Marseille Vitrolles Rugby is a French rugby union based in Marseille and currently competing in Fédérale 1 , the semi-professional top level of the French amateur league system. The club, founded in 2007 by a Marseille merger of Provence XV and Vitrolles of Rugby, plays at Marseille Provence ‘s home ground, Stade Roger Couderc .
The club debuted in Federal 2 in 2007-08, and earned promotion to Federal 1 at their first attempt. They currently remain in the Federal Republic of Germany, but they show their ambition to reach the French professional leagues by signing All Black and International Rugby Hall of Fame’s Jonah Lomu to a contract for the 2009-10 season.
Famous players
- Jonah Lomu
Transfers
Out for 2014-2015
- Dominique Cazian (to Saint Petersburg Pioneers )
See also
- List of rugby clubs in France