Stade Niçois
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| Full name | Stade Niçois RFC |
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| Union | French Rugby Federation |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Location | Nice, France |
Stade Niçois is a French amateur rugby club based in Nice, founded in 2012. It currently operates in Fédérale 2, two divisions below the French professional Top14 and Pro D2 leagues.
The club was previously known as Rugby Nice Côte d'Azur Université-Racing. However this club was liquated in 2012.
The new club Stade Niçois was formed for the season 2012-13. They play under new colours: red, white and black
The club includes a women's section: the Nice University Racing Rugby Club, which plays in the second division (Federale 1).
The club includes a rugby school.
On 25 July 2017, the Scottish Rugby Union announced a 'Performance Pathway' partnership with Stade Niçois.
As part of this partnership, former Scotland international rugby union players Peter Murchie and Tyrone Holmes joined the French club. Peter Murchie joined as a coach, while Tyrone Holmes joined as a Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Two Glasgow Warriors players from the Scottish Rugby Academy; fly-half Josh Henderson and flanker Bruce Flockhart were loaned to the club for game time for the season 2017-18. In addition, former London Scottish player David Cherry also joined the club.
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