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| Full name | Homps Minervois XIII |
| Colours | White, Red and Black |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Website | [Website |
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| Competition | National Division 2 |
Homps Minervois XIII are a French Rugby league club based in Homps, Aude in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. The club plays in Pool A of the Languedoc-Roussillon League in the French National Division 2.
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.
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