and business's made donations and saved the club from extinction. For the following season the club adopted its new name Villeneuve XIII RLLG The club continues to run successful academy sides, begun in the 1930s, and now runs both ladies and girls teams. Challenge Cup As one of the more dominant sides in the French competition, when the RFL in England began inviting overseas teams to compete in the Challenge Cup Villeneuve were one of the first clubs to enter. In 2000 they arrived with a bang when they won 16-14 at Keighley Cougars before going on to lose to Dewsbury Rams. The following season they eclipsed this when they reached the quarter-finals, becoming the first overseas team to do so. After despatching amateurs Simms Cross they then accounted for York Wasps and Rochdale Hornets before bowing out to Warrington Wolves 0-32. The next campaign saw them once again beat York Wasps before losing to Doncaster. Their last outing came the following season where they went out at the first attempt away at Featherstone Rovers to a last minute try. 2000 All away games * 13 February v Keighley Cougars 16-14 27 February v Dewsbury Rams 10-35 2001 26 January v Simms Cross ARLFC 42-10 11 February v York Wasps 22-8 25 February v Rochdale Hornets 26-19 11 March v Warrington Wolves 0-32 2002 10 February v York Wasps 17-8 24 February v Doncaster RLFC 16-24 2003 ? January v Featherstone Rovers 22-26 Villeneuve v Australia Colours and Badge The club have always played in green and white. The nickname Leopards was adopted in 1998 Stadium From 1900 to 1955 the rugby club played at Pont-de-Marot. In 1955 their current stadium was built originally called Myre Mory Stadium named after a soldier killed in 1940 and located on the left bank of the river Lot near the Lycee Georges Leygues. In 2011 the stadium renamed Stade Max Rousie after the famous former France and Villeneuve rugby league footballer. A multi sports venue that hosts along with rugby league, football, athletics and tennis. The ground has floodlights as well as two training pitches. The current capacity is 5,000 with 1.434 seats. Current squad Squad for 2022-23 Season Honours Elite One Championship (9): 1934-35, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1979–80, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03 Lord Derby Cup (9): 1937, 1958, 1964, 1979, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 Treize Tournoi (1): 1998 Junior League Trophy