Related Research Articles
The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was the twelfth staging of the Rugby League World Cup. It was held in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France, and took place between 28 October and 25 November 2000. Sixteen national teams competed in four groups of four, playing each other once over three weekly rounds before a series of play-offs that culminated in the final between Australia and New Zealand. Tournament favourites Australia defeated New Zealand in the final, claiming their sixth consecutive and ninth total Rugby League World Cup title. Australian winger Wendell Sailor was named player of the tournament.
The Stade Vélodrome, known for sponsorship reasons as the Orange Vélodrome since June 2016, is a multi-purpose stadium in Marseille, France. It is home to the Olympique de Marseille football club of Ligue 1 since it opened in 1937, and has been a venue in the 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups; the 1960, 1984 and 2016 editions of the UEFA European Championship; and the 2007 and 2023 Rugby World Cup. It occasionally hosts RC Toulon rugby club of the Top 14. It is the largest club football ground in France, with a capacity of 67,394 spectators. The stadium is also used regularly by the France national rugby union team.
Pamiers is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although it is not the capital which is the smaller town of Foix. The seat of the Bishop of Pamiers is at the Pamiers Cathedral. The current mayor of the town is Frédérique Thiennot, who succeeded André Trigano in 2020 after holding the post for 25 years.
The Coupe de France Lord Derby, or just Coupe Lord Derby, is the premier knockout competition for the sport of rugby league football in France, as well as the name of its championship trophy. The tournament was first contested in 1934–35, which also marked the inaugural season of the French Rugby League Championship.
The Moldova national rugby league team first competed into international competition in 1993. Moldova has not competed internationally since the 1995 Emerging Nations World Cup. Rugby league is no longer played in Moldova, even if a French author mentions that the game was still played in 2011, and while there were attempts to revive the national team for a tournament in 2003 the team failed to materialise. There are no known current plans to resurrect the team, though rugby league has recently started in neighbouring Ukraine.
Rugby league has been played in France since 1934. As with rugby union, rugby league was introduced by the English and the heartland of the game is in the south of France.
Parc Olympique Lyonnais, known for sponsorship reasons as Groupama Stadium, is a 59,186-seat stadium in Décines-Charpieu, in the Lyon Metropolis. The home of French football club Olympique Lyonnais (OL), it replaced their previous stadium, the Stade de Gerland, in January 2016.
Jean-Claude Skrela is a former coach of the French national rugby union team. His son, David Skrela, is a French rugby union player and his daughter, Gaëlle Skrela, is a professional basketball player.
Lilian Hébert is a French rugby league footballer who represented France at the 1995 World Cup. He made his first steps in rugby league in Vernajoul, which also produced names such as Jacques Moliner, Claude Sirvent and Christophe Moly.
Alrix Da Costa is a French professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League and France at international level.
Mathieu Khedimi is a French rugby league coach and former player. He played as hooker or lock forward. He played his entire career for AS Saint-Estève with which he won several titles. An author of the rugby league literature considered him as "the soul of the club since long times".
Jean Pambrun was a French rugby league player who represented France in the 1954 World Cup. His usual position was second row. He was born in Mérilheu and died in Cabestany.
Antranik Apelian was a French-Armenian rugby league footballer who played in 1950s and 1960s, as a hooker. At club level, he played for Marseille XIII for all of his career, with which he won the Lord Derby Cup in 1965 and ended second in the 1954 French Rugby League Championship final. He was surnamed "Niky". Outside the field, he worked as a firefighter in the Marseille Naval Fire Battalion. He also had a reputation of being "tough as nails".
André Rives was a French rugby league footballer who played as a fullback.
Jean-Claude Cros was a French rugby league player who played as fullback.
Claude Mantoulan, nicknamed La Mantoule, is a French former rugby union and rugby league player.
Jacques Moliner, is a French former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. His lone appearance was for the Penrith Panthers in 1987. His son Cyril plays for the St Gaudens Bears. He made his first steps in rugby league in Vernajoul, which also produced names such as Claude Sirvent, Lilian Hébert and Christophe Moly. He was the first French player to play rugby league in Australia.
Jean Foussat, was a former French rugby league footballer who played as centre or wing.
Robert Médus, was a French former rugby union and rugby league footballer.
André Lacaze is a French former rugby league footballer and referee.
References
- 1 2 Claude Sirvent rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ Samedi, grand-messe treiziste à Fondère, E.D., La Dépêche du Midi , 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 Mouret, Aimé, ... (2011). Le Who's who du rugby à XIII. Impr. Jouve). Toulouse: Éd. de l'Ixcéa. ISBN 978-2-84918-118-8. OCLC 779739872.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
 | This French rugby league football biography is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |