French Rugby League Grounds

Dr H · Post by **Dr H** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:26 am

I was trying to put this in the original thread but it kept logging me out when I tried to post in it

Stade Albert Domec, AS Carcassonne

The statue of Puig-Aubert unveiled during the 2000 World cup

Stade Armandie Agen

St Ruf Oval, SO Avignon

Stade Georges-Ryvet, Lyon Villeurbanne

Stade Jean Fallon, Les Catalans/UTC the venue that will be refurbished for the ESL

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:15 am

Excellent. Very French too.

Stade Albert Domec is where the FR v NZ Test will be played this weekend.

This below is Stade Aime Giral, Perpignan. This is where yesterday's test match was played.

Stade Sebastien Charlety is where major games in Paris are usually played. The ill-fated PSG played there and some Test matches have been played there recently (before that Parc de Princes was often used).

Egan · Post by **Egan** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:23 pm

Wasn't a request made for French Rugby League Ground pictures in like 2003/2003?

It's taken 2-3 years, but the grounds have finally found there way onto the site.

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:44 pm

The request was made and I put some up at the time. Dr H's pictures of Agen, Carcassonne, Lyon, Avignon and Perpignan are an addition to that.

Dr H · Post by **Dr H** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:07 am

I had a look at that thread when I first joined the site and have been occasionally digging around French sites since.

It's interesting that the club grounds(Agen was hired for the test from RU) look like 1950's constructions built when the game was booming and as it declined sadly they've become quite delapidated.

Hopefully the redevelopment of Jean Fallon and the emergence of Les Catalans will reverse the trend both on and off the pitch.

I'm hoping that Les Catalans consider having a game in Carcassonne some time,it's further from Perpigan then Narbonne and with worse facities but a weekend in a Rugby League town with the Puig-Aubert statue etc. would be a really good draw for English fans.It usually gets good crowds for internationals and in nearer to strong RL areas Toulouse and Limoux.

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:04 am

Dr H wrote:I had a look at that thread when I first joined the site and have been occasionally digging around French sites since.

It's interesting that the club grounds(Agen was hired for the test from RU) look like 1950's constructions built when the game was booming and as it declined sadly they've become quite delapidated.

Hopefully the redevelopment of Jean Fallon and the emergence of Les Catalans will reverse the trend both on and off the pitch.

It's hard to maintain grounds when you lose a lot of your assets during the War without any compensation. But I don't want to get in to all of that. Gets me too worked up.

I thought the Toulouse RU ground that hosted last year's Test was a great venue for the future. I am excited about Les Catalans.

Simmo79 · Post by **Simmo79** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:10 pm

Who's Les Catalans? Is he related to Les Murray or Les Miserables? And why are you excited about him? I thought you liked Tottie/totty.

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:48 pm

Simmo79 wrote:Who's Les Catalans? Is he related to Les Murray or Les Miserables? And why are you excited about him? I thought you liked Tottie/totty.

Les Murray the poet or Les Murray of SBS?

Simmo79 · Post by **Simmo79** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:21 pm

In an effort to out-smartarse you I tried googling Les Murray in order to say "no, I meant Les Murray, the potato merchant from Dognuts, Idaho" but f**k me dead, those are the only two I could find.

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:26 pm

Simmo79 wrote:In an effort to out-smartarse you I tried googling Les Murray in order to say "no, I meant Les Murray, the potato merchant from Dognuts, Idaho" but f**k me dead, those are the only two I could find.

There's always Les Murray the Hawaiian real estate agent.

http://www.dps.net/~les/index.html

Simmo79 · Post by **Simmo79** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:37 pm

Luckily for him its Mo-vember

Jeffles · Post by **Jeffles** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:06 am

Here are the latest photos of Stade Gilbert Brutus. This is set to be the home of Catalan Dragons in the Super League.

Above - the outer side and on end of the SGB.

Below - close up of one goal end. Note the Blood and Gold colours of the Catalans.

Below - the Main Stand. Seats are yet to be installed.

Below - There isn't much space on the outer side behind the stands.

Simmo79 · Post by **Simmo79** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:51 am

He he he, "Dognuts, Idaho". And it's almost Mo-vember again. I make me laugh.

And the RL ground looks nice too. Isn't that the way with all brand new grounds.

www.france-stades.com · Fri May 18, 2007 10:25 pm

Stade Alfred Armandie, SU Agen

Stadium Municipal, Albi

Stade du Moulias, FC Auch

Stade Jean Alric, Stade Aurillacois

Stade Jean Dauger, Aviron Bayonnais

Stade André Moga, CA Bègles Bordeaux

Stade de la méditerrannée, AS Béziers - Hérault

Stade Aguiléra, Biarritz Olympique

Stade Pierre Rajon, CS Bourgoin - Jallieu

Stadium Municipal, CA Brive

Stade Pierre Antoine, Castres Olympique

Stade Marcel Michelin, AS Montferrand

Stade du Sélery, US Colomiers

Stade Maurice Boyau, US Dax

Stade Lesdiguères, FC Grenoble

Stade Marcel Delflandre, stade Rochelais

Stade Maurice Trélut, Tarbes PR

Stade Mayol, Toulon RC

Stade Municipal, US Tyrosse

Stade Ernest Wallon, Stade Toulousain

Stade Beaublanc, USA Limoges

Stade Vuillermet, Lyou OU

Stade de Sapiac, US Montauban

( vue aérienne )

Stade de Barbe d'Or - Guy Boniface, Stade Montois

Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, RC Narbonne

Stade Charles Mathon, RC Oyonnax

Stade Charléty, Paris US Métro - Racing

Stade Jean Bouin, Stade Français Paris

Stade du Hameau, Section Paloise

Stade Aimé Giral, USA Perpignan

britishspud · Post by **britishspud** » Sat May 19, 2007 5:03 pm

cracking 1st post

how many of those stadiums are purely for rugby league?? , i'm not as clued up on my french team as i should be..