Provence

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1970 (56 years old)

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Aix-en-Provence

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		Upcoming
16 Oct 26	Nissa RugNissa Rugby	5:30pm	ProvenceProvence
23 Oct 26	ProvenceProvence	7:00pm	BéziersBéziers
29 Oct 26	US DaxUS Dax	8:00pm	ProvenceProvence
06 Nov 26	ProvenceProvence	8:05pm	Oyonnax ROyonnax Rugby
21 Nov 26	FC GrenobFC Grenoble	6:30pm	ProvenceProvence

		Results
09 Oct 26	Soyaux AnSoyaux Angoulême XV Charente	26 - 28	ProvenceProvence
25 Sep 26	ProvenceProvence	24 - 20	AurillacAurillac
18 Sep 26	Valence RValence Romans Drôme Rugby	23 - 27	ProvenceProvence
11 Sep 26	ProvenceProvence	47 - 42	NarbonneNarbonne
03 Sep 26	ColomiersColomiers	13 - 18	ProvenceProvence

Description

Provence Rugby (Occitan: Provença Rugbi) is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier of France's league system. They were promoted back to the second level for the 2018–19 season after 2 seasons in Fédérale 1.

Based in Aix-en-Provence in the Bouches-du-Rhône just north of Marseille, the club was founded in 1970. They currently play at Stade Maurice David and wear black. The club was known as Aix Rugby Club from 1970 to 2001, and Pays d'Aix Rugby Club (PARC) from 2001 to 2015.

At the end of 2004/5 they were promoted to Pro D2 but were relegated back to Fédérale 1 at the end of the season. They would return to Pro D2 as runners-up to Lannemezan in 2009. In the 2009–10 season, they finished next-to-last on the league table, in a relegation spot. However, they were reprieved when Top 14 club Montauban filed for bankruptcy and were relegated directly to Fédérale 1. They would suffer the drop after the 2012-13 season, not returning until 2015–16.

By that time, they had changed their name to the current Provence Rugby, officially announcing the name change on 22 June 2015.

Provence finished last in the 2015–16 Pro D2 season. Initially, they were spared relegation when four clubs were relegated to Fédérale 1 due to financial mismanagement, but three of these eventually won appeals and remained in Pro D2, consigning Provence to the drop.