March 15: Brive Rugby Club Founded

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CA Brive the French rugby club that has played both rugby union and rugby league during their history was founded on this day in rugby history in 1910. They won the 1997 Heineken Cup.

Brive won the Heineken Cup 28-9 over Leicester and are one of only two clubs to win the Heineken Cup without ever winning a domestic title. They made it to the 1998 Heineken Cup final but lost 19-18 to Bath.

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They have struggled since the glory days of the 1990’s playing some of the years in the lower divisions of French rugby.