- Carpentras XIII
Infobox rugby league club
clubname = Carpentras XIII
fullname = RC de Carpentras XIII et du Comtat
nickname =
shortname =
founded = 1947
ground = Stade de la Roseraie
capacity = 12,000
ceo = flagicon|France Lyes Jendoubi
mgrtitle = Coach
manager = flagicon|France Jeff Cagnac
league =Elite One Championship
season = 2006
position = 10thRC Carpentras XIII are a semi-professional rugby league football club based in the city of
Carpentras in the south ofFrance . They play in theFrench rugby league championship and as to date have never achieved either a Championship victory or attained aLord Derby Cup title with their best result being a finals position in the 1992 cup competition.The club was founded in 1947 under the name RC de Carpentras XIII et du Comtat by which they are still officially known today though are more commonly referred as simply Carpentras. The club being based in the south of France has several long-standing rivalrys with other southern based clubs including
AS Carcassonne and the Catalan clubLes Catalans .History
RC de Carpentras XIII et du Comtat was formed in 1947 by local residents hailing from the city of
Carpentras in the south ofFrance , the club originally competed in theamateur Frenchleague where it gained immediate success winning back to back titles over its first two competitive seasons. These victories allowed the club to progress to the French rugby league championship second division where it would then repeat the success it had achieved at amateur level going on to win another two consecutive titles in both the 1949 and 1950 seasons.After having maximum success in the lower french leagues the
Carpentras club progressed to theFrench rugby league championship in 1951 but the success that they had achieved on the field in previous showings would elude them in the top flight competition. After having captured four titles in its first four years after formation the club would fail to win a major title in either the Championship or theLord Derby Cup over the next fifty-seven years.Crest
The clubs logo is that a red bull uncannily similar in style to that of the club logo of American
basketball team theChicago Bulls ; it has only adopted this logo in more recent times.Current squad
Honours
*sport honours|French Championship|0|
*sport honours|Lord Derby Cup |0|External links
* [http://www.carpentrasxiii.com/ Official site]
* [http://155778.aceboard.net/index.php?login=155778 Offical forum]
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