Stadium & Tickets
The Stadium The Stade Yves du Manoir is the first modern stadium built in France since the advent of professionalism. It is named after the French international Yves du Monier, who died aged just 24 in a plane accident in 1928.
The stadium has 12,734 seats, with four stands bearing the names of legendary rugby stadiums:
Eden Park (SW, 4168 seats)
Ellis Park (NE 1543 seats)
Murrayfield (SE 2316 seats)
Twickenham (NW 2567 seats)
There are also 860 standing places to the front of the Eden and Ellis Park Stands.
The record attendance was on May 7, 2011, when 14,719 saw the game against Toulon.
Stadium Name Stade Yves-Du-Manoir
Stadium Address 500,avenue de Vanieres
34070 Montpellier
Telephone 04 67 47 27 69
Fax 04 67 42 08 69
Capacity 15,000
Tickets Ticket Office underneath the Murrayfield Stand
Updated August 2014
Copyright Miles & Miles Publishing 2014
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