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Treize Tournoi

{{Short description|Anglo-French rugby league competition}}

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The Treize Tournoi was a short-lived Anglo-French rugby league competition held at the end of the season in 1998. Known as the EMAP Treize Tournoi for sponsorship reasons, the tournament was organised by the First and Second Division Association, and was contested by the winners and runners-up of the First Division, the winners of the Second Division, and three teams from the French Championship.

Teams

Results

=English Group=

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|for_against_style=points

|winpoints=2

|name_LAN=Lancashire Lynx

|name_WAK=Wakefield Trinity

|name_FEV=Featherstone Rovers

|team_order=LAN, WAK, FEV

|win_LAN=3|draw_LAN=0|loss_LAN=1|pf_LAN=94|pa_LAN=107

|win_WAK=2|draw_WAK=0|loss_WAK=2|pf_WAK=96|pa_WAK=105

|win_FEV=1|draw_FEV=0|loss_FEV=3|pf_FEV=92|pa_FEV=119

|res_col_header=Q

|col_F=green1|text_F=Advance to Final

|result1=F

|update=complete

|source={{sfnp|Fletcher|1999|p=264}}

}}

=French Group=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|for_against_style=points

|winpoints=2

|name_VIL=Villeneuve

|name_STE=St-Estève

|name_LIM=Limoux

|team_order=VIL, STE, LIM

|win_VIL=3|draw_VIL=0|loss_VIL=1|pf_VIL=122|pa_VIL=62

|win_STE=2|draw_STE=0|loss_STE=2|pf_STE=134|pa_STE=94

|win_LIM=1|draw_LIM=0|loss_LIM=3|pf_LIM=75|pa_LIM=126

|res_col_header=Q

|col_F=green1|text_F=Advance to Final

|result1=F

|update=complete

|source={{sfnp|Fletcher|1999|p=264}}

}}

=Round 1=

{{cite news|title=Weekend Results|newspaper=The Guardian|date=5 October 1998|page=A11|id={{ProQuest|188224603}}}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 4 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = Villeneuve

| score = 34 – 12

| report = [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Wakefield+whacked.-a060644739 Report]

| team2 = Wakefield Trinity

| points1 = Try: Perrolari (3), Banquet, Despin, Devecchi
Goal: Banquet (5)

| points2 = Try: Stephenson, A. Hughes
Goal: A. Hughes (2)

| stadium =

| attendance = 2,000

| referee =

| manofmatch =

}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 4 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = Limoux

| score = 19 – 10

| report = [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FRENCH+TEARS+FOR+YOUNG+ROVERS.-a060626210 Report]

| team2 = Featherstone Rovers

| points1 = Try: Puso (2), Raleigh
Goal: Albérola (3)
Drop goal: Bourrel

| points2 = Try: Lowe, Baker
Goal: Chapman

| stadium =

| attendance = 2,112

| referee = Taberner (Wigan){{cite web|title=Limoux le magnifique (19-10)|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/1998/10/04/185774-limoux-le-magnifique-19-10.html|website=ladepeche.fr|accessdate=13 June 2015|language=French|date=4 October 1998}}

| manofmatch =

}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 4 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = St-Estève

| score = 26 – 40

| report =

| team2 = Lancashire Lynx

| points1 = Try: Brown, Couttet, Doyle, Thompson, Van Brussel
Goal: Couttet (3)

| points2 = Try: Murray (4), D. Jones, Mawdsley, Walsh
Goal: P. Jones (6)

| stadium =

| attendance = 2,000

| referee =

| manofmatch =

}}

=Round 2=

{{cite news|title=Weekend Results|newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 October 1998|page=A11|id={{ProQuest|188268731}}}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 11 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = Wakefield Trinity

| score = 38 – 36

| report =

| team2 = Limoux

| points1 = Try: Bostock (3), Gray (2), March, Mycoe
Goal: A. Hughes (5)

| points2 = Try: Raleigh (4), Alonso, Hébert, Puso
Goal: Albérola (4)

| stadium =

| attendance = 1,506

| referee =

| manofmatch =

}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 11 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = Featherstone Rovers

| score = 4 – 42

| report =

| team2 = St-Estève

| points1 = Try: Hall

| points2 = Try: Guisset (2), Doyle, Garcia, Lockwood, Torreilles, Van Brussel, Verges
Goal: Couttet (4), Torreilles

| stadium =

| attendance = 1,130

| referee =

| manofmatch =

}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 11 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = Lancashire Lynx

| score = 28 – 24

| report =

| team2 = Villeneuve

| points1 = Try: Donno, Gee, Kelly, Parsley, Taylor
Goal: P. Jones (4)

| points2 = Try: Carrasco (2), Doorey, Perrolari, Wulf
Goal: Banquet (2)

| stadium =

| attendance = 372

| referee =

| manofmatch =

}}

=Round 3=

{{cite news|title=Weekend Results|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 October 1998|page=A11|id={{ProQuest|188208312}}}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 18 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = Limoux

| score = 10 – 24

| report =

| team2 = Wakefield Trinity

| points1 = Try: Gonzales, Rossel
Goal: Masson

| points2 = Try: McDonald (2), Briggs, A. Hughes, Wray
Goal: Gray (2)

