The Treize Tournoi was a short-lived Anglo-French rugby league competition held at the end of the season in 1998. Known as the EMAP Treize Tournoi for sponsorship reasons, the tournament was organised by the First and Second Division Association, and was contested by the winners and runners-up of the First Division, the winners of the Second Division, and three teams from the French Championship.
Teams Wakefield Trinity Featherstone Rovers Lancashire Lynx St-Estève Limoux Villeneuve
Results English Group
French Group
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Final
FB 1 Frédéric BanquetRW 2 Daniel CalvertRC 3 Laurent MinutLC 4 Laurent FrayssinousLW 5 Gilles CornutSO 6 Fabien Devecchi (c)SH 7 Steve PlathPR 8 David ColladoHK 9 Vincent Wulf PR 10 Paul SironenSR 11 Laurent CarrascoSR 12 Pierre SabatieLF 13 Grant DooreySubstitutions:IC 14 Vea BloomfieldIC 15 Emmanuel PeraltaIC 16 Christophe CanalIC 17 Julien RinaldiPlayer-coach: Grant Doorey FB 1 Doc MurrayRW 2 David JonesRC 3 Milton FinneyLC 4 Craig CampbellLW 5 Neil ParsleySO 6 Phil JonesSH 7 Chris KellyPR 8 Steve TaylorHK 9 Andy Ruane (c)PR 10 Carl BriscoeSR 11 Steve GeeSR 12 Simon SmithLF 13 Joe Walsh Substitutions:IC 14 Lee PrestIC 15 Paul NortonIC 16 Neil BriscoeIC 17 P. J. SolomonCoach: Steve Hampson
Aftermath Despite some interest in staging the tournament again the following year, this didn't materialise and the Treize Tournoi was never repeated. In 1999, Villeneuve played a "European Challenge" match against a Northern Ford Premiership XIII at Widnes, winning the match 24–14.
In 2012, an Anglo-French Challenge competition took place, consisting of four fixtures between English Championship and French Elite One Championship clubs.
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