Stade Armandie
Agen, Aquitaine, France
Stade Armandie, Agen, France — opened 9 October 1921, 1 rugby league games hosted, 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.
Sourcing caveat: This match's details rest on Rugby League Project alone; we could not triangulate the fixture against a second independent source. No further rugby league match has been played here since, consistent with our directory's "first and only use 2001."
Ground facts
| Opened | 9 October 1921 (Also referred to as Stade Alfred Armandie; major renovations are documented in 1972, 1991, 2007 and a larger rebuild 2008-2010.) |
| Home club | 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 |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 10,000 |
| Capacity | 14,400 |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| Surface | grass |
| First rugby league match | 26 October 2001 — France 12-42 Great Britain (Lions), 2001 Test Matches (attendance 10,000, our recorded top and only crowd) |
| Years used | 2001 |
| Location | Agen, Aquitaine |
Name history
- Stade Armandie — 1921–present, no other name found
Rugby league history
Agen is a well-known rugby union stronghold — a founding club of the French rugby union top flight — making this a notably unusual choice of venue for a rugby league international, well outside the code's traditional French bases in Perpignan, Carcassonne, Toulouse and the Villeneuve/Lézignan area. No source found explains why Agen was specifically chosen for this fixture, part of an end-of-season standalone Test rather than a full touring Ashes-style series; the opposition is recorded by Rugby League Project as "Great Britain (Lions)," though its exact selection basis was not confirmed.
The long-standing home of SU Agen (rugby union).
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 26 October 2001 — France 12-42 Great Britain (10,000)
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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