Stade Niçois is a French professional rugby club based in Nice, founded in 2012.

On 25 July 2017, the Scottish Rugby Union announced a 'Performance Pathway' partnership with Stade Niçois.

[3] As part of this partnership, former Scotland international rugby union players Peter Murchie and Tyrone Holmes joined the French club.

[3] Two Glasgow Warriors players from the Scottish Rugby Academy; fly-half Josh Henderson and flanker Bruce Flockhart were loaned to the club for game time for the season 2017–18.

In addition, former London Scottish player Dave Cherry also joined the club.