The stadium also hosted the majority of Catalans Dragons home matches in the rugby league club's first two seasons in the Super League in 2006 and 2007. The Dragons have since renovated their own ground, Stade Gilbert Brutus, and now play all their home matches there. The stadium has been expanded from a capacity of 13,500 to 14,593 in a project that ended in 2008.
The stadium has the name of early club fly-half Aimé Giral, who died during the First World War. Seven USA Perpignan players died during this war.
Rugby League Test matchesedit
List of rugby league test matches played at Stade Aimé Giral.[1]
stade, aimé, giral, multi, purpose, stadium, perpignan, france, currently, used, mostly, rugby, union, matches, home, stadium, perpignan, stade, aimé, giral, perpignanlocationperpignan, francecoordinates42, 71528, 89139, 71528, 89139capacity14, 593field, size1. Stade Aime Giral is a multi purpose stadium in Perpignan France It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of USA Perpignan Stade Aime GiralStade Aime Giral of PerpignanLocationPerpignan FranceCoordinates42 42 55 N 2 53 29 E 42 71528 N 2 89139 E 42 71528 2 89139Capacity14 593Field size100 x 66 mSurfacegrassConstructionOpened1940Renovated1998 2008TenantsUSA PerpignanCatalans Dragons 2006 2007 Contents 1 History 2 Rugby League Test matches 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe stadium also hosted the majority of Catalans Dragons home matches in the rugby league club s first two seasons in the Super League in 2006 and 2007 The Dragons have since renovated their own ground Stade Gilbert Brutus and now play all their home matches there The stadium has been expanded from a capacity of 13 500 to 14 593 in a project that ended in 2008 The stadium has the name of early club fly half Aime Giral who died during the First World War Seven USA Perpignan players died during this war Rugby League Test matches editList of rugby league test matches played at Stade Aime Giral 1 Test Date Result Attendance Notes 1 30 November 2002 nbsp New Zealand 36 10 nbsp France 6 500 2022 Kiwi Tour 2 11 November 2005 nbsp Australia 44 12 nbsp France 7 913 FriendlySee also edit nbsp Sports portal List of rugby league stadiums by capacityReferences edit Stade Aime Giral Rugby League ProjectExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Stade Aime Giral at Wikimedia Commons nbsp nbsp This article about a French sports venue is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stade Aime Giral amp oldid 1219047497, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
