Rugby League Venues — France
85 venues on record in France, grouped by 16 regions.
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Across 85 venues, 958 rugby league games are on record in France, spanning 1933–2026. The most-used ground is Stade Gilbert Brutus in Perpignan, with 310 games hosted and a top recorded crowd of 14,700.
Jump to region: Languedoc-Roussillon (20) · Île-de-France (12) · Midi-Pyrénées (11) · Aquitaine (9) · Nouvelle-Aquitaine (6) · Occitanie (6) · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (5) · Rhône-Alpes (3) · Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur (3) · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (3) · Aude (2) · Toulouse (1) · Bouches-du-Rhône (1) · Pays de la Loire (1) · Britanny (1) · Nord-Pas-de-Calais (1)
Languedoc-Roussillon (20 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Gilbert Brutus Home of Catalans Dragons | Perpignan | 310 | 14,700 | 1962–2026 |
| Stade d'Albert Domec Home of AS Carcassonne (rugby league, Elite One Championship); also US Carcassonne (rugby union, Pro D2) | Carcassonne | 49 | 12,000 | 1949–2024 |
| Parc des Sports d'Avignon Home of AC Avignonnais/AC Avignon (football, primary long-term tenant); SO Avignon XIII (Sporting Olympique Avignonnais, rugby league) as a secondary/occasional tenant only — the club's traditional home ground is actually Stade Saint-Ruf (Stade Pierre Bazet St-Ruf), with Parc des Sports used temporarily in 2008 while Saint-Ruf was refurbished with artificial turf | Avignon | 30 | 17,518 | 1949–2025 |
| Stade Aimé Giral Home of Primarily USA Perpignan (rugby union)'s home ground; Catalans Dragons used it as a temporary rugby league home during their 2006 and 2007 Super League seasons while Stade Gilbert Brutus was being expanded, playing 14 Super League matches here across those two seasons | Perpignan | 19 | 11,122 | 2002–2013 |
| Stade Jean-Laffon Home of XIII Catalan, 1934-1962 (28 seasons), before the club moved to the newly built Stade Gilbert Brutus; USA Perpignan (rugby union) also played here 1908-1940, before relocating to Stade Aimé Giral | Perpignan | 18 | 12,254 | 1935–2006 |
| Stade L'Egassiarial Home of no dedicated rugby league club tenant identified with confidence; Narbonne had a rugby league presence in this era, but this ground's exact relationship to any specific club could not be established | Narbonne | 5 | 20,000 | 1979–1985 |
| Stade de la Méditerranée Home of Association Sportive Béziers Hérault (rugby union), since 1989; also home to Avenir Sportif Béziers (football) since 2018; no rugby league club has ever been a tenant — four widely-spaced one-off fixtures | Béziers | 4 | 9,800 | 1949–2009 |
| Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié Home of RC Narbonne (rugby union), continuously across both name-eras; no permanent rugby league tenant — the recorded matches are one-off internationals and domestic cup/championship finals, a typical French treiziste pattern of using multi-purpose municipal stadiums for showcase fixtures | Narbonne | 3 | 7,743 | 1997–2006 |
| Stade St Esteve Home of AS Saint-Esteve (1965-2000); successor clubs Union Treiziste Catalane and Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan since, the latter a feeder club for Catalans Dragons | Perpignan | 3 | 2,150 | 2015–2024 |
| Stade de la Mer Home of AS Barcares XIII (amateur rugby league) | Perpignan | 2 | 0 | 2017 |
| Stade Yves-du-Manoir Home of Montpellier Hérault Rugby (Top 14 rugby union) | Montpellier | 2 | 9,372 | 1965–2011 |
| Stade Cassayet | Narbonne | 1 | 0 | 1938 |
| Stade Daniel Ambert | Pia | 1 | 300 | 2007 |
| Stade de la Mosson Home of Montpellier HSC (football), tenant since 1972; also hosted 2007 Rugby World Cup and 2013 Heineken Cup (rugby union) matches; no rugby league club has ever been a tenant — a single relocated Super League fixture | Montpellier | 1 | 13,858 | 2012 |
| Stade de Saint-Ruf Home of Sporting Olympique Avignon (SO Avignon) rugby league club, until it later moved to the newer Parc des Sports ground in the city | Avignon | 1 | 3,000 | 1954 |
| Stade Le Fargues Home of US Avignon Le Pontet 84 Rugby (rugby union) | Avignon | 1 | 1,500 | 1994 |
| Stade Municipal de Claira | Pia | 1 | 300 | 2005 |
| Stade Municipal Perpignan Home of AS Saint-Esteve (rugby union, 1965-2000); Union Treiziste Catalane (UTC, rugby league, roughly 2000-2006, including the 2005 Challenge Cup match recorded here) — UTC was the historical forerunner of what became Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan, the current tenant | Perpignan | 1 | 3,000 | 2005 |
