Union Sportive Ferrals XIII are a French

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club based in

Ferrals-les-Corbières Ferrals-les-Corbières is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Geography The river Orbieu flows northeast through the western part of the commune and crosses the village. Population See also * Corbières AOC * Communes of th ...

Aude Aude (; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region and named after the river Aude (river), Aude. The departmental council also calls it "Ca ...

in the

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region. The play in the

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. They play their home games at the Stade de la Fontaine.

History

In 1977, they finished runner-up in the old 2nd Division, now called the

losing to Saint-Cyprien in the final 15-16. The club had to wait until season 2014/15 for their next tilt at success. At the end of that season, after winning the

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and the league, they then won the league Grand final against

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but turned down promotion to Elite Two stating the club wasn't ready. The following season, they once again reached the Paul Dejean Cup final, beating

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 ...

and after finishing second in the league, play-off wins over

US Trentels XIII U.S. Trentels XIII are a French Rugby league club based in Trentels, Lot-et-Garonne in the Aquitaine region. The club plays in the French National Division 1. Their home ground is the Stade de Lustrac. History Founded as Union Sportive Trente ...

and

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 ...

saw them reach a second consecutive final. In the final against league winners US Entraigues, they won 34-20, this time accepting promotion to the Elite Two Championship for the first time. In 2015, the club became

Elite One Championship Elite 1 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 worl ...

side

Lézignan Sangliers Lézignan may refer to: In geography: * Lézignan, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, France * Lézignan-Corbières, a commune in the Aude department, France * Lézignan-la-Cèbe Lézignan-la-Cèbe (; oc, Lesinhan ...

feeder team.

Current squad

Squad for 2019-20 season; *Doryan Alran - *Noel Andreuccetti - *William Arnaud - *Simon-Pierre Balmigere - *Guillaume Bandinelli - *Gauthier Baptisat - *Nick Galef - *Thyl Briand - *William Canet - *Dylan Cardace - *Vincent Cassagneau - *Pierre Caussinus - *Anthony Deleigne - *Louis Dumas - *Leo Dumontet - *Adam Eddiche - *Thomas Estebanez - *Maxime Honrubia - *Remi Kasprzak - *Guillaume Lelong - *Benjamin Lezina - *Dylan Marc - *Gael Maurin - *Vincent Mirande - *Vincent Olive - *Julian Pages - *Paul Pages - *Thomas Paoli - *Laurent Pedregosa *Quentin Rico - *Mattis Roudil - *Jerome Roux - *Eric Sans - *Clement Valls - *Feyyaz Yildirim -

Notable players

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Honours

* National Division 1 (2): 2014/15, 2015/16 * Paul Dejean Cup (2): 2015, 2016

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrals XIII, Union Sportive Rugby league teams in France Sport in Aude