Saint-Laurent XIII are a French

Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

club based in

Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (; ca, Sant Llorenç de la Salanca) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arron ...

Pyrénées Orientales The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...

in the

Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon (; oc, Lengadòc-Rosselhon ; ca, Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania. It comprised five departments, and ...

region. The club plays in the French

National Division 1 The National Division 1 is the third tier of rugby league in France, below the Elite Two Championship and above the National Division 2. The season runs from September to April. From season 2012–13 the league was split into regions ''East'' a ...

. Home matches are played at the Stade Jep Maso.

History

Saint-Laurent de la Salanque as they were originally known were founded in 1956. A club that has always participated at the lower levels of the French Rugby League pyramids, they won their first and so far only trophy in 1982 when they won the

Coupe Falcou The Albert Falcou Cup (french: Coupe Albert-Falcou), also called Albert Falcou French Cup (french: Coupe de France Albert-Falcou), is an annual knock-out competition organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII for amateur rugby leagu ...

beating Realmont XIII in the final. The 2006/07 league campaign, competing in the 4th tier

National Division 2 National Division 2 is the fourth tier of rugby league in France, below the National Division 1. The season runs from September to April. The Division is split into 5 regional leagues, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrenees, Aquitaine, Ile de France ...

they reached their first final but lost to

AS Clairac XIII Association Sports Clairacaise XIII who are more commonly known as AS Clairac XIII are a French Rugby league club based in Clairac, Lot-et-Garonne in the Aquitaine region. The club plays in the National Division 2 Aquitaine regional league, which ...

8-30. A cup run in the Paul Dejean Cup led all the way to the final in 2014 but ended in defeat to

Villeghailhenc-Aragon XIII Villegailhenc-Aragon XIII are a semi-professional rugby league team based in Villegailhenc, Aude in Languedoc-Rousillon in southern France. They currently play in the second tier competition the Elite Two Championship. Their home stadium is the ...

16-34. In season 2014/15 they lost out to Sauveterre de Comminges XIII 12-14 in the play-off semi-finals but were promoted after a league re-structure

Honours

* Coupe Falcou (1): 1982

References

External links

Official Website

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