Treize Tournoi

The Treize Tournoi was a short-lived Anglo-French rugby league competition held at the end of the season in 1998. Known as the EMAP Treize Tournoi for sponsorship reasons, the tournament was organised by the First and Second Division Association, and was contested by the winners and runners-up of the First Division, the winners of the Second Division, and three teams from the French Championship.

Teams

• Wakefield Trinity
• Featherstone Rovers
• Lancashire Lynx
• St-Estève
• Limoux
• Villeneuve

Results

Week 1

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4 October 1998

Villeneuve	34 – 12	Wakefield Trinity
Try: Perrolari (3), Banquet, Despin, Devecchi Goal: Banquet (5)	Report	Try: Stephenson, A. Hughes Goal: A. Hughes (2)

Attendance: 2,000

4 October 1998

Limoux	19 – 10	Featherstone Rovers
Try: Puso (2), Raleigh Goal: Albérola (3) Drop goal: Bourrel	Report	Try: Lowe, Baker Goal: Chapman

Attendance: 2,112 Referee/s: Taberner (Wigan)[2]

4 October 1998

St-Estève	26 – 40	Lancashire Lynx
Try: Brown, Couttet, Doyle, Thompson, Van Brussel Goal: Couttet (3)		Try: Murray (4), D. Jones, Mawdsley, Walsh Goal: P. Jones (6)

Week 2

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11 October 1998

Wakefield Trinity	38 – 36	Limoux
Try: Bostock (3), Gray (2), March, Mycoe Goal: A. Hughes (5)		Try: Raleigh (4), Alonso, Hébert, Puso Goal: Albérola (4)

Attendance: 1,506

11 October 1998

Featherstone Rovers	4 – 42	St-Estève
Try: Hall		Try: Guisset (2), Doyle, Garcia, Lockwood, Torreilles, Van Brussel, Verges Goal: Couttet (4), Torreilles

Attendance: 1,130

11 October 1998

Lancashire Lynx	28 – 24	Villeneuve
Try: Donno, Gee, Kelly, Parsley, Taylor Goal: P. Jones (4)		Try: Carrasco (2), Doorey, Perrolari, Wulf Goal: Banquet (2)

Attendance: 370

Week 3

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18 October 1998

Limoux	10 – 24	Wakefield Trinity
Try: Gonzales, Rossel Goal: Masson		Try: McDonald (2), Briggs, A. Hughes, Wray Goal: Gray (2)

Referee/s: Oddy (Halifax)[5]

18 October 1998

St-Estève	48 – 24	Featherstone Rovers
Try: Gomez (2), Torreilles (2), Couttet, Durand, Thompson, Verges Goal: Couttet (8)		Try: Chapman, Handley, Peacock, Riley Goal: Chapman (2), Rooney (2)

18 October 1998

Villeneuve	39 – 0	Lancashire Lynx
Try: Cornut (2), Frayssinous (2), Perrolari (2), Devecchi Goal: Banquet (5) Drop goal: Banquet

Week 4

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25 October 1998

Wakefield Trinity	22 – 25	Villeneuve
Try: Bostock, Fisher, March, Mycoe Goal: A. Hughes (3)	Report	Try: Collado, Banquet, Carrasco, Devecchi Goal: Banquet (2) Drop goal: Frayssinous

Attendance: 1,270

25 October 1998

Featherstone Rovers	54 – 10	Limoux
Try: Dickins (2), Pratt (2), Spurr (2), Chapman, Stokes, Swinson Goal: Chapman (9)		Try: Lacans, Rossel Goal: Masson

Attendance: 804

25 October 1998

Lancashire Lynx	26 – 18	St-Estève
Try: Gee, Campbell, Murray, Parsley Goal: P. Jones (3)		Try: Boudebza, Garcia, Guisset, Verges Goal: Couttet

Attendance: 350

Final

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1 November 1998

Villeneuve	16 – 10	Lancashire Lynx
Try: Cornut, Doorey, Frayssinous Goal: Banquet (2)		Try: D. Jones, Taylor Goal: P. Jones

Toulouse Attendance: 10,000

References

1. "Weekend Results". The Guardian. 5 October 1998. p. A11. (subscription required (help)).
2. "Limoux le magnifique (19-10)". ladepeche.fr (in French). 4 October 1998. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
3. "Weekend Results". The Guardian. 12 October 1998. p. A11. (subscription required (help)).
4. "Weekend Results". The Guardian. 19 October 1998. p. A11. (subscription required (help)).
5. "Limoux usé par Wakefield (10-24)". ladepeche.fr (in French). 18 October 1998. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
6. "Weekend Results". The Guardian. 26 October 1998. p. A11. (subscription required (help)).
7. "Weekend Results". The Guardian. 2 November 1998. p. A11. (subscription required (help)).

External links

• ladepeche.fr