Parc des Sports (Avignon)


Parc des Sports is a multi-purpose stadium in Avignon, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Ligue 2 club, AC Arles-Avignon. The capacity of the stadium is 17,518 spectators.

Rugby league

Since its opening in 1975, Parc des Sports has hosted fourteen France international rugby league matches with the first on 5 December 1982, when France hosted Australia as part of the 1982 Kangaroo tour. In front of 8,000 fans, Australia won the game 15–4 against a very committed French team. Its last international match was on Friday 1 November 2013, when the stadium hosted France's 2013 Rugby League World Cup game against New Zealand in front of a capacity crowd of 17,518.

Rugby league internationals

The French national team has played 15 test matches at the Parc des Sports with the first held against Australia on 5 December 1982. The stadium also hosted a 2000 Rugby League World Cup qualifying match between Morocco and Lebanon in 1999.
Test#DateResultAttendanceNotes
15 December 1982 def. 15–48,0001982 Australia vs France series
229 January 1984 def. 12–04,000
316 February 1986 drew with 14–144,0001985-88 Rugby League World Cup
424 January 1988 def. 28–146,000
55 February 1989 def. 30–86,500
62 December 1990 def. 60–42,2001990 Australia vs France series
717 November 1999 def. 14–101,0001999 Mediterranean Cup
817 November 1999 def. 104–01,0002000 Rugby League World Cup qualifying
99 November 2003 def. 8–62,2002003 Rugby League European Cup
1030 October 2004 def. 42–44,0002004 Rugby League European Cup
117 November 2007 def. 38–267,248
129 October 2010 def. 58–2414,5222010 Rugby League European Cup
1321 October 2011 def. 32–1816,866
141 November 2013 def. 48–017,5182013 Rugby League World Cup Group B
157 November 2015 def. 32–185,7372015 Rugby League European Cup
1622 October 2016 def. 40–614,2762016 Rugby League Four Nations