Super XIII 2024–2025

The regular season started on 21 September 2024 and ended on 30 April 2025. Each team played every other team twice, once at home and the other away making 20 games for each team and a total of 110 games over 22 rounds. It was originally scheduled to end on 27 April, but was extended due to two matches in the penultimate round being postponed.^[4][5]

Table and results

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts	Qualification		ALB	CAR	STE	PIA	LIM	VIL	VFA	LEZ	STG	AVI	TOU
1	Albi	20	16	0	4	554	292	+262	3	51	Semi-finals		—	58–16	16–20	26–10	28–20	26–12	22–14	38–18	38–6	30–16	30–12
2	Carcassonne	20	14	0	6	643	361	+282	5	47			8–18	—	32–12	8–6	22–23	34–12	52–6	35–12	40–16	46–16	56–14
3	Saint-Estève Catalan	20	13	0	7	484	414	+70	4	43[a]	Qualifiers		20–14	20–40	—	6–13	26–16	20–14[b]	22–14	30–22	38–24	24–28	44–4
4	Pia	20	12	0	8	547	335	+212	7	43[a]			38–20[c]	26–24	22–24	—	26–18	22–10	50–24	36–18	54–12	28–10	76–0
5	Limoux	20	12	0	8	491	412	+79	7	43[a]			8–10	16–46	37–36	30–18	—	18–6	24–34	36–4	42–26[d]	34–0	24–16
6	Villeneuve	20	10	0	10	404	382	+22	7	37			6–16	38–18	28–24	6–4	14–28	—	48–6	22–28	40–16	26–18	32–12
7	Villefranche	20	10	0	10	410	506	−96	4	34			6–22	20–12	18–22	27–26	22–16	30–22	—	21–16	16–12	48–18	36–12
8	Lézignan	20	8	0	12	406	470	−64	7	31			18–16	12–38	28–12	16–26	14–20	18–20	34–14	—	35–18	20–18	36–10
9	Saint-Gaudens	20	8	0	12	480	546	−66	4	28[e]			22–36	20–24	16–20	18–14	26–22	16–18	46–22	20–17	—	38–18	28–10
10	Avignon	20	7	0	13	354	566	−212	4	25			4–30	24–32	18–34	28–22	26–34	12–6	22–12	22–18	18–58	—	20–18
11	Toulouse	20	0	0	20	232	721	−489	5	5			18–60	0–60	10–30	10–30	12–25	16–32	8–20	18–22	24–42	8–18	—

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Source: ^{[4][10][11][12][13]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. [a]

   Points differences for matches between teams level on points: Saint-Estève Catalan: +4 (92–88), Pia: +1 (79–78), Limoux: -5 (101–106)
2. [b]

   Played 7 December: postponed from 26 October as venue being used for a France–Wales international.^[6]
3. [c]

   Played on 17 November: match on 22 September was abandoned at half-time (Albi leading 10–6) as pitch was unplayable.^[7][8]
4. [d]

   Played on 30 April: match on 19 April was abandoned after 20 minutes (Limoux leading 10–0) due to severe weather conditions.^[5]
5. [e]

   In October, Saint-Gaudens were fined and deducted 3 points after a member of the club was reported for using racist insults. The points were reinstated on appeal.^[9]

• 3 points for a victory
• 1 point bonus for the losing team if the margin is less than 12
• If two teams have equal points then the separation factor is the point difference in head-to-head matches between the specific teams. If a team has a greater point difference they rank higher on the table. If still tied then overall points difference will be the tie-breaker.^[12][14]

At the end of the regular season, the top six teams in the table advanced to the knockout stage. First and second received byes to the semi-finals where they faced the winners of the qualifying finals.^[4] Three teams finished the season on 43 points and despite having the inferior overall points difference Saint-Estève Catalan were seeded highest based on the outcome of matches between the three teams.^[12] They faced sixth-placed Villeneuve who defeated them 34–12 to advance to the semi-finals. In the other match Limoux won 24–22 at Pia.^[12] The semi-finals went to the higher seeded teams with Albi winning 26–8 over Limoux and Carcassonne defeating Villeneuve 11–6 to set up a repeat of the 2024–25 final.^[15][16] The Grand Final was played on 25 May 2025 at Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié in Narbonne. Albi, who had last won the national title in the 1976–77 season, defeated the defending champions 26–16 with two tries in the last five minutes to the lift the Max Rousiè Shield for the first time in 48 years.^[17][18][19]

Bracket

	Qualifying Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
						1	Albi	26
	4	Pia	22			5	Limoux	8
	5	Limoux	24								1	Albi	26
											2	Carcassonne	16
						2	Carcassonne	11
	3	Saint-Estève Catalan	12			6	Villeneuve	6
	6	Villeneuve	34

Source:^[10]

Grand Final

Sunday, 25 May 2025 16:30

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Albi	26–16	Carcassonne
Tries: Rostang  32' Budden  35' Pedrero  60' Tailhades  77' Le Cam  79' Goals: Gigit  32', 77', 79'	[17][18][19]	Tries: Gambaro  17' Rogers-Smith  20' Escaré  46' Goals: Herrero  20', 46'

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Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne Attendance: 5,191 Referee: Stéphane Vincent