Rugby Club Vannes

RC Vannes
Full name	Rugby Club Vannes
Nickname(s)	RCV
Founded	1950; 74 years ago
Location	Vannes, France
Ground(s)	Stade de la Rabine (Capacity: 11,303)
Chairman	Olivier Cloarec
Coach(es)	Jean-Noël Spitzer
Captain(s)	Clément Payen
League(s)	Top 14
2023–24	Pro D2, 2nd (promoted)

RC Vannes (French: Rugby Club Vannes, Rugbi Klub Gwened) is a French rugby union club based in Vannes currently competing in Pro D2. Founded in 1950, they play in the Stade de la Rabine and traditionally wear blue and white jerseys.

The team usually competed in the third tier of French rugby, Fédérale 1. During the 2015–16 season, they beat RC Massy during the Fédérale 1 promotion semi-finals automatically accessing to the 2016–17 Pro D2, an historical reach for a Breton rugby team.^[1]^[2]^[3] Vannes beat FC Grenoble Rugby in the 2024 Pro D2 playoffs to win promotion to the Top 14 for the first time.^[4]

Honours

Pro D2
- Champions (1): 2024

Current standings

2024–25 Top 14 Table
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Toulouse	2	2	0	78	45	+33	9	5	1	0	9	Playoffs and Qualification for 2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup
2	Lyon	2	2	0	54	48	+6	5	8	0	0	8
3	Clermont	2	1	1	59	40	+19	7	5	1	0	5
4	Racing 92	2	1	1	61	51	+10	8	5	0	1	5
5	Castres	2	1	1	59	58	+1	6	7	0	1	5
6	Toulon	2	1	1	45	47	−2	5	8	0	1	5
7	Bordeaux Bègles	2	1	1	72	54	+18	9	7	0	1	5	Qualification for 2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup
8	Montpellier	2	1	1	48	33	+15	5	3	0	1	5	Qualification for 2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup
9	Pau	2	1	1	58	68	−10	8	9	1	0	5	Qualification for 2025–26 European Rugby Challenge Cup
10	La Rochelle	2	1	1	46	50	−4	6	6	0	0	4
11	Stade Français	2	1	1	60	77	−17	9	11	0	0	4
12	Bayonne	2	1	1	50	70	−20	6	8	0	0	4
13	Perpignan	2	0	2	26	47	−21	2	4	0	1	1	Qualification for Relegation play-off
14	Vannes	2	0	2	49	77	−28	7	10	0	1	1	Relegation to Pro D2

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2024. Source: Top 14

Current squad

The Vannes squad for the 2023–24 season is:^[5]^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Théo Béziat	Hooker	France
Cyril Blanchard	Hooker	France
Pat Leafa	Hooker	New Zealand
Charlesty Berguet	Prop	Belgium
Ximun Bessonart	Prop	France
Andy Bordelai	Prop	France
Simon Borgeois	Prop	France
Jérémy Boyadjis	Prop	France
Phil Kite	Prop	Tonga
Thomas Moukoro	Prop	France
Paga Tafili	Prop	France
Hamish Bain	Lock	Scotland
Anton Bresler	Lock	Namibia
Eric Marks	Lock	Germany
Darren O'Shea	Lock	Ireland
Juan Bautista Pedemonte	Back row	Argentina
Grégoire Bazin	Back row	France
Karl Chateau	Back row	France
Jean-Maurice Decubber	Back row	France
Joe Edwards	Back row	New Zealand
Francisco Gorrissen	Back row	Argentina
Sione Kalamafoni	Back row	Tonga

Player	Position	Union
Alexandre Gouaux	Scrum-half	France
Jules Le Bail	Scrum-half	France
Michael Ruru	Scrum-half	New Zealand
Thibault Debaes	Fly-half	France
Maxime Lafage	Fly-half	France
Massimo Ortolan	Fly-half	France
Alex Arraté	Centre	France
Théo Costosséque	Centre	France
Youenn Floch	Centre	France
Arthur Proult	Centre	France
Sacha Valleau	Centre	France
Andrés Vilaseca	Centre	Uruguay
Martín Alonso	Wing	Spain
Théo Bastardie	Wing	France
Romaric Camou	Wing	France
Paul Surano	Wing	France
Gwenaël Duplenne	Fullback	France

Espoirs squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Jules Futin	Hooker	France
Louis-Marie Suta	Hooker	France
Abel Charrier	Prop	France
Alovisio Kolivai	Prop	France
Mattéo Desjeux	Lock	France
Maurice Fromont	Lock	Belgium
Timothé Mézou	Lock	France
Matthieu Uhila	Lock	France
Léon Boulier	Back row	France
Rudi Brown	Back row	Scotland
Simon Cowley	Back row	South Africa
Evredi Iposo	Back row	Congo

Player	Position	Union
Arthur Pissot	Scrum-half	France
Tim Tissandier	Scrum-half	France
Romain Valentin	Scrum-half	France
Jean Cotarmanac'h	Fly-half	France
Robin Taccola	Centre	France
Enzo Benmegal	Wing	France
Arthur Onesime	Wing	France