La Réole XIII

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 Saint-Hyppolite 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.

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.

• Squad details from www.lareole13.com/equipes

Number	Player	Date of Birth	Country	Position
1	Vincent Garin		France	FB, WG
2	Theo Guinquet		France	WG
3	Ritchie Shaw		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	John Vakatini Stainton		New Zealand	WG
26	Jacky Hebrard		France
27	Romain Manzato		Italy
28	Teddy Perriot		France

• Elite Two (1): 2015-16
• National Division 1 (2): 1989-90, 2013–14
• National Division 2 (1): 2009-10
• France Amateur Championship (1): 1956-57
• France Amateur 2nd Category (1): 1938-39
• Coupe Falcou (3): 1954, 1977, 1988

Elite One Championship Elite Two Championship National Division 1 National Division 2