Treize Tournoi

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

• Wakefield Trinity
• Featherstone Rovers
• Lancashire Lynx
• St-Estève
• Limoux
• Villeneuve

Results

English Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lancashire Lynx	4	3	0	1	94	107	−13	6	Advance to Final
2	Wakefield Trinity	4	2	0	2	96	105	−9	4
3	Featherstone Rovers	4	1	0	3	92	119	−27	2

Source:

French Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Villeneuve	4	3	0	1	122	62	+60	6	Advance to Final
2	St-Estève	4	2	0	2	134	94	+40	4
3	Limoux	4	1	0	3	75	126	−51	2

Source:

Round 1

4 October 1998

Villeneuve	34 – 12	Wakefield Trinity
Try: Perrolari (3), Banquet, Despin, Devecchi Goal: Banquet (5)	Report	Try: Stephenson, A. Hughes Goal: A. Hughes (2)

Attendance: 2,000

4 October 1998

Limoux	19 – 10	Featherstone Rovers
Try: Puso (2), Raleigh Goal: Albérola (3) Drop goal: Bourrel	Report	Try: Lowe, Baker Goal: Chapman

Attendance: 2,112 Referee: Taberner (Wigan)

4 October 1998

St-Estève	26 – 40	Lancashire Lynx
Try: Brown, Couttet, Doyle, Thompson, Van Brussel Goal: Couttet (3)		Try: Murray (4), D. Jones, Mawdsley, Walsh Goal: P. Jones (6)

Attendance: 2,000

Round 2

11 October 1998

Wakefield Trinity	38 – 36	Limoux
Try: Bostock (3), Gray (2), March, Mycoe Goal: A. Hughes (5)		Try: Raleigh (4), Alonso, Hébert, Puso Goal: Albérola (4)

Attendance: 1,506

11 October 1998

Featherstone Rovers	4 – 42	St-Estève
Try: Hall		Try: Guisset (2), Doyle, Garcia, Lockwood, Torreilles, Van Brussel, Verges Goal: Couttet (4), Torreilles

Attendance: 1,130

11 October 1998

Lancashire Lynx	28 – 24	Villeneuve
Try: Donno, Gee, Kelly, Parsley, Taylor Goal: P. Jones (4)		Try: Carrasco (2), Doorey, Perrolari, Wulf Goal: Banquet (2)

Attendance: 372

Round 3

18 October 1998

Limoux	10 – 24	Wakefield Trinity
Try: Gonzales, Rossel Goal: Masson		Try: McDonald (2), Briggs, A. Hughes, Wray Goal: Gray (2)

Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Oddy (Halifax)

18 October 1998

St-Estève	48 – 24	Featherstone Rovers
Try: Gomez (2), Torreilles (2), Couttet, Durand, Thompson, Verges Goal: Couttet (8)		Try: Chapman, Handley, Peacock, Riley Goal: Chapman (2), Rooney (2)

Attendance: 1,500

18 October 1998

Villeneuve	39 – 0	Lancashire Lynx
Try: Cornut (2), Frayssinous (2), Perrolari (2), Devecchi Goal: Banquet (5) Drop goal: Banquet

Attendance: 2,000

Round 4

25 October 1998

Wakefield Trinity	22 – 25	Villeneuve
Try: Bostock, Fisher, March, Mycoe Goal: A. Hughes (3)	Report	Try: Collado, Banquet, Carrasco, Devecchi Goal: Banquet (2) Drop goal: Frayssinous

Attendance: 1,270

25 October 1998

Featherstone Rovers	54 – 10	Limoux
Try: Dickins (2), Pratt (2), Spurr (2), Chapman, Stokes, Swinson Goal: Chapman (9)		Try: Lacans, Rossel Goal: Masson

Attendance: 804

25 October 1998

Lancashire Lynx	26 – 18	St-Estève
Try: Gee, Campbell, Murray, Parsley Goal: P. Jones (3)		Try: Boudebza, Garcia, Guisset, Verges Goal: Couttet

Attendance: 247

Final

1 November 1998

Villeneuve	16 – 10	Lancashire Lynx
Try: Cornut, Doorey, Frayssinous Goal: Banquet (2)		Try: D. Jones, Taylor Goal: P. Jones

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance: 10,283 Referee: Graham Shaw (Wigan)

FB 1 Frédéric Banquet RW 2 Daniel Calvert RC 3 Laurent Minut LC 4 Laurent Frayssinous LW 5 Gilles Cornut SO 6 Fabien Devecchi (c) SH 7 Steve Plath PR 8 David Collado HK 9 Vincent Wulf PR 10 Paul Sironen SR 11 Laurent Carrasco SR 12 Pierre Sabatie LF 13 Grant Doorey Substitutions: IC 14 Vea Bloomfield IC 15 Emmanuel Peralta IC 16 Christophe Canal IC 17 Julien Rinaldi Player-coach: Grant Doorey

FB 1 Doc Murray RW 2 David Jones RC 3 Milton Finney LC 4 Craig Campbell LW 5 Neil Parsley SO 6 Phil Jones SH 7 Chris Kelly PR 8 Steve Taylor HK 9 Andy Ruane (c) PR 10 Carl Briscoe SR 11 Steve Gee SR 12 Simon Smith LF 13 Joe Walsh Substitutions: IC 14 Lee Prest IC 15 Paul Norton IC 16 Neil Briscoe IC 17 P. J. Solomon Coach: Steve Hampson

Aftermath

Despite some interest in staging the tournament again the following year, 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.

In 2012, an Anglo-French Challenge competition took place, consisting of four fixtures between English Championship and French Elite One Championship clubs.

References

• Fletcher, Raymond (1999). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1999. Headline. pp. 258–64. ISBN 978-0-7472-7572-5.