| Stade Sabathe Home of USM XIII / Montpellier XIII (rugby league tenant from 1953); also long used by rugby union sides US Montpellieraine, Stade Montpellierain and Montpellier RC, and since 2019 by the Hurricanes de Montpellier American football club | Montpellier | 1 | 3,741 | 1960 |
| Stade Saint-Michel Home of Canet Roussillon FC (football) and US Canet Sainte-Marie XV (rugby union); no rugby league tenant | Canet | 1 | 4,551 | 2006 |
Île-de-France (12 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Sebastien Charlety Home of Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League, 1996-1997 (the entirety of the club's Super League existence), hosting 22 of its 24 home matches here (two others staged at Narbonne and Bayonne in Aug 1997) | Paris | 26 | 17,873 | 1996–2009 |
| Parc des Princes Home of Not a rugby league club's home ground — used for occasional major fixtures, France internationals and representative games, including French club/representative sides RC Paris, Catalan XIII, Paris and Ile de France | Paris | 24 | 30,368 (Rugby League) | 1946–1986 |
| Stade Buffalo Home of Served as the French national rugby league team's regular Paris home venue, roughly 1935-1939 | Paris (Montrouge) | 10 | 25,000 | 1934–1938 |
| Stade Jean-Dauger Home of primarily the home of Aviron Bayonnais (rugby union); rugby league club Côte Basque XIII (founded 1934) also used the ground, particularly 1941-1948, before a series of mergers and its eventual 1958 folding | Paris (Bayonne) | 5 | 12,000 | 1935–1963 |
| Stade de Paris Home of primarily the football club Red Star FC; a Paris rugby league club, Celtic de Paris, is documented as having used grounds in Saint-Ouen among others in this era, though its exact tenancy of this specific stadium is not fully corroborated | Paris (Saint-Ouen) | 3 | 25,000 | 1953–1969 |
| Stade Jean-Bouin Home of Stade Français (rugby union), tenant since 1995; Paris FC (football) since 2025; no rugby league club has ever been a tenant | Paris | 3 | 12,525 | 2007–2026 |
| Stade Pershing Home of none — a general athletics/football ground, not a rugby league club's home | Paris (Vincennes) | 3 | 5,000 | 1933–1970 |
| Stade Robert Bobin Home of No rugby league club -- built as a French national athletics venue, later also used by several football clubs (AS Evry, FC Fleury 91, Paris FC/FCF Juvisy) and by the rugby union club Massy Essonne. Its two rugby league fixtures were one-off internationals | Essonne (Bondoufle) | 2 | 4,250 | 1994–1997 |
| Stade Vuillermet Home of no permanent rugby league club; used by the Morocco national team | Paris (Lyons) | 2 | 3,000 | 2008–2009 |
| Aviron Bayonnais FC | Paris (Bayonne) | 1 | 0 | 1965 |
| Corbeil Essones Stadium Home of AS Corbeil-Essonnes XIII (rugby league), founded 1945, now branded Les Spartiates XIII | Paris | 1 | 3,000 | 1990 |
| Stade de la Cipalle Velodrome Home of A shared multi-sport site: Paris Universite Club (rugby union) and Paris-Charenton XIII (rugby league) are both named as current rugby tenants, alongside cycling clubs Paris Cycliste Olympique and Velo-Club des Veterans Parisiens | Paris | 1 | 2,000 | 1984 |
Midi-Pyrénées (11 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Ernest Wallon Home of Toulouse Olympique | Toulouse | 81 | 12,410 | 2000–2026 |
| Stade des Minimes Home of Toulouse Olympique, 1937 until sometime between 2015 and 2020 (sources vary on the exact departure date — see caveat) | Toulouse | 55 | 25,000 | 1957–2025 |
| Stade Municipal Home of Toulouse FC (football, primary tenant since 1970) and Stade Toulousain (rugby union, select matches); NOT the home of Toulouse Olympique (rugby league) | Toulouse | 29 | 37,471 | 1937–2005 |
| Stade Municipal d'Albi Home of Racing Club Albi XIII (RC Albi XIII), founded 1934, one of the earliest French rugby league clubs; also the primary home ground of SC Albi (rugby union) | Albi | 19 | 10,413 | 1938–2025 |
| Stade Jules Ribet Home of Racing Club Saint-Gaudinois Comminges XIII (founded 1958) | Saint-Gaudens | 6 | 3,200 | 1961–2002 |
| Albi Stadium Home of Racing Club Albi XIII played here historically before relocating to the smaller Stade Mazicou; occasional French national-team and European Championship fixtures continue here | Albi | 4 | 5,225 | 2014–2024 |
| Stade Michel-Bénichou Home of Colomiers Rugby (rugby union) — its primary tenant; rugby league use has been occasional and visiting | Colomiers | 3 | 4,634 | 2006–2026 |
