Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
Vaucluse
Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label= Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. The club plays in the French National Division 1 which is the French rugby league's 3rd tier. Founded in 1938, their home games are played at the Stade Pagnetti.
History
Founded in 1938, when rugby club ''Sporting Union Cavaillonnais'' decided to switch codes to the expanding Rugby League. Remaining an amateur club they started their debut season in the 3rd tier 2nd Division where they would stay until the 1960s. By 1966 the club was in the 2nd tier ''National League 1'' and were semi-finalists in the league play-offs in 68/69 and better still they reached the Lord Derby Cup semi-finals in 72, Still to this day their best cup run. In season 83/84 SU Cavaillon XIII, as they were now called, had their best league campaign when after reaching the final of ''National League 1'' (now called Elite Two) they beat
Roanne XIII
Roanne (; frp, Rouana; oc, Roana) is a commune in the Loire department, central France.
It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (Fren ...
32-20. That would prove to be the clubs best era at that level and by the early 1990s the club was back in the 3rd tier. In 1996/97 ''Cavaillon'' reached the National Division 1 final but were beaten by Morieres XIII 8-12 and within the next five years they found themselves down in the 4th tier.
In season 2004/05 SU Cavaillon won the regional ''Provence'' league in
National Division 2
National Division 2 is the fourth tier of rugby league in France, below the National Division 1. The season runs from September to April. The Division is split into 5 regional leagues, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrenees, Aquitaine, Ile de France ...
and after winning through the play-offs met
Ornaisons
Ornaisons (; oc, Ornasons) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Geography
The village lies mainly on the left bank of the brook of Aussou, a tributary of the Orbieu, which forms part of the commune's western border, then flo ...
in the final losing out 11-28. The following season they reached the
Paul Dejean Cup
The Paul Dejean Cup (french: Coupe Paul-Dejean), also called Paul Dejean French Cup (french: Coupe de France Paul-Dejean), is an annual rugby league knockout competition organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII for clubs in the Na ...
final but lost again this time to Begles XIII 23-30. When the French leagues were restructured in 2012 ''Cavaillon'' were promoted to an expanded National Division 1 East.
Stadium
The club have always used the Stade Pagnetti which is a multi-use sports stadium in the city. Both rugby league and union are played there along with football, with ARC Cavaillon tenants along with US Cavaillon XIIIhttp://www.fr.wikipedia.org