Rugby Club Salon XIII, nicknamed the ''Jaguars'', 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

Salon-de-Provence Salon-de-Provence (, ; oc, label= Provençal Occitan, Selon de Provença/Seloun de Provènço, ), commonly known as Salon, is a commune located about northwest of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d' ...

Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and large ...

in the

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...

region. The club plays in the French

Elite Two Championship Elite 2 (formerly the Elite Two Championship) is the second tier semi-professional rugby league competition in France below Elite 1, but above the National Division 1. The season runs from September to April. The clubs play each other home ...

History

Founded in 1947 RC Salon lifted their first silverware in 1959 when they won the National 2 (now called National Division 1) title beating

Le Soler Le Soler () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Le Soler is located in the canton of La Vallée de la Têt and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population See also *Communes of the Pyr� ...

in the final 21–10. It would be another 17 years before another trophy was won and once again it was the ''National 2'' league title this time following a 13–2 win against

US Entraigues XIII Union Sportive Entraigues XIII are a rugby league team based in Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue in the region of Vaucluse in the south-west of France. They play in the Elite Two Championship the second tier of rugby league in France. Their home ground i ...

. After promotion to the 2nd tier the club became a permanent if not a successful club in the

. Until that is the mid nineties when from nowhere the club won back to back titles. In 95/96 they beat

Tonneins XIII Tonneins XIII are a French Rugby league club based in Tonneins, Lot-et-Garonne, in the Aquitaine region. They play in the French National Division 1. The club plays its home games at the Stade Jean-Bernege History Founded in 1934 making them ...

30-16 and the following season they beat Saint-Cyprien 34–8. The club is currently back playing in the 3rd tier. In season 2016/17 they finished top of the ''National Division 1 East'' league.

Current squad

Squad for 2022-23 Season;

Honours

* Elite Two Championship (2): 1995–96, 1996–97 * National 2 (National Division 1) (2): 1958–59, 1975–76

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salon XIII, Racing Club Rugby league teams in France 1947 establishments in France Rugby clubs established in 1947