| Stade Pierre-Fabre Home of Castres Olympique (Top 14 rugby union) | Castres | 2 | 8,437 | 2006–2026 |
| Stade Maurice Rigaud Home of Racing Club Albigeois XIII used this ground for a period before the club's rugby league activity shifted to the newer Stade Municipal d'Albi and, later, Stade Mazicou | Albi | 1 | 5,800 | 1953 |
| Stade Mazicou Home of Albi RL XIII (Racing Club Albi XIII) | Albi | 1 | 2,487 | 2023 |
| Stade Municipal de Lescure d'Albigeois | Albi | 1 | 0 | 2007 |
Aquitaine (9 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade du Parc Lescure Home of Bordeaux (French rugby league), one of the ten founding clubs of Jeu à XIII in 1934, league runners-up in 1936, champions in 1937 and again in 1954 | Bordeaux | 13 | 27,000 | 1935–1950 |
| Stade Chaban-Delmas Home of Bordeaux XIII (rugby league tenant, 1944 to the late 1970s); today the stadium's tenant is Union Bordeaux Bègles (rugby union), since 2011 | Bordeaux | 9 | 25,000 | 1938–1975 |
| Stade Max Rousie formerly Myre Mory Stadium Home of Villeneuve XIII | Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 9 | 3,579 | 1951–2007 |
| Stade Municipal Bordeaux Home of no tenant club confirmed — every recorded fixture is a full France national rugby league team international | Bordeaux | 6 | 23,419 | 1953–1963 |
| Pont-de-Marot Home of Villeneuve XIII | Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 2 | 8,000 | 1938–1952 |
| Stade du Hameau Home of Section Paloise (rugby union, since 1991) -- rugby league itself was never based here | Pau | 2 | 7,500 | 1951–1972 |
| Stade André Moga Home of Union Bordeaux Begles (Top 14 rugby union), tenant until 2015; no rugby league tenant | Bordeaux (Bègles) | 1 | 4,500 | 2007 |
| Stade Armandie Home of SU Agen (Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne), a founding member of the French rugby union top flight; no rugby league club has ever been a tenant — a single one-off international fixture | Agen | 1 | 10,000 | 2001 |
| Stade de la Croix du Prince | Pau | 1 | 0 | 1938 |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (6 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palais des Sports Home of None -- used for one-off international touring fixtures only | Limoges | 3 | 3,617 | 1952–1964 |
| Stade Jean-Bernege Home of Tonneins XIII (also known as Phoenix de Tonneins XIII) | Agen (Tonneins) | 2 | 2,000 | 1980–2015 |
| Parc de Suzon Home of Bordeaux XIII (rugby league), which used the ground as its home from 1934 to 1940 before moving to the Stade Velodrome Municipal de Lescure | Bordeaux (Talence) | 1 | 1,930 | 1985 |
| Stade Georges Dartiailh Home of Union Sportive Marmandaise Rugby (US Marmande), a rugby union club | Bergerac (Marmande) | 1 | 1,112 | 2024 |
| Stade Marcel-Deflandre Home of Stade Rochelais (rugby union); no rugby league tenant is recorded | Bordeaux (La Rochelle) | 1 | 2,187 | 1955 |
| Stade Roger Garnung | Bordeaux (Biganos) | 1 | 0 | 2015 |
Occitanie (6 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Magnagounet Home of Pamiers-Vernajoul XIII (also known as Pamiers XIII) | Pamiers | 2 | 1,300 | 1980–1982 |
| Stade Balussou | Pamiers | 1 | 0 | 2024 |
| Stade des Costieres Home of Nimes Olympique (current Stade des Costieres, 1989-2022); in 1953 Nimes Olympique's home ground was the separate Stade Jean-Bouin | Nimes | 1 | 3,518 | 1953 |
| Stade Paul Lignon | Rodez | 1 | 200 | 1979 |
| Stade Sapiac Home of US Montauban (rugby union) -- rugby league had no tenancy here, a single one-off international | Toulouse (Montauban) | 1 | 5,240 | 1952 |
| Tarbes Maurice-Trelut sports complex Home of no rugby league tenant; Bigorre was a regional representative side, not a club | Tarbes | 1 | 4,003 | 1956 |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (5 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Pierre de Coubertin Home of AS Cannes (football); rugby league use is limited to one-off touring and international fixtures -- Cannes' own rugby league club, Cannes XIII, plays at a separate ground, Stade Maurice Chevalier | Cannes | 3 | 1,500 | 1949–2000 |
| Stade de la Roseraie Home of Racing Club de Carpentras XIII (RCCC XIII) | Marseille (Carpentras) | 2 | 2,300 | 1991–1993 |
| Stade Fernand Fournier Home of no rugby league tenant; a municipal multi-sport ground used by AC Arlesien (football) and Stade Olympique Arlesien (rugby union) | Arles | 2 | 1,000 | 1997–2005 |
