’ll find all the latest news about the Bayonne Rugby team. You’ll also find the team’s most recent results and all of their upcoming fixtures.
The post-war years have been unkind to the Bayonne Rugby team and successes have been limited. In fact, since the end of the Second World War, they’ve only appeared in the French Championship final once. This was in 1982 and the side unfortunately lost to SU Agen. However, the team did win the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1980.
Now, in the professional era of rugby, the Bayonne Rugby team regularly bounce between the Top 14 (France’s top rugby division) and the Pro D2 (France’s second tier). After winning both the Pro D2 division and the Euro Basque Rugby Challenge in 2019, the Bayonne Rugby team are playing in the Top 14.
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