Carpentras XIII
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RC Carpentras XIII are a semi-professional rugby league football
club based in the city of Carpentras
in the south of France
. They play in the French rugby league championship
and as to date have never achieved either a Championship victory or attained a Lord 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 club Les Catalans
.
in the south of France
, the club originally competed in the amateur
French league
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 the French 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 the Lord Derby Cup
over the next fifty-seven years.
uncannily similar in style to that of the club logo of American
basketball
team the Chicago Bulls
; it has only adopted this logo in more recent times.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
club based in the city of Carpentras
Carpentras
Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It stands on the banks of the Auzon...
in the south of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. They play in the French rugby league championship
French rugby league championship
The French rugby league championship has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France and Monaco since the sport was introduced to the country in the thirties....
and as to date have never achieved either a Championship victory or attained a Lord Derby Cup
Lord Derby Cup
The Lord Derby Cup , also known as French Rugby à XIII Cup, is the premier knock-out competition for the sport of rugby league football in France. It is open to all French rugby league clubs....
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
AS Carcassonne
AS Carcassonne are a professional rugby league football club based in Carcassonne in the south of France. They play in the French rugby league championship and are one of the most successful clubs in French rugby league, having won a total of ten French Championship titles and eleven Lord Derby Cups...
and the Catalan club Les Catalans
Catalans Dragons
The Catalans Dragons are a French professional rugby league club based in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales. They currently play in the Super League, and are the only team in the competition from outside of the United Kingdom...
.
History
RC de Carpentras XIII et du Comtat was formed in 1947 by local residents hailing from the city of CarpentrasCarpentras
Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It stands on the banks of the Auzon...
in the south of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, the club originally competed in the amateur
Amateur
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French league
Sports league
League is a term commonly used to describe a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an...
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
Carpentras
Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It stands on the banks of the Auzon...
club progressed to the French rugby league championship
French rugby league championship
The French rugby league championship has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France and Monaco since the sport was introduced to the country in the thirties....
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 the Lord Derby Cup
Lord Derby Cup
The Lord Derby Cup , also known as French Rugby à XIII Cup, is the premier knock-out competition for the sport of rugby league football in France. It is open to all French rugby league clubs....
over the next fifty-seven years.
Crest
The clubs logo is that a red bullBull
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uncannily similar in style to that of the club logo of American
United States
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basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team the Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1966. They play their home games at the United Center...
; it has only adopted this logo in more recent times.
Honours
- French ChampionshipFrench rugby league championshipThe French rugby league championship has been the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France and Monaco since the sport was introduced to the country in the thirties....
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- Lord Derby CupLord Derby CupThe Lord Derby Cup , also known as French Rugby à XIII Cup, is the premier knock-out competition for the sport of rugby league football in France. It is open to all French rugby league clubs....
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