# 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
### English Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lancashire Lynx | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 107 | −13 | 6 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | Wakefield Trinity | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 105 | −9 | 4 | |
| 3 | Featherstone Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 119 | −27 | 2 | |

### French Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Villeneuve | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 62 | +60 | 6 | Advance to Final |
| 2 | St-Estève | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 134 | 94 | +40 | 4 | |
| 3 | Limoux | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 126 | −51 | 2 | |

### Round 1

* 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: Taberner (Wigan)
* 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) |
* Attendance: 2,000

### Round 2

* 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: 372

### Round 3

* 18 October 1998
| Limoux | 10 – 24 | Wakefield Trinity |
| Try: Gonzales, Rossel Goal: Masson | | Try: McDonald (2), Briggs, A. Hughes, Wray Goal: Gray (2) |
* Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Oddy (Halifax)
* 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) |
* Attendance: 1,500
* 18 October 1998
| Villeneuve | 39 – 0 | Lancashire Lynx |
| Try: Cornut (2), Frayssinous (2), Perrolari (2), Devecchi Goal: Banquet (5) Drop goal: Banquet | | |
* Attendance: 2,000

### Round 4

* 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: 247

### Final

* 1 November 1998
| Villeneuve | 16 – 10 | Lancashire Lynx |
| Try: Cornut, Doorey, Frayssinous Goal: Banquet (2) | | Try: D. Jones, Taylor Goal: P. Jones |
* Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse Attendance: 10,283 Referee: Graham Shaw (Wigan)
| FB | 1 | Frédéric Banquet |
| RW | 2 | Daniel Calvert |
| RC | 3 | Laurent Minut |
| LC | 4 | Laurent Frayssinous |
| LW | 5 | Gilles Cornut |
| SO | 6 | Fabien Devecchi (c) |
| SH | 7 | Steve Plath |
| PR | 8 | David Collado |
| HK | 9 | Vincent Wulf |
| PR | 10 | Paul Sironen |
| SR | 11 | Laurent Carrasco |
| SR | 12 | Pierre Sabatie |
| LF | 13 | Grant Doorey |
| Substitutions: ||
| IC | 14 | Vea Bloomfield |
| IC | 15 | Emmanuel Peralta |
| IC | 16 | Christophe Canal |
| IC | 17 | Julien Rinaldi |
| Player-coach: ||
| Grant Doorey ||
| FB | 1 | Doc Murray |
| RW | 2 | David Jones |
| RC | 3 | Milton Finney |
| LC | 4 | Craig Campbell |
| LW | 5 | Neil Parsley |
| SO | 6 | Phil Jones |
| SH | 7 | Chris Kelly |
| PR | 8 | Steve Taylor |
| HK | 9 | Andy Ruane (c) |
| PR | 10 | Carl Briscoe |
| SR | 11 | Steve Gee |
| SR | 12 | Simon Smith |
| LF | 13 | Joe Walsh |
| Substitutions: ||
| IC | 14 | Lee Prest |
| IC | 15 | Paul Norton |
| IC | 16 | Neil Briscoe |
| IC | 17 | P. J. Solomon |
| Coach: ||
| Steve Hampson ||

## Aftermath

Despite some interest in staging the tournament again the following year, this didn't materialise and the Treize Tournoi was never repeated. In 1999, Villeneuve played a "European Challenge" match against a Northern Ford Premiership XIII at Widnes, winning the match 24–14.
In 2012, an Anglo-French Challenge competition took place, consisting of four fixtures between English Championship and French Elite One Championship clubs.