Stade Municipal or Stade Saint-Estève as it is sometimes known, is a rugby stadium in

Saint-Estève Saint-Estève (; ca, Sant Esteve del Monestir) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Saint-Estève is in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population See als ...

a suburb of

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. It is the current home of

Saint-Estève XIII Catalan Saint-Estève XIII Catalan who were previously called Union Treiziste Catalane or UTC for short are a semi-professional rugby league team based in Perpignan in the region of Pyrénées-Orientales in the south of France. Founded in 2000 after a me ...

who play in the

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in France. The stadium has a 6,000 capacity with 2,000 of these seated.

History

Built in 1965 for the use of new rugby league club

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the stadium then as now has two stands along the side of the pitch with open ends behind the sticks with a perimeter fence and floodlights. In 1985 the ground received a refurbishment which included the building of a fitness room along with new changing rooms. When AS Saint-Estève merged with

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the new club Union Treiziste Catalane or as they were also known UTC played some matches at the ground over the next six years. In 2005 in the British rugby league

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UTC beat

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32-18 in front of a crowd of 3,000. From 2014 the stadium became the regular home ground for Saint-Estève XIII Catalan. In 2015 it hosted its first international game when

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beat

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68-8.

Rugby League Internationals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Municipal Saint-Esteve, Stade Rugby league stadiums in France Sport in Perpignan Sports venues in Pyrénées-Orientales