The 2024–25 Super XIII season was the 90th season of France's domestic

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competition and the first as the

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having previously been known as the Elite 1 Championship since 2002. In March 2024, the

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confirmed its plans to expand the top division to eleven teams in 2024–25, therefore there was no relegation from Elite 1 at the end of the 2023–24 season and the ten teams from Elite 1 were joined by

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from Elite 2. The eleven teams in the competition each played 20 matches in the regular season. The top six teams then progressed to the finals series played in May 2025. The defending champions were

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who defeated

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in the 2023–24 Grand Final to become national champions for a thirteenth time. The two teams met again in the 2024–25 final with Albi winning 26–16 to secure the first top division title for the Albigensians since winning the

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in the 1976–77 season.

Teams

Regular season

The regular season started on 21 September 2024 and ended on 30 April 2025. Each team played every other team twice, once at home and the other away making 20 games for each team and a total of 110 games over 22 rounds. It was originally scheduled to end on 27 April, but was extended due to two matches in the penultimate round being postponed.

Table and results

* 3 points for a victory * 1 point bonus for the losing team if the margin is less than 12 * If two teams have equal points then the separation factor is the point difference in head-to-head matches between the specific teams. If a team has a greater point difference they rank higher on the table. If still tied then overall points difference will be the tie-breaker.

Finals

At the end of the regular season, the top six teams in the table advanced to the knockout stage. First and second received byes to the semi-finals where they faced the winners of the qualifying finals. Three teams finished the season on 43 points and despite having the inferior overall points difference Saint-Estève Catalan were seeded highest based on the outcome of matches between the three teams. They faced sixth-placed Villeneuve who defeated them 34–12 to advance to the semi-finals. In the other match Limoux won 24–22 at Pia. The semi-finals went to the higher seeded teams with Albi winning 26–8 over Limoux and Carcassonne defeating Villeneuve 11–6 to set up a repeat of the 2024–25 final. The Grand Final was played on 25 May 2025 at

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. Albi, who had last won the national title in the 1976–77 season, defeated the defending champions 26–16 with two tries in the last five minutes to the lift the Max Rousiè Shield for the first time in 48 years.

Bracket

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Grand Final

References

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