Super XIII

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Super XIII is the top level rugby league competition in France, sanctioned by the French Rugby League Federation. The season runs from September to April, which is in contrast to the majority of other major domestic rugby league competitions worldwide. The clubs play each other home and away then they enter into a play-off series culminating with a Grand Final. The competition was founded in 2002, as the Elite One Championship and renamed as Super XIII at the start of the 2024–2025 season. The competition is the continuation of the French Rugby League Championship, which began in 1934.[1]

History

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Logo for Elite 1 before the competition was renamed in 2024

Prior to the creation of Elite 1, the French Rugby League Championship was the top tier of the French rugby league system.

The competition was founded in 2002, as the Elite One Championship, following the splitting of the French Rugby League Championship into two divisions. The format stayed the same with teams playing each other home and away, before a play-off series would determine the Champions. The club finishing bottom would not be automatically relegated, it would be dependent on whether the club finishing top of Elite Two Championship either wanted to be promoted or their facilities were up to standard.

The 2002–03 season, the first of the Elite 1 championship, saw the defending champions of France, Villeneuve, up against Saint-Gaudens in the final. Villeneuve had won the league championship in 2000–01 and completed a league/cup double in 2001–2002. Having already won the Lord Derby Cup in 2003, they achieved a second consecutive double with a 31–18 win to retain the Max Rousié Trophy. Their opponents, Saint-Gaudens, had not won a championship since the early 1990s, but the following season they defeated Union Treiziste Catalane 14–10 to claim the title and in doing so prevent UTC from claiming the double.[2][3] That achievement would come for UTC the following year as they went undefeated throughout the 2004–05 season and beat Toulouse 66–16 in the championship final.[4] The following two seasons saw Pia claim consecutive doubles.[5][6] In the 2007–08 season Lézignan began a run of four consecutive title wins becoming only the second club, after Catalan in the early 1980s, to achieve this feat.[7]

The competition was renamed as Super XIII at the start of the 2024–2025 season.[8] In September 2024, the president of the French Rugby League Federation, Template:Interlanguage link, gave an interview published in La Dépêche in which he discussed plans to increase the number of teams in the Super XIII and the possibility of moving the season to run between February and September from 2026.[9]

Teams for 2024–25 season

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Super XIII
Team Stadium Location
File:AlbiRLcolours.svg Albi RL Stade Mazicou Albi, Tarn
File:Soavignoncolours.png SO Avignon Parc des Sports (Avignon) Avignon, Vaucluse
File:CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG AS Carcassonne Stade Albert Domec Carcassonne, Aude
File:LezignanRLcolours.PNG FC Lézignan Stade du Moulin Lézignan-Corbières, Aude
File:LimouxRLcolours.PNG Limoux Grizzlies Stade de l'Aiguille Limoux, Aude
File:PiaRLcolours.PNG Pia XIII Stade Daniel-Ambert Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales
File:UtcRLcolours.PNG Saint-Estève Catalan Stade Municipal Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
File:GaudensRLcolours.PNG Saint-Gaudens Bears Stade Jules Ribet Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne
File:ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Broncos Stade des Minimes Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
File:Villefranchecolours.png Villefranche XIII Aveyron Stade Henri Lagarde Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron
File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve Leopards Stade Max Rousie Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne

