Lezignan 9s is a rugby league nines

Rugby league nines

Rugby league nines is a version of rugby league football played with nine players on each side. The game is substantially the same as full rugby league, with some differences in rules and shorter games. Nines is usually played in festivals, as its shorter game play allows for a tournament to be...

 tournament held in Lézignan-Corbières

Lézignan-Corbières

Lézignan-Corbières is a commune in the Aude department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. Situated in the Corbières wine region not far from Narbonne, it has a Vine and Wine Museum .-Geography:...

, France

France

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. It was last held on the 15 and 16 September 2007.

The organisation committee is considering moving the date of the event to late October, when British National League

Rugby League National Leagues

The Championship, known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group, is a professional rugby league competition based in the United Kingdom. It is currently contested by ten teams from England. It acts as Europe's second-tier competition below the Super League, and has...

clubs would be available to participate. The date would also coincide with the release of the 'Vin Nouveau', which is a major event in this wine producing area of southern France.

International Lezignan 9s 2007 Results

• Trophée des Vendanges : Moroccan Lions 16 - Montpellier 12
• Trophee des Vendanges (Women): Toulouse Ovalie
• Coupe de la Ville : Carpentras 12- Cambridge University 10
• Coupe de la fédération : Serbia 24 - XIII Catalan 12
• Coupe du Vin, Juniors : Pole Espoirs Carcassonne 18 - 14 Lezignan Academy
• Trophée Fair Play : XIII Catalan
• Yacine Khattabi memorial, player of the tournament: Irakli Modebadze (Géorgie, Montpellier)
• Département de l'Aude trophy. Player of the tournament (women): Anne Sophie Carnus