Treize Tournoi Explained

The Treize Tournoi was a short-lived Anglo-French rugby league competition held at the end of the season in 1998. Known as the EMAP Treize Tournoi for sponsorship reasons, the tournament was organised by the First and Second Division Association, and was contested by the winners and runners-up of the First Division, the winners of the Second Division, and three teams from the French Championship.

Teams

• Wakefield Trinity
• Featherstone Rovers
• Lancashire Lynx
• St-Estève
• Limoux
• Villeneuve

Results

Week 1

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Week 2

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Week 3

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Week 4

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Final

FB 1 Frédéric Banquet RW 2 Daniel Calvert RC 3 Laurent Minut LC 4 Laurent Frayssinous LW 5 Gilles Cornut SO 6 Fabien Devecchi (c) SH 7 Steve Plath PR 8 David Collado HK 9 PR 10 Paul Sironen SR 11 Laurent Carrasco SR 12 Pierre Sabatie LF 13 Grant Doorey Substitutions: IC 14 Vea Bloomfield IC 15 Emmanuel Peralta IC 16 Christophe Canal IC 17 Julien Rinaldi Player-coach: Grant Doorey

FB 1 Doc Murray RW 2 David Jones RC 3 Milton Finney LC 4 Craig Campbell LW 5 Neil Parsley SO 6 Phil Jones SH 7 Chris Kelly PR 8 Steve Taylor HK 9 Andy Ruane (c) PR 10 Carl Briscoe SR 11 Steve Gee SR 12 Simon Smith LF 13 Substitutions: IC 14 Lee Prest IC 15 Paul Norton IC 16 Neil Briscoe IC 17 P. J. Solomon Coach: Steve Hampson

References

• Book: Fletcher . Raymond . Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1999 . Headline . 1999 . 978-0-7472-7572-5 . 258–64.

External links

• ladepeche.fr

Notes and References

1. News: Weekend Results. The Guardian. 5 October 1998. A11. .
2. News: Weekend Results. The Guardian. 12 October 1998. A11. .
3. News: Weekend Results. The Guardian. 19 October 1998. A11. .
4. News: Weekend Results. The Guardian. 26 October 1998. A11. .