La Réole XIII

La Réole XIII
Club information
Full name	La Réole XIII
Founded	1938; 83 years ago
Website	site
Current details
Ground(s)	Stade Municipal La Reole (2,000);
Chairman
Coach
Competition	National Division 2; (Aquitaine Region)
2018/19	1st
Uniforms
Home colours	Away colours

La Réole XIII are a semi-professional Rugby league club based in La Réole, Gironde in the Aquitaine region in the south of France. They were founded in 1938. From 2016-17 they will play in the National Division 2 Aquitaine Regional league, the fourth tier rugby league competition in France. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal La Reole and are currently coached by New Zealander

History[]

La Reole XIII were founded in 1938 and joined the French rugby league as an amateur club. In their first season they were crowned champions of the France 2nd Category which was the 3rd tier, now called the National Division 1. Their next trophy was the National Cup nowadays called the Coupe Falcou which they won in 1954. Another title triumph soon arrived in 1957, this time winning the top competition for amateur clubs the French Amateur Championship. A Coupe Falcou win in 1977 ended their long drought for success and it would be another eleven years before another cup win in 1988. During this time in the league La Reole established themselves as a National League 1 side (2nd Tier). They reached the play-off semi-finals in 79-80 and 84-85 before reaching the final in season 85-86 unfortunately they lost to Roanne XIII 16-19. In the following season they were relegated back to the 3rd tier but after just three years were promoted back to the 2nd tier (National League 1) after beating in the final 8-6. La Reole reached two play-off semi-finals in 1995 and 1996 but by the start of the millennium they had been relegated again this time they slid all the way down to the 4th tier now called the National Division 2. In 2009-10 they won the league and were promoted, then in the 2013-14 season they won the National Division 1 title and were promoted again. After just two Seasons in the Elite Two Championship they reached and won the final against the league leaders RC Lescure-Arthes XIII 20-18 to lift the title, but after careful consideration the club decided to stay in the second tier.^[1] During the close season more woes befell La Reole after a sponsor and backer withdrew from the club. They were forced to start the following season in the 4th tier National Division 2 league.

Stadium[]

The club have always played at the Stade Municipal La Reole which is a rugby stadium. It has one main stand which seats 100. The current capacity is 2,000.

2019/20 Squad[]

Squad details from www.lareole13.com/equipes

Number	Player	Country	Position
1	Vincent Garin	France	FB, WG
2	Theo Guinquet	France	WG
3		England	CE
4	Nick Briggs	Australia	CE
5	Scott Hurrell	New Zealand	WG, CE
6	Daniel Garcia O'Brien	Spain	SO, FB, WG
7	Valentin Marot	France	SH
8	Vladika Nikolic	Serbia	PR
9	Mathieu Van Der Pas	France	HK
10	Ivan Ordaz Mendez	Spain	PR
11	Jace Brown	Australia	SR
12	Mikael Tremouille	France	SR
13	Benjamin Varma	France	LF (Capt)
14	Sioeli Makaui	New Zealand
15	Etienne Bezo	France
16	Nicolas Vignau	France
17	Benjamin Vergniol	France
18	Mickael Thom	France	SO
19	Benjamin Tartas	France
20	Dominique Vidalou	France	LF
21	Dimitri Hayden	France
22	Dominique Vegs	France
23	Florent Garbay	France
24	Gaeten Barrot	France
25		New Zealand	WG
26	Jacky Hebrard	France
27	Romain Manzato	Italy
28	Teddy Perriot	France