Stade Jules Ribet
Full nameStade Jules Ribet
Location69 Avenue de l'Isle, 31800 Saint-Gaudens, France
Coordinates43°07′02″N 0°43′37″E / 43.11722°N 0.72694°E / 43.11722; 0.72694
OwnerMairie Saint-Gaudens (Saint-Gaudens town council)
Capacity5,000 (2,000 seated)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built1898
Opened1898
Tenants
Saint-Gaudens Bears (1958-)

The Stade Jules Ribet is a rugby stadium in Saint-Gaudens in France. It is the current home ground of Elite One Championship side Saint-Gaudens Bears. The current capacity is 5,000 with 2,000 seated.

History

Rugby has been played on the site since 1898. When in 1958 a new rugby league club was formed this was the obvious venue for the club. The ground currently has one main stand which seats 2,000 spectators. The ground has also hosted the touring Australia national rugby league team during the 1960s, and more recently in 2011. In 2002 the rugby league Challenge Cup came to town when Saint-Gaudens Bears hosted English side Halifax losing the game 26–48 in front of a crowd of 3,200[1]

Representative Rugby League Matches

DateTeamsScoreAttendanceGame
19 December 1963Pyrenees XIII v  Australia10-142,0591963-64 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France
4 January 1968South West France XIII v  Australia0-151,2051967-68 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France
23 November 2011France u19 v Australia u1912-402,000International

On February 27, 2015, it hosted a Six Nations Under 20s Championship match between France and Wales with France winning 27 - 5.

References

  1. ↑ "Stade Jules Ribet - Current Name: Stade Jules Ribet - Rugby League Project".


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