They were selected ahead of Toulouse Olympique and Villeneuve Leopards to enter the league for the 2006 season. In 2005, UTC applied to join the Super League, the highest tier of professional rugby league in Europe. UTC won the 2005 French Championship and the 20 Lord Derby Cups.Ģ005–2007: Super League and Challenge Cup final In 2002 Saint-Cyprien joined the merged UTC side.
There were two other clubs in the twelve-team competition in Pyrénées-Orientales: Pia XIII and Saint-Cyprien. They won six championships and four Lord Derby Cups. During their run, they won 11 French Championships and 11 Lord Derby Cups. XIII Catalan were founded in 1935 and thus were founding members of the French Championship. The merged team took the name Union Treiziste Catalane, often abbreviated to UTC. The club was founded in 2000 after the merger of two teams in Perpignan, XIII Catalan and AS Saint Estève. UTC continues to compete in the French Championship's Elite One Championship as a feeder club for the Dragons, now under the name Saint-Estève XIII Catalan. In 2006, they were granted a Super League licence, taking the name Catalans Dragons. They won the 2005 French Championship and the Lord Derby Cup in 20. The club was formed in 2000 by a merger of XIII Catalan and AS Saint-Estève into Union Treiziste Catalane (UTC). Catalans Dragons are the first non-British team to win the Challenge Cup since the competition started in 1896, after beating Warrington Wolves 20–14 at Wembley Stadium on 25 August 2018. The Dragons play regular home games at Stade Gilbert Brutus in the centre of the city. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from outside England. The Catalans Dragons ( French: Dragons Catalans, Catalan: Dracs Catalans) are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France.
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