| stadium =

| attendance = 2,000

| referee = Oddy (Halifax){{cite web|title=Limoux usé par Wakefield (10-24)|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/1998/10/18/122006-limoux-use-par-wakefield-10-24.html|website=ladepeche.fr|accessdate=14 June 2015|language=French|date=18 October 1998}}

| manofmatch =

}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 18 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = St-Estève

| score = 48 – 24

| report =

| team2 = Featherstone Rovers

| points1 = Try: Gomez (2), Torreilles (2), Couttet, Durand, Thompson, Verges
Goal: Couttet (8)

| points2 = Try: Chapman, Handley, Peacock, Riley
Goal: Chapman (2), Rooney (2)

| stadium =

| attendance = 1,500

| referee =

| manofmatch =

}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 18 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = Villeneuve

| score = 39 – 0

| report =

| team2 = Lancashire Lynx

| points1 = Try: Cornut (2), Frayssinous (2), Perrolari (2), Devecchi
Goal: Banquet (5)
Drop goal: Banquet

| points2 =

| stadium =

| attendance = 2,000

| referee =

| manofmatch =

}}

=Round 4=

{{cite news|title=Weekend Results|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 October 1998|page=A11|id={{ProQuest|188215344}}}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 25 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = Wakefield Trinity

| score = 22 – 25

| report = [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-focus-changes-for-trinity-1180793.html Report]

| team2 = Villeneuve

| points1 = Try: Bostock, Fisher, March, Mycoe
Goal: A. Hughes (3)

| points2 = Try: Collado, Banquet, Carrasco, Devecchi
Goal: Banquet (2)
Drop goal: Frayssinous

| stadium =

| attendance = 1,270

| referee =

| manofmatch =

}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 25 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = Featherstone Rovers

| score = 54 – 10

| report =

| team2 = Limoux

| points1 = Try: Dickins (2), Pratt (2), Spurr (2), Chapman, Stokes, Swinson
Goal: Chapman (9)

| points2 = Try: Lacans, Rossel
Goal: Masson

| stadium =

| attendance = 804

| referee =

| manofmatch =

}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 25 October 1998

| time =

| team1 = Lancashire Lynx

| score = 26 – 18

| report =

| team2 = St-Estève

| points1 = Try: Gee, Campbell, Murray, Parsley
Goal: P. Jones (3)

| points2 = Try: Boudebza, Garcia, Guisset, Verges
Goal: Couttet

| stadium =

| attendance = 247

| referee =

| manofmatch =

}}

=Final=

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 1 November 1998

| time =

| team1 = Villeneuve

| score = 16 – 10

| report =

| team2 = Lancashire Lynx

| points1 = Try: Cornut, Doorey, Frayssinous
Goal: Banquet (2)

| points2 = Try: D. Jones, Taylor
Goal: P. Jones

| stadium = Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

| attendance = 10,283

| referee = Graham Shaw (Wigan)

| manofmatch =

}}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
FB1Frédéric Banquet
RW2Daniel Calvert
RC3Laurent Minut
LC4Laurent Frayssinous
LW5Gilles Cornut
SO6Fabien Devecchi (c)
SH7Steve Plath
PR8David Collado
HK9Vincent Wulf
PR10Paul Sironen
SR11Laurent Carrasco
SR12Pierre Sabatie
LF13Grant Doorey
colspan=3|Substitutions:
IC14Vea Bloomfield
IC15Emmanuel Peralta
IC16Christophe Canal
IC17Julien Rinaldi
colspan=3|Player-coach:
colspan="4"| Grant Doorey

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
width="25"|width="25"|
FB1Doc Murray
RW2David Jones
RC3Milton Finney
LC4Craig Campbell
LW5Neil Parsley
SO6Phil Jones
SH7Chris Kelly
PR8Steve Taylor
HK9Andy Ruane (c)
PR10Carl Briscoe
SR11Steve Gee
SR12Simon Smith
LF13Joe Walsh
colspan=3|Substitutions:
IC14Lee Prest
IC15Paul Norton
IC16Neil Briscoe
IC17P. J. Solomon
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"| Steve Hampson

|}

Aftermath

Despite some interest in staging the tournament again the following year,{{cite web |title=Rugby League: Double boost for bullish France |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-double-boost-for-bullish-france-1045734.html |website=The Independent |access-date=30 November 2024 |date=8 January 1999}} this didn't materialise and the Treize Tournoi was never repeated. In 1999, Villeneuve played a "European Challenge" match against a Northern Ford Premiership XIII at Widnes, winning the match 24–14.{{cite web |title=Sweet 'n sour for Donlan |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6107072.sweet-n-sour-for-donlan/ |website=Lancashire Telegraph |access-date=30 November 2024 |date=8 October 1999}}

In 2012, an Anglo-French Challenge competition took place, consisting of four fixtures between English Championship and French Elite One Championship clubs.{{cite web |title=European action for Centurions |url=https://www.leighjournal.co.uk/sport/9675416.european-action-for-centurions/ |website=Leigh Journal |access-date=30 November 2024 |date=27 April 2012}}

Notes

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References

  • {{cite book |last1=Fletcher |first1=Raymond |title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1999 |publisher=Headline |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-7472-7572-5 |pages=258–64}}

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