Toulouse Olympique or TO XIII is a professional rugby league club in Toulouse, south-west France. Founded in 1937, two years after the French Rugby League Federation, the club is a six-time winner of the French Rugby League Championship.
The 2007/08 season was the fifth year of the Elite One Championship, the top level rugby league competition in France. The season commenced on 6 October 2007 and like the previous season, there were 11 teams with one team missing a round each week. A total of 22 rounds were played, with the last finishing on 12 April 2008 before the play-offs, that determined who played in the Grand Final. RC Albi were the league's new club having been promoted from the Elite Two Championship. Pia XIII were the defending champions having beaten Lézignan Sangliers in the 2006/2007 season Grand Final. The top 8 clubs qualified for the end of season play-offs. In the first week of the play-offs, Saint-Gaudens Bears and UTC both easily beat Toulouse Olympique and RC Albi respectively. However both teams were then beaten, Saint-Gaudens Bears by third placed AS Carcassonne, and UTC by Limoux Grizzlies in Week 2. Pia XIII beat AS Carcassonne in the first semi-final and a day later Lézignan Sangliers, the league leaders, squeezed past Limoux Grizzlies. In the Grand Final held at the Stade de la Mediterranee in Béziers, Lézignan Sangliers did what they had failed to do the previous season and beat Pia XIII 26-16, and thus winning the title for the first time. Despite finishing 8th and reaching the Lord Derby cup final RC Albi were relegated and Toulouse Olympique left the league and joined the English Rugby League system. SO Avignon were promoted from the 2nd tier. The Lord Derby Cup was won by Limoux Grizzlies.
Johnathon Ford is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays for Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship.
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William Barthau is a French retired international rugby league footballer who most recently played as a scrum-half for Toulouse Olympique in the Betfred Championship and the French national side.
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Jake Shorrocks is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half or stand-off for the Toulouse Olympique in the Betfred Championship.
Clément Boyer is a French professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or second-row forward for Halifax Panthers in the Betfred Championship and Elite 1. He also had brief spells with Halifax Panthers and Albi.
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Rhys Curran is a France international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the London Broncos in the Betfred Championship.
Anthony Marion is a French professional rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward for Toulouse Olympique in the Betfred Championship and France at international level.
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