Results

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Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
2002–03 Template:Leagueicon Villeneuve Leopards 31 – 18 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Gaudens Bears Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 8,000
2003–04 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Gaudens Bears 14 – 10 Template:Leagueicon Union Treiziste Catalane Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan 7,500
2004–05 Template:Leagueicon Union Treiziste Catalane 66 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Olympique XIII Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 5,000
2005–06 Template:Leagueicon Pia XIII 21 – 18 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Olympique XIII Stade des Minimes, Toulouse 5,462
2006–07 Template:Leagueicon Pia XIII 20 – 16 Template:Leagueicon FC Lézignan Stade Michel-Bendichou, Colomiers 7,882
2007–08 Template:Leagueicon FC Lézignan 26 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Pia XIII Stade de la Mediterranee, Béziers 9,550
2008–09 Template:Leagueicon FC Lézignan 40 – 32 Template:Leagueicon Limoux Grizzlies Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne 11,263
2009–10 Template:Leagueicon FC Lézignan 32 – 22 Template:Leagueicon Pia XIII Altrad Stadium, Montpellier 6,612
2010–11 Template:Leagueicon FC Lézignan 17 – 12 Template:Leagueicon Limoux Grizzlies Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 11,874
2011–12 Template:Leagueicon AS Carcassonne 26 – 20 Template:Leagueicon Pia XIII Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 8,980
2012–13 Template:Leagueicon Pia XIII 33 – 26 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève Catalan Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan 6,732
2013–14 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Olympique XIII 38 – 12 Template:Leagueicon FC Lézignan Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan 7,245
2014–15 Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Olympique XIII 20 – 12 Template:Leagueicon AS Carcassonne Stade Michel-Bendichou, Colomiers 5,800
2015–16 Template:Leagueicon Limoux Grizzlies 26 – 24 Template:Leagueicon AS Carcassonne Stadium municipal d'Albi, Albi 5,420
2016–17 Template:Leagueicon Limoux Grizzlies 24 – 22 Template:Leagueicon FC Lézignan Parc des sports et de l'amitié, Narbonne 8,270
2017–18 Template:Leagueicon Sporting Olympique Avignon 30 – 28 Template:Leagueicon Limoux Grizzlies Stadium municipal d’Albi, Albi 5,000
2018–19 Template:Leagueicon Saint-Estève Catalan 32 – 24 Template:Leagueicon AS Carcassonne Stadium municipal d’Albi, Albi 1,500
2019–20 Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France[10]
2020–21 Template:Leagueicon FC Lézignan 16 – 12 Template:Leagueicon AS Carcassonne Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse 3,200
2021–22 Template:Leagueicon AS Carcassonne 20 – 16 Template:Leagueicon Limoux Grizzlies Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 8,231
2022–23 Template:Leagueicon Limoux Grizzlies 34 – 24 Template:Leagueicon AS Carcassonne Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 8,221
2023–24 Template:Leagueicon AS Carcassonne 8 – 6 File:AlbiRLcolours.svg Albi RL Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 5,578[11]
2024–25 File:AlbiRLcolours.svg Albi RL 26 – 16 Template:Leagueicon AS Carcassonne Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 5,191[12]

Source: [1][6]

Winners

# Club No. Year(s)
1 Lézignan Sangliers 5 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2020–21
2 Pia XIII 3 2005–06, 2006–07, 2012–13
AS Carcassonne 2011–12, 2021–22, 2023–24
Limoux Grizzlies 2015–16, 2016–17, 2022–23
5 Toulouse Olympique 2 2013–14, 2014–15
6 Villeneuve Leopards 1 2002–03
Saint-Gaudens Bears 2003–04
Union Treiziste Catalane 2004–05
SO Avignon 2017–18
Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan 2018–19
Albi RL 2024–25

Media coverage

Television

Unlike, for instance, the BBC, France Television didn't offer any program to the French public about Rugby League.

Sport en France cover the Championship across their television platforms nationwide.[13] Coverage includes the match of the week and one match from each week of the playoffs including the Grand Final.

From 2020, some Elite 1 games are televised by a local channel ViàOccitanie; this is a free-to-air channel in the South of France but they are also available on the internet and via the triple play internet devices. Therefore, they offer, indirectly, free nationwide coverage of the domestic championship.[14]

Presently, French clubs have to fund the broadcast of their own games or to televise their own matches themselves via the social networks or YouTube.

Radio

Radio Marseillette, a local Southern radio, has rugby league debate and news every Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00. They also have commentary on some Elite League games.

Press

The French national mainstream media barely follow the game. Very occasionally, some articles about the sport are published in newspapers such as Le Monde, Le Figaro or the national Sport newspaper L'Équipe.

Nevertheless, there is undoubtedly a French specificity: the Weekly Rugby Union magazine Midi Olympique has a one-page section devoted to Rugby League. However, only two local newspapers genuinely cover the game; L'Indépendant ( based in the South of France) and la Dépêche du Midi (based in the South west of the country).

The British Rugby League press cover this championship; for example magazines like Rugby Leaguer & League Express offer a weekly report of the games. In Australia, the monthly publication Rugby League Review offer a few columns about the games as well.

Gallery

See also

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Notes

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References

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External links

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