La Réole XIII explained

Clubname:La Réole XIII
Fullname:La Réole XIII
Nickname:Pete Dick
Ground:Stade Municipal La Reole
Capacity:2,000
Chairman:Bernard Cannon
Coach:Scott Hurrell
League:National Division
(Aquitaine Region)
Season:2018/19
Position:1st
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La Réole XIII are a semi-professional Rugby league club based in La Réole, Gironde in the Aquitaine region in the south of France. They were founded in 1938. From 2016-17 they will play in the National Division 2 Aquitaine Regional Competition. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal La Reole and are currently coached by New Zealander Scott Hurrell

History

La Reole XIII were founded in 1938 and joined the French rugby league as an amateur club. In their first season they were crowned champions of the France 2nd Category which was the 3rd tier, now called the National Division 1. Their next trophy was the National Cup nowadays called the Coupe Falcou which they won in 1954. Another title triumph soon arrived in 1957, this time winning the top competition for amateur clubs the French Amateur Championship. A Coupe Falcou win in 1977 ended their long drought for success and it would be another eleven years before another cup win in 1988. During this time in the league La Reole established themselves as a National League 1 side (2nd Tier). They reached the play-off semi-finals in 79-80 and 84-85 before reaching the final in season 85-86 unfortunately they lost to Roanne XIII 16-19. In the following season they were relegated back to the 3rd tier but after just three years were promoted back to the 2nd tier (National League 1) after beating Saint-Hyppolite in the final 8-6. La Reole reached two play-off semi-finals in 1995 and 1996 but by the start of the millennium they had been relegated again this time they slid all the way down to the 4th tier now called the National Division 2. In 2009-10 they won the league and were promoted, then in the 2013-14 season they won the National Division 1 title and were promoted again. After just two Seasons in the Elite Two Championshipthey reached and won the final against the league leaders RC Lescure-Arthes XIII 20-18 to lift the title, but after careful consideration the club decided to stay in the second tier.[1] During the close season more woes befell La Reole after a sponsor and backer withdrew from the club. They were forced to start the following season in the 4th tier National Division 2 league.

Stadium

The club have always played at the Stade Municipal La Reole which is a rugby stadium. It has one main stand which seats 100. The current capacity is 2,000.

2019/20 Squad

Number Player Date of Birth Country Position
1 Vincent Garin FB, WG
2 Theo Guinquet WG
3 CE
4 Nick Briggs CE
5 Scott Hurrell WG, CE
6 Daniel Garcia O'Brien SO, FB, WG
7 Valentin Marot SH
8 Vladika Nikolic PR
9 Mathieu Van Der Pas HK
10 Ivan Ordaz Mendez PR
11 Jace Brown SR
12 Mikael Tremouille SR
13 Benjamin Varma LF (Capt)
14 Sioeli Makaui
15 Etienne Bezo
16 Nicolas Vignau
17 Benjamin Vergniol
18 Mickael Thom SO
19 Benjamin Tartas
20 Dominique Vidalou LF
21 Dimitri Hayden
22 Dominique Vegs
23 Florent Garbay
24 Gaeten Barrot
25 John Vakatini StaintonWG
26 Jacky Hebrard
27 Romain Manzato
28 Teddy Perriot

Club honours

See also

Elite One ChampionshipElite Two ChampionshipNational Division 1National Division 2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rugby la Reole 13 - La Reole XIII . www.lareole13.e-monsite.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120117063822/http://lareole13.e-monsite.com/ . 2012-01-17.