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| Full name | Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Coujous Les Gaillards (The Strapping Lads) Les Noir et Blanc (The Black and Whites) Les Zèbres (The Zebras) | ||
| Founded | 1910 | ||
| Location | Brive-la-Gaillarde, France | ||
| Ground(s) | Stade Amédée-Domenech (Capacity: 14,759) | ||
| President | Simon Gillham | ||
| Coach(es) | Pierre Henry-Broncan | ||
| Captain(s) | Saïd Hireche | ||
| Most appearances |  Jean-Claude Roques (373) | ||
| Top scorer | Jean-François Thiot (1796) | ||
| Most tries | Jean-Pierre Puidebois (115) | ||
| League(s) | Pro D2 | ||
| 2023–24 | 6th | ||
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Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive (French pronunciation: [bʁiv]) or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department.
Brive is a historical member of French rugby union, being one of the clubs that spent the most seasons in the top French domestic competition. "Les Coujous" also won the Heineken Cup in 1997, defeating Leicester Tigers in the final in a 28-9 win.
Many great players, both French and foreign, played for the club currently headed by Simon Gillham, and the youth academy has a good reputation. Brive players who also on to play for France include: Amédée Domenech, nicknamed "Le Duc" ("The Duke") who played there in the 1950s and 60s, and gave his name to the stadium after his death in 2003; prolific flanker Olivier Magne, fly-halves Christophe Lamaison and Alain Penaud, number-eight Jean-Luc Joinel and hooker Michel Yachvili, the father of Dimitri Yachvili, also wore the black and white jersey.
Their home ground is the 14,759-capacity Stade Amédée-Domenech and the club colours are black and white.