Sporting Treiziste Toulonnais

Sporting Treiziste Toulonnais
Club information
Full name	Toulon XIII Metropole Marlins
Founded	2011; 13 years ago
Website	website
Current details
Ground(s)	Stade Leo Lagrange;
Chairman	Chantal Ruidavets
Coach	Chahery Mouridi
Manager	Bernard Capitani
Competition	Elite Two Championship
Uniforms
Home colours	Away colours

Toulon XIII Metropole Marlins are French rugby league side based in Toulon, in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur. The club plays in the Elite Two Championship, which is the 2nd tier in France. Founded in 2011, their home matches are currently played at the Stade Leo-Lagrange.

History[edit]

Founded on 16 July 2011 by Walid Kadir, Sporting Treiziste Toulonnais played their first match on 18 September 2011 against Marseille XIII Avenir at the Stade Jean Alex-Fernandez in Toulon winning 40-24. That first season in National Division 2 saw the club finish a respectful 5th. The following season 2012/13 they finished second behind Saint-Martin XIII and were promoted. They lasted just one season in National Division 1, losing their only to that date coach, former French international player Gael Tallec, who resigned. 2014/15 they bounced back immediately and were promoted back to National Division 1 as champions. This time they stayed up finishing 6th.^[1]^[2] In 2017 they beat US Trentels XIII 28-24 to lift the Paul Dejean Cup. They were promoted to the Elite Two Championship for the 2018-19 season.

Stadium[edit]

Despite their short history Toulonnais have already used three stadiums. From 2011-2013 they played at Stade Jean Alex-Fernandez. They are based at Stade Leo-Lagrange and Stade Delaune.^[3]

Current squad[edit]

2019-20 Season^[4]

Toulon Rugby league squad
Fullbacks Ramy Ibrahim Benjamin Laizet Rayane Saidi Mathis Samai Wingers Nicolas Chatri Alexandre Gay Killian Lerda Centres Teo Avond Arnaud Capitani Malek El Ouazizi Christophe Sabiz Halves Hachimou Abdallah Anis Banabdesselem Mouad Chawki William Demdjian	Props Jean-Luc Angelini Sylvain Chambon Sofiane Faucheron Francois Giglioli Thomas Kehal Josef Manak Ondrej Manak Ismael Youssof Hookers Bassam Boina Romain Cierlo Back Rowers Julien Borg Enzo Brahim Jeremy Lobono Bader Medkouri Bonheur Msa Lucas Passalacqua Rayane Querne Sophiane Risso Idriss Youssof Others Francois Davo Vincent Giorgi Rachid Takhmi

Honours[edit]

National Division 2 (1): 2014-15
Paul Dejean Cup (1): 2017

References[edit]

^ facebook.com/sporting treizistetoulonnais
^ "Sporting Treiziste Toulonnais". Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "Sporting Treiziste Toulonnais". Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "Sporting Treziste Toulonnais". Treize Mondial.

[1] .com/sporting treizistetoulonnais

[2] "Sporting Treiziste Toulonnais". Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[3] "Sporting Treiziste Toulonnais". Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[4] "Sporting Treziste Toulonnais". Treize Mondial.

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