In 1911, on the initiative of Marcel Michelin, the tire company Michelin financed the construction of a rugby ground in the city centre of Clermont-Ferrand, on the "Avenue de la République". This became known as the Marcel Michelin stadium and it hosted matches played by what was then the AS Michelin rugby club. It remains the property of the club, now called ASM Clermont-Ferrand, which hosts all its Top 14 home games at the stadium, as well as some international matches, including France-Romania in 1977, France-Australia in 1983, the 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Cup (in which France beat South Africa for the championship), and the 2013 match between the French Barbarians and Samoa.