12 Facts About Racing Metro

Racing Metro Club was established in 1882 as an athletics club, one of the first in France.

Racing Metro were awarded the Bouclier de Brennus, which is still awarded to the winners of the French championship today.

Racing Metro contested the 1900 season final against the Stade Bordelais club, as provincial clubs had been allowed to compete in 1899.

The Racing Metro Club won the competition in 1918, defeating FC Grenoble 22 points to 9.

That season the Racing Metro Club made their first final since 1912, though they lost 8 to 3 to Stadoceste Tarbais, a club from the Pyrenees.

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Three seasons later the Racing Metro Club defeated Agen 22 to 12 in Paris, capturing their first title since the 1959 season.

Racing Metro Club became the epitome of the exclusive athletics club, located in the heart of the Bois de Boulogne in the affluent western district of Paris.

Racing Metro Club has always defended the amateur spirit of the game and of sports in general.

Racing Metro then spent several years in the second division, but retained plenty of ambition.

The following year saw Racing Metro's ambitions realised with a romp to the Pro D2 crown, clinching promotion with four rounds to spare.

Racing Metro made headlines in December 2014, announcing that it had signed All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter, the all-time leading points scorer in international rugby, to a three-year deal effective after the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Still more recently, Racing Metro became the first Top 14 side to establish a satellite club in the United States, signing a partnership agreement in 2016 with Austin Huns, a club from Austin, Texas that planned to turn fully professional.