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Lyon Villeurbanne XIII
Elite Two Championship
2016/178th
Uniforms
Home colours
Away colours

Lyon Villeurbanne XIII are a semi-professional

Elite Two Championship which is the second tier. Their home stadium is the Stade Georges Lyvet
and their player-coach for 2018-19 season is Sebastien Aguerra.

History

On Tuesday 1 May 1934 the touring Yorkshire XIII played against a France XIII in

Vichy Government banned rugby league and the club was forced to play rugby union.[4]

After the war the club returned to rugby league and soon they would embark on their most successful period. Their golden period began in season 49/50 when they were runner-up to

US Villeneuve 9–8 in the final but couldn't complete a league and cup double as they lost the league final 12–19 to AS Carcassonne. They retained the cup when they beat XIII Catalan 17–15 and won their second league title when they triumphed 7–6 against AS Carcassonne in 1955. Relegation followed in 1957 but after winning the National League 1 title, now called Elite Two in 1958 they made an immediate return to the top flight. But the golden period was over and they would have to wait until 2002 for their next trophy and that would be once again the second tier title National League 1. Back in 1994 the club changed their name to LVR XIII that same year the club lost in the second tier final 16–25 against Palau XIII Broncos[5]
The club runs both junior and ladies teams

Colours and Badge

Stadium

The

Lyon Villeurbanne and ASVEL Rugby
both tenants. During the 1950s the ground regularly attracted gates of 7,500 the current capacity is 5,000. In 1991 it played host to its first full international match when France beat Russia 26–6.

Current squad

2019-20 Season[6]

Lyon Rugby league squad

Fullbacks

  • Halidi Hatubou

Wingers

  • Karim Ben Ouada
  • Maxime Bousquet
  • Charles Da Silva
  • El Had Halidi

Centres

  • Nadjime Anchidini
  • Yann Bertrand
  • Mourad Ezzine
  • Radu Ludosan

Halves

  • Iliass Laachiri
  • Olivier Rodriguez

Props

  • Othman Aouadi
  • Nicolas Bourgin
  • Mohamed El Ouali
  • Quentin Galais
  • Mohamed Cherif Haddam
  • Loic Hortensia
  • Anthony Lopez
  • Flan Naismith
  • Colin Niez
  • Nathan Niez
  • Leonard Van Voorthuysen

Hookers

  • Sebastien Aguerra
  • Mehdi Bounab-Lamiral
  • Youssef El Arabi
  • Melvin Hebert Aguerra
  • Said-Ben Said Hala

Back Rowers

  • Karnik Avedikian
  • Hatem Djerbi
  • Tarek Jelali
  • Carlos Mendes Varela
  • Killian Pierre
  • Rida Sertani
  • George Kelly (C)

Notable players

Honours

  • French Rugby League Championship (Elite One) (2): 1950–51, 1954–55
  • Lord Derby Cup (3): : 1935, 1953, 1954
  • National League 1 (Elite Two) (2): 1957–58, 2001–02

References

  1. ISBN 9781901347258
    .
  2. ISBN 9781901347258
    .
  3. ISBN 9781901347258
    .
  4. ^ "Home". lvr13.com.
  5. ^ "Home". lvr13.com.
  6. ^ "Lyon-Villeurbanne Rhone XIII". Treize Mondial.

External links

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