Stade Aimé Giral

Stade Aimé-Giral

Stade Aimé Giral of Perpignan
Location	Perpignan, France
Coordinates	Coordinates: 42°42′55″N 2°53′29″E / 42.71528°N 2.89139°E / 42.71528; 2.89139
Capacity	14,593
Field size	100 x 66 m
Surface	grass
Construction
Opened	1940
Renovated	1998, 2008
Tenants
USA Perpignan Catalans Dragons (2006-2007)

Stade Aimé Giral is a multi-purpose stadium in Perpignan, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of USA Perpignan.

History[]

The stadium also hosted the majority of Catalans Dragons home matches in the rugby league club's first two seasons in the Super League in 2006 and 2007. The Dragons have since renovated their own ground, Stade Gilbert Brutus, and now play all their home matches there. The stadium has been expanded from a capacity of 13,500 to 14,593 in a project that ended in 2008.

The stadium has the name of early club fly-half Aimé Giral, who died during the First World War. Seven USA Perpignan players died during this war.

Rugby League Test matches[]

List of rugby league test matches played at Stade Aimé Giral.^[1]

Test#	Date	Result	Attendance	Notes
1	30 November 2002	New Zealand def.  France 36–10	6,500	2002 France vs New Zealand
2	11 November 2005	Australia def.  France 44–12	7,913	2005 France vs Australia

See also[]

• List of rugby league stadiums by capacity

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Stade Aimé-Giral at Wikimedia Commons

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