AS Carcassonne

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AS Carcassonne
Elite One Championship
2021/221st
Uniforms
Home colours

Association Sportive of Carcassonne are a semi-professional

Lord Derby Cups
.

The club was founded in 1938 and to date has produced debatably the best ever French Rugby league footballer in Puig Aubert. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Albert Domec.

The club runs both youth teams and a ladies' team.

History

Teddy Sadaoui and Amar Sabri playing for Carcassonne in a match against Lezignan (January 2010).

As early as 1899 rugby was introduced to the rich and well off in Carcassonne. The club reached the rugby championship final in 1925, then in 1930 along with 11 other clubs they broke away from the French rugby union and began their own competition. With the creation of the

US Villeneuve. The following season they reached the cup semi-final, but before it could be played war broke out and the season was ended.[1]

The French Vichy government placed a ban on rugby league as of 19 December 1941.

After the war AS Carcassonne returned to rugby league under the direction of

Paul Barriere.[2] Several new players joined the club, most notably nineteen-year-old Puig Aubert
; this influx of players would signal both new ambition and success for the club who would go on to win five Championship titles over the next ten years coupled with four Lord Derby Cups.

With the completion of the golden years in early 1950s the club went through a somewhat lean period where

French Championships
between 1966 and 1976.

Since the completion of the 1977 season the club's fortunes took something of a slide by their standards. The club managed only a single French Championship in 1992 and two Lord Derby Cups in 1983 and 1990. In seasons 1992–93 and 1993–94 they competed in the British cup competition the

Pia XIII in both finals. The reward for winning the title was a place in the British rugby league Challenge Cup in 2013, they lost 16–24 away at Workington Town. Runners up in 2014 v Toulouse Olympique
in the cup and a year later they were runners up again this time in the league against the same opponents. Season 2016-17 saw them win the Lord Derby Cup for a record 14th time after beating Lezignan Sangliers 30–24. In 2023 Carcassonne added a fifteenth Lord Derby Cup by beating Albi in Perpignan.

AS Carcassonne v Australia

Date Score Attendance
2 January 1949 8-13 7,990
4 January 1953 5-18 4,881
26 December 1956 12-26 3,493

Colours and badge

The crest for AS Carcassonne originated when the club decided to design itself a badge that was unique and represented the Carcassonne area. It was subsequently decided to have the city's main feature of the castle-like fortified city appear on the crest, a decision that has proven popular and remains until this day.

Stadium

French rugby league championship Final between AS Carcassonne and Marseille XIII.[3]

Current squad

Squad for 2022-23 Season

Carcassonne Elite 1 Squad

Fullbacks

Wingers

Centres

Standoffs (Five-eighths)

Halfbacks

Props

Hookers

Second rowers

Locks (Loose forwards)

Notable players

Honours

  • Elite One Championship
     (12)
1944-45, 1945-46, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1971-72, 1975-76, 1991-92, 2011-12, 2021-22
  • Lord Derby Cup
     (15)
1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1977, 1983, 1990, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2023.


References

  1. ISBN 9781901347258
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  2. ISBN 9781901347258
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  3. ISBN 0950998249
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External links
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