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{{Short description|Rugby league stadium in France}}
{{Infobox venue 
| stadium_name      = Stade Gilbert Brutus
| nickname          = 
| image             = Stade Gilbert Brutus.jpg
| location          = [[Perpignan]], [[France]]
| coordinates       = {{coord|42|43|23|N|2|53|6.7|E|display=inline,title}}
| broke_ground      = 
| opened            = 1962
| renovated         = 
| expanded          = 2005, 2007, and 2011
| closed            =
| demolished        =
| owner             = [[French Rugby League Federation]]
| operator          = 
| surface           = Grass
| Constructor       = 
| construction_cost = 
| architect         = 
| former_names      = 
| nicknames         = 
| tenants           = [[Catalans Dragons]] (2007–present)
| seating_capacity  = 13,000
| dimensions        = 
}}

'''Stade Gilbert Brutus''' is a [[rugby league]] stadium in [[Perpignan]], [[France]], which has been the home ground of the [[Catalans Dragons]] since 2007.

==History==
[[Image:Tribune Guasch Laborde.JPG|thumb|left|The ''Tribune Guasch Laborde'' stand, 2009]]

The Stade Gilbert Brutus was opened in 1962 and built as the home ground of [[French Rugby League Championship]] club [[XIII Catalan]] who played at their ground until they merged with [[AS Saint-Estève]] in 2000 to form [[Catalans Dragons]] whose home ground the stadium has been since 2007.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the ground was used by a variety [[rugby league]] and [[rugby union]] clubs in [[Northern Catalonia]].

The stadium takes its name from [[Gilbert Brutus]], a French rugby union player, coach, chairman and referee, who was born on 2 August 1887 in [[Port-Vendres]]. He was a member of the French resistance in the [[Second World War]] and was murdered by the [[Gestapo]] on 7 March 1944 in Perpignan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anglophone-direct.com/who-was-gilbert-brutus/|title = Who was Gilbert Brutus?|date = 2 November 2020}}</ref>

Before 2007, the stadium held 4,200 with 900 seated.<ref>[http://www.worldstadia.com/ws/show-page.php?menuCommand=stadium&menuData=1064 worldstadia.com:: Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan> View Stadium<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> This was deemed expanded for the [[Catalans Dragons]] before moving in from the [[Stade Aimé Giral]]. Expansion of the stadium began in 2006 with target capacity to 14,000.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/4995588.stm | work=BBC News | title=Catalans Q&A | date=2006-05-18 | access-date=2010-05-24}}</ref>

The first phase of construction included two covered, all-seater stands, one with hospitality suites. By the end of the 2006 season, the work was finished and Catalans moved back into the stadium for the [[Super League XII|2007 season]]. Further construction in 2010 brought capacity up to 13,000, with three all-seater stands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/pictures/future_stadiums/perpignan_brutus.shtml |title=World Stadiums - Future Stadiums :: Stade Gilbert Brutus Stadium in Perpignan |publisher=www.worldstadiums.com |access-date=2009-02-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202071149/http://worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/pictures/future_stadiums/perpignan_brutus.shtml |archive-date=2009-02-02 }}</ref>

==Rugby League Test matches==
[[Image:Stade Gilbert Brutus 11112013.jpg|thumb|center|1200px|Panorama of Stade Gilbert Brutus in 2013]]
The Stade Gilbert Brutus has hosted a number of rugby league internationals, the majority of which are home games of the [[French national rugby league team]].<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/venues/stade-gilbert-brutus/results.html Stade Gilbert Brutus results @ Rugby League Project]</ref>

