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The club's rugby union team was revived in 1965 as a separate branch, although it went through bouts of inactivity during the 1970s. Meanwhile, the rugby league section rose to prominence in the 1980s under president Alain
Cortade, the city's future mayor, reaching five championship finals in a row,
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in 1992. However, the club imploded from the resulting financial strain before it could even finish its fist season at that level, and had to restart in the lowly
Division d'Honneur.
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Fusion of US Le Pontet Rugby and
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503:"Le Pontet pleure son ex-première dame"
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191:(Lord Derby Cup) finals, winning both.
152:Entente Sportive Avignon Saint-Saturnin
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628:Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII
513:from the original on 9 November 2023
486:Passamar, André (1984). "LePontet".
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467:from the original on March 31, 2023
412:Blanchard, Laurent (11 June 2020).
167:The organization was founded as a
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488:L'Encyclopédie de Treize Magazine
679:French Rugby League Championship
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552:"The season in France 1988–1989"
501:Pellet, Pierre (13 March 2017).
359:French Rugby League Championship
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248:Le Pontet Avignon Rugby Club 84
215:for the right to challenge the
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34:US Avignon Le Pontet 84 Rugby
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536:. No. 118. p. 15.
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219:champions in the inaugural
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173:Union Sportive Pontétienne
64:; 4 years ago
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859:Saint-Estève XIII Catalan
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217:Australian Rugby League
206:European Club Challenge
195:1989 clash with FFRXIII
133:Avignon Le Pontet Rugby
1063:Lord Derby Cup seasons
908:RC Lescure-Arthes XIII
614:Rugby league in France
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550:Edgar, Harry (1989).
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362:(2): 1985–86, 1987–88
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221:World Club Challenge
54:(US Le Pontet Rugby)
874:Villeneuve Leopards
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280:Denis Bergé
213:Widnes RLFC
169:rugby union
113:rugby union
1100:Categories
834:SO Avignon
621:Federation
565:0413624706
534:Open Rugby
457:"Histoire"
396:References
367:Lord Derby
256:department
30:Rugby team
1085:2023–2024
1080:2022–2023
1075:2018–2019
1070:2017–2018
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305:José Giné
121:Le Pontet
98:Ground(s)
85:Le Pontet
59:Disbanded
511:Archived
471:April 2,
465:Archived
422:Archived
383:See also
183:region.
181:Provence
125:Vaucluse
92:, France
90:Vaucluse
77:Location
884:Elite 2
829:RC Albi
820:Elite 1
798:Defunct
771:Current
710:Defunct
689:Elite 2
684:Elite 1
672:Current
664:Leagues
517:May 29,
428:May 29,
378:1988–89
347:Honours
252:PARC 84
158:History
117:Avignon
81:Avignon
67: (
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111:was a
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560:ISBN
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119:and
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