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US Dax
Full name	Union Sportive Dax Rugby Landes
Founded	1904; 121 years ago
Location	Dax, France
Ground(s)	Stade Maurice Boyau (Capacity: 7,262)
President	Philippe Jacquemain
Coach(es)	ean-Frédéric Dubois; Hervé Durquety; Marc Dal Maso
League(s)	Pro D2
2023–24	5th
Team kit	2nd kit
Official website
	usdax.fr/rugby/

Union Sportive Dax Rugby Landes, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.

They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 16,170). They wear red and white. They are based in Dax in the Landes département of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Honours

French championship Top 14
- Runners-up (5): 1956, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1973
Challenge Yves du Manoir
- Champions (5): 1957, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1982
- Runners-up (2): 1968, 1988

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Spectators
3 June 1956	FC Lourdes	20-0	US Dax	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	38,426
28 May 1961	AS Béziers	6-3	US Dax	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	35,000
2 June 1963	Stade Montois	9-6	US Dax	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	39,000
22 May 1966	SU Agen	9-8	US Dax	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	28,803
20 May 1973	Stadoceste Tarbais	18-12	US Dax	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	26,952

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up
1957	US Dax	6-6	AS Montferrand
1959	US Dax	12-8	Section Paloise
1968	RC Narbonne	14-6	US Dax
1969	US Dax	24-12	FC Grenoble
1971	US Dax	18-8	Stade Toulousain
1982	US Dax	22-19	RC Narbonne
1988	Stade Toulousain	15-13	US Dax

Current standings

2024–25 Pro D2 Table
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Provence	10	6	1	3	245	192	+53	3	2	31	Semi-final promotion playoff place
2	Grenoble	10	7	0	3	263	229	+34	2	1	31	Semi-final promotion playoff place
3	Montauban	10	7	0	3	274	251	+23	1	2	31	Quarter-final promotion playoff place
4	Brive	10	6	0	4	265	217	+48	3	2	29
5	Biarritz	10	6	0	4	249	234	+15	2	1	27
6	Béziers	10	5	0	5	252	191	+61	2	5	27
7	Soyaux Angoulême	10	5	2	3	225	215	+10	1	1	26
8	Colomiers	10	5	1	4	212	235	−23	0	2	24
9	Agen	10	4	0	6	230	232	−2	0	5	21
10	Mont-de-Marsan	10	4	0	6	264	247	+17	2	3	21
11	Dax	10	5	0	5	192	219	−27	0	1	21
12	Nevers	10	4	0	6	194	243	−49	1	2	19
13	Oyonnax	10	4	0	6	201	217	−16	1	1	18
14	Aurillac	10	4	0	6	231	282	−51	0	1	17
15	Nice	10	3	0	7	193	267	−74	0	4	16	Relegation play-off
16	Valence Romans	10	3	0	7	255	274	−19	0	3	15	Relegation to Nationale

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2024. Source: [1]

Current squad

The squad for the 2023–24 season is:^[1]^[2]

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

Player	Position	Union
Louis Barrere	Hooker	France
Maxime Delonca	Hooker	France
Iban Hiriart-Uruuty	Hooker	France
Elvis Levi	Hooker	Samoa
Faitotoa Asa	Prop	New Zealand
Thibaud Drean	Prop	France
Diogo Hasse Ferreira	Prop	Portugal
Nephi Leatigaga	Prop	Samoa
David Lolohea	Prop	Tonga
Matthieu Loudet	Prop	France
Louis Mary	Prop	France
Matthieu Bidan	Lock	France
Joshua Furno	Lock	Italy
Etienne Loiret	Lock	France
Ratu Nacika	Lock	Fiji
Gysbert du Preez	Lock	South Africa
Jean-Baptiste Singer	Lock	France
Arnaud Aletti	Back row	France
Paul Arnaud Ausset	Back row	France
Jean-Baptiste Barrère	Back row	France
Jean Despiau	Back row	France
Brice Ferrer	Back row	France
Genesis Mamea Lemalu	Back row	Samoa
Théo Trémeau	Back row	France
Sam Wasley	Back row	New Zealand

Player	Position	Union
Simon Garrouteigt	Scrum-half	France
Paul Ravier	Scrum-half	France
Sylvère Réteau	Scrum-half	France
Hugo Cerisier	Fly-half	France
Romuald Séguy	Fly-half	France
Ilikena Bolakoro	Centre	Fiji
Théo Dachary	Centre	France
Bastien Daguerre	Centre	France
Alex McHenry	Centre	Ireland
Benjamin Puntous	Centre	France
Guillaume Bouche	Wing	France
Jope Naseara	Wing	Fiji
Maxime Oltmann	Wing	Germany
Alexandre Pilati	Wing	Ivory Coast
Théo Duprat	Fullback	France
Théo Gatelier	Fullback	France

Espoirs squad