Salanque Méditerranée Pia XIII

SM Pia XIII
Club information
Full name Salanque Meditérrannée PIA XIII
Nickname(s) Pia Donkeys
Founded 1960
Current details
Ground(s)
  • Stade Daniel Ambert (10,000)
CEO(s) Marc Ambert, Andre Parent
Coach(s) Benoit Albert
Manager(s) Jean-Marc Crespo
Competition Elite One Championship
2010/11 N/A

Salanque Méditerranée Pia XIII or SM Pia XIII are a French professional rugby league team from Pia in the Pyrénées-Orientales département. The club was formed in 1960 and now plays in the Elite Championship, the highest tier of French domestic rugby league.

History

The club won both the Elite One Championship and the Lord Derby Cup in 2007 for a second successive year, but in the past the club have not fared as well, winning only one other championship in their history.

In 2005 the club competed in the Rugby League Challenge Cup. The club defeated Keighley Cougars in its first match, winning 53 to 26, before going down to the World Champion Leeds Rhinos, 70 to nil. A loss to Harlequins RL followed in 2007 yet they returned in 2008 eventually meeting Wigan Warriors in the fourth round where despite brave resistance they eventually went down 74 to 4.

2013/14 Squad

* As of 1 December 2013:

2013/14 SM Pia Squad
First team squad Coaching staff
  • 14 Cyril Pacull - HK
  • 15 Ben Vaeau - PR
  • 16 Allan Baixas - PR
  • 17 Cyrill Penalite - SR
  • 18 Marc Bibent - SR
  • 19 Julien Bonnet - WG
  • 20 Anthony Gelis - FB
  • 21 Toni Maury - CE
  • 22 David Bois - PR

Head coach

  • Benoit Albert



Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

2013/14 transfers

Gains

Player Signed from Contract Length Date
France September 2013
France September 2013

Losses

Player Signed for Contract Length Date
France Maxime Greseque AS Carcassonne September 2013
France Clement Soubeyras AS Carcassonne September 2013
France Andrew Bentley Toulouse Olympique September 2013
France Kane Bentley Toulouse Olympique September 2013
France Cyril Stacul Lezignan Sangliers September 2013
France Willie Mataka SO Avignon September 2013
France Allan Toreilles Limoux Grizzlies September 2013
Australia Dustin Cooper Lezignan Sangliers September 2013

Honours

1996, 2006, 2007
1975, 2006, 2007

Records

External links

References

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