Salanque Méditerranée Pia XIII

SM Pia XIII

Club information
Full name	Salanque Meditérrannée PIA XIII
Nickname(s)	Pia Donkeys
Founded	1960
Current details
Ground(s)	Stade Daniel Ambert (10,000)
CEO(s)	Marc Ambert, Andre Parent
Coach(s)	Benoit Albert
Manager(s)	Jean-Marc Crespo
Competition	Elite One Championship
2010/11	N/A

Salanque Méditerranée Pia XIII or SM Pia XIII are a French professional rugby league team from Pia in the Pyrénées-Orientales département. The club was formed in 1960 and now plays in the Elite Championship, the highest tier of French domestic rugby league.

History

The club won both the Elite One Championship and the Lord Derby Cup in 2007 for a second successive year, but in the past the club have not fared as well, winning only one other championship in their history.

In 2005 the club competed in the Rugby League Challenge Cup. The club defeated Keighley Cougars in its first match, winning 53 to 26, before going down to the World Champion Leeds Rhinos, 70 to nil. A loss to Harlequins RL followed in 2007 yet they returned in 2008 eventually meeting Wigan Warriors in the fourth round where despite brave resistance they eventually went down 74 to 4.

Current Squad

2011/12 squad

• Thomas Ambert
• Anthony Bens
• John Boudebza
• Liam Campbell
• Mark Cantoni
• Anthony Carrere
• Frederic Cermeno
• Vincent Comtat
• Dustin Cooper
• Nabil Djalout
• Matthias Garrabe
• Maxime Greseque
• Marc Janicot
• Unaloto Lamelangi
• Anthony Leger
• Mathieu Mayans
• Christophe Moly
• Steve Naughton
• Scott Porter
• Shad Royston
• Artie Shead
• Clement Soubeyras
• Ben Vaeau
• Broderick Wright

Honours

• French Championship: 3

1996, 2006, 2007

• Lord Derby Cup: 3

1975, 2006, 2007

Records

• Biggest Victory: 126-4 against Carpentras in the 2005/2006 season of the Elite Championship.
• Biggest Defeat: 0-72 against Whitehaven in the 2006 Challenge Cup.

External links

• Official website
• Pia fansite