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

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Results

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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: 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: 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
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

References

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  • Fletcher, Raymond (1999). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1999. Headline. pp. 258–64. ISBN 978-0-7472-7572-5.
  1. ^ "Weekend Results". The Guardian. 5 October 1998. p. A11. ProQuest 188224603.
  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. ProQuest 188268731.
  4. ^ "Weekend Results". The Guardian. 19 October 1998. p. A11. ProQuest 188208312.
  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. ProQuest 188215344.
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