Rugby Club Toulonnais (French pronunciation:[ʁyɡbiklœbtulɔnɛ]), also referred to as Rugby Club Toulon or simply Toulon, is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon and competing in the Top 14. Located on the French Riviera, in the Provence region, the club plays its home games at the 17,500-capacity Stade Mayol.
Founded in 1908, Toulon is one of the most important and widely supported rugby clubs in France. Domestically, the club has won a total of four league titles, two Pro D2 titles and two Challenge Yves du Manoir. In international competitions, Toulon is the only one to have won the Heineken Cup/European Rugby Champions Cup three times in a row, and succeeded in winning the league/European cup double in 2014 too. Toulon has also won the EPCR Challenge Cup in 2023 after reaching the final on four occasions. The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European rugby in the 2010s when Jonny Wilkinson, Mathieu Bastareaud, Bakkies Botha, Matt Giteau and other rugby stars played at Mayol under Bernard Laporte's management.
A club renowned for its fans fervour and its stadium atmosphere, Toulon has rivalries with Toulouse and Clermont and has traditionally worn a red and black home kit since its inception. The club's crest features a sprig of lily of the valley, symbol of the club's benefactor and Belle Époque singer Félix Mayol who used to wear one on his jacket. A few times per season, important matches against major teams are played at the 67,394-capacity Stade Vélodrome located in Marseille 50 kilometres (31 mi) away.
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vendors throughout Toulon. The most successful of the city's clubs are the rugby union team RCToulon and the women's handball team Toulon St-Cyr Var Handball...
in highschool and university, Daniel Herrero was named as headcoach of RCToulon in 1983. He transformed the RCT, go 7 years invincible at home and to...
Pujolle was a loosehead prop and spent the majority of his career with RCToulon, winning a French Championship in 1986–87, but won his France caps while...
reported that Henson had met RC Toulonnais head coach Philippe Saint-André and club owner Mourad Boudjellal, for lunch in Toulon. The club, with their two...
(19–6) with a notably exceptional display during the semi-final against RCToulon in Saint-Etienne. In 2012 they reached the semi-final of the Heineken...
multi-purpose stadium in Toulon, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of RC Toulonnais. The stadium is...
December 2011. "Wilkinson agrees to join RC Toulonnais". BBC Sport. London. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009. "Toulon claim Heineken Cup glory". ESPN. 18...
Leinster, only two enjoy a winning record. La Rochelle lead Leinster 3–1 and RCToulon have a commanding 4–0 head-to-head lead. These are the only European clubs...
competition and the Bulls Super Rugby team. Botha was also a member of the Toulon squad which won the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Heineken Cup/European Rugby Champions...
Red Hurricanes in the Japanese Top League. In December 2018, Top 14 side Toulon announced Etzebeth would join them after the 2019 Rugby World Cup. In January...
codes from rugby league to rugby union when he transferred to French club Toulon in 2017, before moving to Bordeaux Bègles in 2018. He made his international...
opened on 19 November 2011, with a European Challenge Cup game against RCToulon. It was built in just three months after the club's promotion from the...
played for the New South Wales Waratahs. Since 2013 he has played for RCToulon. He made his debut for Australia in 2005 and is Australia's highest try...
in South Africa, for the Bulls and the Stormers in Super Rugby, and for Toulon in the French Top 14, and won 124 caps for the South Africa national team...
made his Toulon debut on 21 November against Brive, coming off the bench and scoring a penalty in Toulon's 19–10 win. Contepomi left RCToulon to take...
(making the second-highest number of appearances for the club at 338), RCToulon and finished his career at Southend RUFC. At an International level he...
join Toulon until mid-November, as he was still under contract with the Australian Rugby Union through the World Cup. In May 2013 he started as Toulon won...
He first moved to rugby union in 2010 and played mainly as a centre for Toulon in France, Canterbury, Counties Manukau, the Crusaders, Chiefs and Blues...
before taking up the position of coach at Toulon. During his first season coaching in 2008–09 season Toulon was a poor performer in the first half of...
one of the best players in the world. He previously played for Toulouse, Toulon, Stormers, and Western Province. He has won the World Cup, Rugby Championship...
Scotland at rover. In July 2013, he was signed by French Top 14 club RC Toulonnais (Toulon). He made his debut against Racing Métro 92 in August, and scored...
season, though they lost to RC Narbonne 17 to 3. They did however claim their first championship since 1947, defeating RCToulon in the 1985 final. The following...
level, he played for the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise in New Zealand, Toulon and Narbonne in the Rugby Pro D2, Ospreys in Wales, and Yamaha Júbilo in...
'unveiled' to the media as a member of the RCToulon roster for the 2015–16 season. Cooper apologised to the Toulon fanbase for "extended negotiations" allowing...
African domestic rugby, the Cheetahs, Stormers and Bulls in Super Rugby and Toulon in the Top 14. He was an instrumental part of South Africa winning the 2019...
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