| Stade De Fargues Home of US Avignon Le Pontet 84 Rugby (rugby union, founded 1919, disbanded 2020); the home side for the 1986 rugby league fixture recorded here was a composite/select team, Le Pontet XIII | Avignon (Le Pontet) | 1 | 2,500 | 1986 |
| Stade de Maurice David Home of Provence Rugby, a rugby union club, if the Aix-en-Provence identification is correct | Marseille (Carpentras) | 1 | 700 | 2007 |
Rhône-Alpes (3 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade de Gerland Home of Not a rugby league club's regular home ground — used as a major neutral/international venue, including for the 1972 Rugby League World Cup Final; Lyon Villeurbanne XIII, the local club, played its own home league matches at the separate Stade Georges Lyvet instead | Lyon (Gerland) | 18 | 18,000 | 1935–1990 |
| Parc des Sports Home of RC Roanne XIII (Racing Club de Roanne XIII) | Roanne | 11 | 6,000 | 1935–2015 |
| Stade des Alpes Home of Grenoble Olympique XIII (rugby league, founded 1934, dissolved mid-1980s), sharing the municipal ground with Grenoble Foot 38 (football) and FC Grenoble (rugby union) | Grenoble | 6 | 20,000 | 1935–1974 |
Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur (3 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Union Cavaillonnais XIII Home of Sporting Union Cavaillonnais, a combined rugby club until a 1972 split into separate rugby union (which kept this ground) and rugby league (SU Cavaillon XIII, which moved to a different ground, Stade Pagnetti) sections — all four recorded rugby league matches predate that 1972 split and were very likely played here, though no source names the venue for each individual match | Marseille (Cavaillon) | 4 | 10,000 | 1948–1961 |
| Stade Leo Lagrange | Toulon | 1 | 0 | 2018 |
| Stade Mayol Home of RC Toulonnais (RC Toulon), a rugby union club, tenant since the stadium opened in 1920 | Toulon | 1 | 2,805 | 1956 |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (3 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Georges Lyvet Home of Lyon Villeurbanne XIII (rugby league), shared with ASVEL Rugby (rugby union) | Lyon (Villeurbanne) | 2 | 2,000 | 1991–1992 |
| Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Saint-Étienne | 1 | 0 | 1946 |
| Stade Marcel Guillermoz Home of USRP / Rugby Club Romanais Peageois (rugby union); no rugby league tenant | Valence (Romans-sur-Isère) | 1 | 4,385 | 1949 |
Aude (2 venues)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade de l'Aiguille Home of XIII Limouxin (also known historically as SC Limoux, nicknamed the Limoux Grizzlies), founded 1951 | Limoux | 3 | 2,500 | 2004–2010 |
| Stade du Moulin Home of AS Lezignan XIII | Lézignan | 2 | 3,800 | 1980–2001 |
Toulouse (1 venue)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Ernest-Argelès Home of Blagnac Rugby (rugby union, third division) and Blagnac Saint-Orens RF (women's rugby union); Toulouse Olympique used it as a temporary rugby league venue, c.2016/2017-2019 | Toulouse (Blagnac) | 69 | 4,127 | 2009–2020 |
Bouches-du-Rhône (1 venue)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Vélodrome Home of Not a permanent rugby league tenant; hosted France, France B and various regional representative sides (RC Marseille, Provence, South France) against touring Kangaroos and Kiwis sides and in European Championship/World Cup fixtures | Marseille | 26 | 32,000 | 1938–1985 |
Pays de la Loire (1 venue)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Marcel-Saupin Home of overwhelmingly a football ground — home of FC Nantes, 1943-1984; also used from close to its 1936 founding by the rugby league club Nantes XIII (originally Bretagne Nantes XIII), whose use of the ground may predate our recorded 1952 start given the club's 1936 founding, though wartime suspension (1941-mid-1940s) complicates this | Nantes | 5 | 13,000 | 1952–1959 |
Britanny (1 venue)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roazhon Park Home of Stade Rennais FC, a football club, continuously since 1912; the ground has no rugby league tenant | Rennes | 1 | 1,428 | 1955 |
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (1 venue)
| Venue | Town/City | Games | Top crowd | Years used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Félix-Bollaert Home of RC Lens (football), tenant since 1933; no rugby league club has ever been a tenant — a single one-off international fixture | Lens | 1 | 11,278 | 2012 |
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