Paris-Charenton Mennecy XIII
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| Full name | Paris-Charenton Mennecy XIII | ||
| Founded | 1934, 1946 | ||
| Website | Website | ||
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| Competition | National Division 1 | ||
| 2016/17 | 2nd | ||
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Paris-Charenton Mennecy XIII are a French rugby League club based in Paris in the Île-de-France region. The club plays in the 3rd tier National Division 1. There BC climb wear founded in 1934 then re-founded in 1946, and plays its home games at the Stade Jean-Jacques Robert
The first rugby club in Paris were started by French students in 1879 who called themselves Paris Football Club. In the 1920s the new sport of Rugby League was first played in France and Paris emerged as a leading venue. In 1922 the Australia national rugby league team and in 1927 the New Zealand national rugby league team tried to play internationals against England national rugby league team. On both occasions the French rugby union authorities managed to get the games cancelled after threatening to boycott any stadium used. In 1933 though the French public got the chance to see rugby league played when Australia met and beat England at the Stade Pershing.
After this historic match, Victor Breyer a prominent figure in bringing the game to Paris helped found the first official club in France, Sports Olympique de Paris, on 24 January 1934. A second team was quickly set up in Paris based around the university and called Quartier Etudiants Club. In 1934 the first French Rugby League Championship was played and a Paris club was there, namely Paris XIII. During that debut season the club didn't play a home match until 9 December because they had no ground to use amid continued pressure from the French rugby union. Eventually the club secured the Stade Buffalo. On the field the club finished 8th and reached the cup semi-finals losing to XIII Catalan 15-22. This still represents their best ever season in both league and cup. Problems continued into the second season regarding stadium use, when with the club due to meet SA Villeneuve in October, the match had to be postponed when the football club claimed the right to play on the same day. A second Parisian club, Celtic de Paris, competed in season 35/36, their only season. After finishing 9th in 1936/37 and in 1937/38 Paris XIII decided to resign from the league.
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