Homps Minervois XIII are a French Rugby League

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 Homps

Homps

Homps is the name of several communes in France:* Homps, Aude in the Aude department* Homps, Gers, in the Gers department...

, Aude

Aude

Aude is a department in south-central France named after the river Aude. The local council also calls the department "Cathar Country".Aude is also a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine, and mother...

 in the Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is...

 region. The club plays in Pool A of the Languedoc-Roussillon League in the French National Division 2

National Division 2

National Division 2 is the fourth tier of rugby league in France, after Elite 1, Elite 2 and National Division 1. This tier was formerly known as the Federal Championship...

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History

The current Homps open age team was reformed in the summer of 2008 after an absence of seven years. The previous incarnation won the French National 2 title in 2001. The club was linked with the signing of Ellery Hanley as a coach or backroom staff in late 2009, the announcement hoping to be made December 2009.

Club Details

• President: Jérôme Lignieres and Alain Garabedian
• Club Address: Homps Minervois XIII, Avenue du Stade, Enclos Bourdier, 11200 Homps
• Tel: 06 70 16 89 39
• Contact:
• Email: hompsminervois.treize@orange.fr

External links

• Official Website