Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié
Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne, France — opened 29 August 1976, 3 rugby league games hosted, 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.
Sourcing caveat: We could not locate or reach a working Rugby League Project venue page under this name despite trying many slug variants, so our directory's specific 3-game, 7,743-top-crowd, 1997-2006 record could not be independently corroborated beyond the one 1998 final identified above via French Wikipedia — and that match's own attendance (12,000) is higher than our directory's recorded top crowd for this venue, a discrepancy we cannot resolve without direct access to the original source of our directory's figures. Published with this gap stated plainly rather than filled in by guesswork.
Ground facts
| Opened | 29 August 1976 (This appears to be the SAME physical Narbonne ground already covered on this site in full under its earlier name, Stade L'Egassiarial (5 matches, 1979-1985) — independently corroborated by two sources: Wikipedia states the venue was "formerly called 'Stade de l'Egassiaral' from 1976 to 1992," and a specialist French rugby league history site (surlatouche.fr) gives a fuller timeline (Parc des Sports de l'Egassiairal inaugurated 29 August 1976; renamed Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié in 1992, ahead of Narbonne hosting events at the 1993 Mediterranean Games). Rather than publish a second, independently reconstructed history for one physical stadium, this entry covers only the specific 1997-2006 matches recorded under this later name and points readers to the main Stade L'Egassiarial write-up for the ground's earlier history.) |
| Home club | 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 |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 3 |
| Top recorded crowd | 7,743 |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Challenge Cup Finals hosted | 1 |
| Surface | grass, with an athletics track added for the 1993 Mediterranean Games |
| First rugby league match | not confirmed beyond one identified fixture |
| Years used | 1997–2006 |
| Location | Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon |
Name history
- Maraussan — 1908–1925, the site's original ground, shared with equestrian events
- Stade Aimé Cassayet — 1928–1976
- Parc des Sports de l'Egassiairal / Stade L'Egassiarial — 1976–1992, covered in full elsewhere on this site
- Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié — since 1992, the name in use for the 1997-2006 matches recorded under this entry
Rugby league history
A specialist French rugby league history source states this ground has hosted more than 25 domestic championship or cup finals since its first in 1977, spanning both name-eras — so the true total of rugby league fixtures here is almost certainly far higher than either our directory's 3-game 1997-2006 record or the 5-game 1979-1985 record published under Stade L'Egassiarial, which together reflect only the subset independently documented rather than the ground's full history.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 30 May 1998 — Saint-Estève 17-12 Villeneuve-sur-Lot, 1997-98 Championnat de France Final (attendance 12,000) — independently confirmed via French Wikipedia, though this attendance figure exceeds our directory's recorded top crowd of 7,743 for this venue, an unresolved discrepancy
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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