===Men's===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Date !! Team 1 !! Score !! Team 2 !! Attendance !! Event
|-
| 11 March 1962 || {{rl|FRA}} || 23–13 || {{rl|GBR}} || 12,500 ||
|-
| 2 December 1962 || {{rl|FRA}} || 17–12 || {{rl|GBR}} || 12,500 ||
|-
| 8 March 1964 || {{rl|FRA}} || 5–11 || {{rl|GBR}} || 4,326 ||
|-
| 6 December 1964 || {{rl|FRA}} || 18–8 || {{rl|GBR}} || 7,150 ||
|-
| 28 November 1965 || {{rl|FRA}} || 11–6 || {{rl|NZL}} || 9,000 || 1965 France vs New Zealand – 2nd Test
|-
| 16 January 1966 || {{rl|FRA}} || 18–13 || {{rl|GBR}} || 7,255 ||
|-
| 25 January 1970 || {{rl|FRA}} || 11–15 || {{rl|WAL}} || 11,000 ||
|-
| 11 November 1971 || {{rl|FRA}} || 11–27 || {{rl|NZL}} || 3,581 || 1971 France vs New Zealand – 1st Test
|-
| 29 October 1972 || {{rl|GBR}} || 27–21 || {{rl|AUS}} || 6,324 || [[1972 Rugby League World Cup|1972]] [[Rugby League World Cup]]
|-
| 9 December 1973 || {{rl|FRA}} || 9–21 || {{rl|AUS}} || 5,109 || [[1973 Kangaroo tour|1973]] [[Australia vs France in rugby league|France vs Australia]] – 1st Test
|-
| 19 January 1975 || {{rl|FRA}} || 9–11 || {{rl|ENG}} || 7,950 || [[1975 European Rugby League Championship|1975]] [[European Rugby League Championship]]
|-
| 26 October 1975 || {{rl|FRA}} || 2–41 || {{rl|AUS}} || 10,440 || [[1975 Rugby League World Cup|1975]] [[Rugby League World Cup]]
|-
| 23 November 1980 || {{rl|FRA}} || 6–5 || {{rl|NZL}} || 6,000 || [[1980 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France|1980]] France vs New Zealand – 1st Test
|-
| 7 December 1985 || {{rl|FRA}} || 0–20 || {{rl|NZL}} || 5,000 || 1985 France vs New Zealand – 2nd Test <br> [[1985-1988 Rugby League World Cup|1985-1988]] [[Rugby League World Cup]]
|-
| 30 November 1986 || {{rl|FRA}} || 2–44 || {{rl|AUS}} || 6,000 || [[1986 Kangaroo tour|1986]] [[Australia vs France in rugby league|France vs Australia]] – 1st Test
|-
| 18 March 1990 || {{rl|FRA}} || 4–8 || {{rl|GBR}} || 6,000 ||
|-
| 9 December 1990 || {{rl|FRA}} || 10–34 || {{rl|AUS}} || 3,428 || [[1990 Kangaroo tour|1990]] [[Australia vs France in rugby league|France vs Australia]] – 2nd Test <br> [[1989-1992 Rugby League World Cup|1989-1992]] [[Rugby League World Cup]]
|-
| 27 January 1991 || {{rl|FRA}} || 10–45 || {{rl|GBR}} || 3,965 || [[1989-1992 Rugby League World Cup|1989-1992]] [[Rugby League World Cup]]
|-
| 16 February 1992 || {{rl|FRA}} || 12–30 || {{rl|GBR}} || 5,688 ||
|-
| 13 December 1992 || {{rl|FRA}} || 18–19 || {{rl|WAL}} || 3,700 ||
|-
| 27 October 2007 || {{rl|FRA}} || 46–16 || {{rl|SCO}}  || 7,000 || 
|-
| 29 October 2011 || {{rl|FRA}} || 46–10 || {{rl|SCO}} || 10,313 ||
|-
| 11 November 2013 || {{rl|FRA}} || 6–22 || {{rl|SAM}} || 11,576 || [[2013 Rugby League World Cup|2013]] [[Rugby League World Cup]]
|-
| 13 October 2017 || {{rl|FRA}} || 34–12 || {{rl|JAM}} || 4,850 ||
|-
| 23 October 2021 || {{rl|FRA}} || 10–30 || {{rl|ENG}} || 6,000 ||
|}

===Women's===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Date !! Team 1 !! Score !! Team 2 !! Attendance !! Event
|-
| 23 October 2021 || {{rlw-l|FRA}} || 4–40 || {{rlw-l|ENG}} || 6,000 ||
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports}}
*[[List of rugby league stadiums by capacity]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
{{Catalans Dragons}}
{{Super League venues}}
{{1972 RLWC Venues}}
{{1975 RLWC Venues}}
{{1985-88 RLWC Venues}}
{{1989-1992 RLWC Venues}}
{{2013 RLWC Venues}}

[[Category:Rugby league stadiums in France|Gilbert Brutus]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2007]]
[[Category:Perpignan]]
[[Category:Sport in Perpignan]]
[[Category:Catalans Dragons]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Pyrénées-Orientales]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1962]]
[[Category:21st-century architecture in France]]