Despite its name this sports club was one of the very first to set up (March 30th 1900 ) a
Rugby team in France.
When it was at its top, this club gave its name to
a pipe label. The maker is to bee found among the multitude of
factories in Saint Claude (France) active there during the first half of the twentyth century.
This club's seniority is all the more remarkable in that Eastern France is'nt actually a land of Rugby.
Paul Lanier as scrum half in the 1952 team.
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The club has adopted about 1910 its contempory colors : sky blue and white
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