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Racing 92 are giants of French rugby. They’re one of the most successful rugby teams to ever play in France and they regularly represent the country in the European Rugby Champions Cup.
Read on to discover even more about Racing 92. On this page, you’ll find all the latest Racing 92 news. You’ll also find all of the team’s upcoming fixtures and the current Racing 92 squad.
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Racing 92 are giants of French rugby. They’re one of the most successful rugby teams to ever play in France and they regularly represent the country in the European Rugby Champions Cup.
Read on to discover even more about Racing 92. On this page, you’ll find all the latest Racing 92 news. You’ll also find all of the team’s upcoming fixtures and the current Racing 92 squad.
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Racing 92 Rugby History
Racing 92 have a long and complicated history. The team has existed in some form since 1890, but the modern day version of the club was actually formed in 2001 when the rugby section of Racing Club de France merged with the rugby section of US Métro to form Racing Métro 92. At the end of the 2014-15 season, the team’s name was officially shortened to Racing 92.
When Racing 92 first formed, the team initially struggled to compete in the professional era of French rugby. However, in 2006, president Jacky Lorenzetti set ambitious goals for the club. He hoped to take Racing 92 into the Top 14 (the top division of French rugby) within two years and into the European Rugby Champions Cup (then known as the Heineken Cup) by 2011.
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Alex Bonnard Hooker 
Anthime Hemery Number 8 
Baptiste Chouzenoux Flanker 6 
Bernard Le Roux Flanker 6 
Boris Palu Lock 
Cameron Woki Flanker 7 
Camille Chat Hooker 
Cedate Gomes Sa Prop 
Eddy Ben Arous Prop 
Fabien Sanconnie Number 8 
Gia Kharaishvili Prop 
Guram Gogichashvili Prop 
Hassane Kolingar Prop 
Ibrahim Diallo Number 8 Janick Tarrit Hooker 
Jassem Saghri Blindside Flanker 
Jordan Joseph Number 8 
Junior Kpoku Lock 4 
Kitione Kamikamica Lock Lino Julien Loose Head Prop Mahamadou Coulibaly Blindside Flanker Maxime Baudonne Blindside Flanker 
Meric Chiffrin Blindside Flanker 
Nael Souid Blindside Flanker 
Noe Ferary Hooker 
Pietro Turrisi Lock 4 
Siya Kolisi Blindside Flanker 
Thomas Laclayat Prop Thomas Moukoro Loose Head Prop 
Trevor Nyakane Prop 
Veikoso Poloniati Lock 
Wenceslas Lauret Flanker 7 
Will John Prop 
Will Rowlands Lock Backs
Antoine Gibert Fly half Arthur Espeut Inside Centre 
Arthur Roche Fullback 
Christian Wade Wing 
Clovis Le bail Scrum Half Donovan Taofifenua Left Wing 
Dylan Idrissi Fullback Enzo Benmegal Right Wing 
Francis Saili Centre 
Gael Fickou Centre 
Henry Arundell Fullback 
Henry Chavancy Centre 
Hermann Coetzee Fullback Inia Tabuavou Inside Centre 
James Hall Scrum Half 
Josua Tuisova Wing 
Juan Imhoff Wing 
Jules Laumond Fullback 
Kiliemo Manuopuava Fullback Logan Tabet Inside Centre Martin Meliande Fly Half 
Mathis Boureau D Argonne Legesne Fullback 
Matiss Fovet Fullback 
Max Spring Fullback Nils Chalies Fly Half 
Nolann Le Garrec Garrec 
Olivier Klemenczak Fullback Paul Leraitre Fullback 
Peniami Narisia Centre 
Raphael Candellaro Scrum Half 
Tristan Tedder Fullback 
Vinaya Habosi Left Wing 
Vladi Ashvetia Inside Centre 
Wame Naituvi Scrum Half More Racing 92 Rugby History
Racing 92 are now a powerhouse of French rugby. Although they missed their Top 14 target by one year, they qualified for the Heineken Cup (now the European Rugby Champions Cup) in 2010-11 and they’ve never looked back. Since they entered the Top 14 in 2009, the side have never been relegated. They even won the competition in 2016. Plus, since they first qualified for the Heineken Cup, they’ve appeared in every edition of the competition. They have also finished as the runners-up in the tournament on three occasions (2015-16, 2017-18 and 2019-20). However, Racing 92 are yet to lift the most prestigious trophy in European rugby.
But, due to the team’s recent success, there are a number of international and ex-international players in the Racing 92 squad. For example, Australia centre Kurtley Beale, Scotland fly-half Finn Russell and France hooker Camille Chat are all in the current Racing 92 squad.
