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<blockquote data-quote="DonBilly" data-source="post: 31871"><p>Well the Stade Français is one of the oldest Rugby club in France, I think only the HFC (Havre Football Club) and the RCF (Racing Club de France) are older by one or two years.</p><p></p><p>So the Stade Français has won 12 times the Brennus shield, it has known two golden ages, the first one was at the turn of the twentieth century the second is now at the turn of the 21th Century. In 1931 the Stade Français played a final of the French Championship and lost it against the Stade Toulosain.</p><p></p><p>After WWII they faded and remain the seconf and third division. The renaissance started with the merging with the CABG club (another oldy) and when Max Guazzini the current president started to invest money in it. Players like Pieter de Villiers, Christophe Dominici or Auradou are in this club since the start of this second golden age wich started ten years ago.</p><p></p><p>The rivalry with the Stade Toulousain is recent and has started in 1998. In the context of the professionalism this is quite old.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise there are other rivalries which are much older such as between the Biarritz Olympique and l'Aviron Bayonnais the two clubs of the Basque Country. Another rivalry is between Agen and Toulouse, for the informal Garonne trophy (these two cities are crossed by this river).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DonBilly, post: 31871"] Well the Stade Français is one of the oldest Rugby club in France, I think only the HFC (Havre Football Club) and the RCF (Racing Club de France) are older by one or two years. So the Stade Français has won 12 times the Brennus shield, it has known two golden ages, the first one was at the turn of the twentieth century the second is now at the turn of the 21th Century. In 1931 the Stade Français played a final of the French Championship and lost it against the Stade Toulosain. After WWII they faded and remain the seconf and third division. The renaissance started with the merging with the CABG club (another oldy) and when Max Guazzini the current president started to invest money in it. Players like Pieter de Villiers, Christophe Dominici or Auradou are in this club since the start of this second golden age wich started ten years ago. The rivalry with the Stade Toulousain is recent and has started in 1998. In the context of the professionalism this is quite old. Otherwise there are other rivalries which are much older such as between the Biarritz Olympique and l'Aviron Bayonnais the two clubs of the Basque Country. Another rivalry is between Agen and Toulouse, for the informal Garonne trophy (these two cities are crossed by this river). [/QUOTE]
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