23-465: LVR can mean: Lyon Villeurbanne Rugby Loan to value ratio Longitudinal Video Recording Latvian ruble , the currency of Latvia from 1919 to 1922 and from 1992 to 1993 Large Volume Receiver (see Postcodes in Australia ) Lietuvos vietinė rinktinė (Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force) Las Vegas Raiders , an American football team in
46-704: A former minister and former British ambassador in Paris . The trophy was actually not presented to the Lyon players during the French Cup final. Rather, it was handed over to them one week later on 12 May 1936 by John Wilson, general secretary of the Rugby Football League , at Stade Buffalo near Paris , during a special game against Challenge Cup champions Castleford , for which Lyon had qualified by virtue of their domestic cup win. The actual name of
69-458: A handful of underdogs have produced cinderella runs over the years. In 1983, fourth-level side Le Soler advanced to the semifinals, beating top-flight club Pia in the process, before losing to powerhouse XIII Catalan . In 2005, third-level team Salses beat two Elite 1 teams ( Lyon-Villeurbanne and Villeneuve-sur-Lot ) before bowing out in the semifinals as well, this time to Limoux . Toulouse Olympique has endured many heartbreaks in
92-399: A player revolt, after which Pansera returned to the club as chairman. Prior to the start of season 37/38 'Joseph Pansera' was shot dead outside his home, 'Charles Mathon' was questioned then released. It later turned out that Pansera owed money to some people from Marseilles, he was smuggling arms and using the rugby club to cover up his dealings. Back on the field and by the end of that season
115-629: A semi-professional rugby league club from the town of Lyon , Rhône-Alpes in France . Formed in 1934 they are one of the oldest clubs in France. During the 1950s they won both the league and cup. Their home stadium is the Stade Georges Lyvet . They withdrew from the Elite 2 Championship, the second tier of French rugby league, before the start of the 2021–2022 season. On Tuesday 1 May 1934
138-685: The Lord Derby Cup beating XIII Catalan 22–7 in the final, scoring 15 unanswered points in the second half. As cup winners Lyon took on Challenge cup winners Castleford at the Stade Buffalo in Paris losing only to a last minute try 21–24. The club undertook a pre-season tour to England prior to the second French season becoming the first club side to do this. They lost matches against St. Helens 10-19, Castleford 8-18, Barrow by just one point and York F.C. 19-23. Season 35/36 on
161-550: The National League 1 title, now called Elite Two in 1958 they made an immediate return to the top flight. But the golden period was over and they would have to wait until 2002 for their next trophy and that would be once again the second tier title National League 1 . Back in 1994 the club changed their name to LVR XIII that same year the club lost in the second tier final 16–25 against Palau XIII Broncos The club runs both junior and ladies teams In September 2021, it
184-434: The 1950s the ground regularly attracted gates of 7,500 the current capacity is 5,000. In 1991 it played host to its first full international match when France beat Russia 26–6. Lord Derby Cup The Coupe de France Lord Derby ( lit. ' Lord Derby French Cup ' ), or just Coupe Lord Derby ('Lord Derby Cup'), is the premier knockout competition for the sport of rugby league football in France , as well as
207-421: The 2023–24 season, only teams in the top two divisions, Elite 1 and Elite 2 , took part in the competition. Following in the footsteps of his father Frederick , patron of ice hockey 's Stanley Cup , Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby , donated the silver trophy that bears his name to inaugural French Cup champions US Lyon-Villeurbanne in 1935. Stanley was honorary president of the Rugby Football League ,
230-479: The French Rugby League for the 1939 Lord Derby Cup final, before organizers settled on Stade du TOEC . In the modern era, games at predetermined sites were gradually reduced to encourage fan attendance, and are typically only used in the last two rounds. While all divisions have been actively encouraged to send teams in recent times, the level of amateur participation has varied over the years. In
253-475: The Lord Derby Cup, losing all of its first six finals, including three straight between 1962 and 1964. One of star player Georges Aillères ' career regrets was never hoisting the Lord Derby Cup while playing for his longtime club, despite making it to four finals with them. Ironically, he won the trophy in his only season played away from Toulouse, in 1965 with Lézignan . Toulouse would eventually break
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299-529: The club finished top of the table but failed to reach final. During the second world war the French Vichy Government banned rugby league and the club was forced to play rugby union. After the war the club returned to rugby league and soon they would embark on their most successful period. Their golden period began in season 49/50 when they were runner-up to XIII Catalan 5–12 in the cup. The following season they were once again runners-up in
322-568: The club's first player-coach-captain. The chairman of the new club was local businessman Joseph Pansera . Having been beaten by another touring side in Salford the club competed in the inaugural French Championship in 1934–35 finishing 3rd with top players like Antonin Barbazanges , Bob Samatan , Gaston Amila , Laurent Lambert and of course Charles Mathon amongst their players. The club did win silverware in that debut season when they won
345-524: The cup this time losing to AS Carcassonne 10–22, but they went one better in the league beating XIII Catalan 15–10 to lift the trophy for the first time. In 52/53 they won the cup beating US Villeneuve 9–8 in the final but couldn't complete a league and cup double as they lost the league final 12–19 to AS Carcassonne . They retained the cup when they beat XIII Catalan 17–15 and won their second league title when they triumphed 7–6 against AS Carcassonne in 1955. Relegation followed in 1957 but after winning
368-576: The curse in 2014, in their seventh final appearance. The equivalent of the Lord Derby Cup for Under-19 players is the Coupe Luc-Nitard ('Luc Nitard Cup'), whose final has traditionally been played as a curtain-raiser to the Lord Derby Cup final. To provide minor league clubs with a more accessible level of competition, the French federation has maintained a trio of secondary cup tournaments which are reserved for them. Each of these tournaments
391-406: The field they reached the league play-offs semi-finals and the cup semi-final and beat the touring Bramley 25–19 off the field was where the real drama was. In December 1935 a dispute between player-coach 'Mathon' and chairman 'Pansera' led to Pansera leaving the club, meaning the French rugby league authorities got involved. The outcome was that Mathon was banned from the sport for allegedly leading
414-501: The name of its championship trophy. The tournament was first contested in 1934–35, which also marked the inaugural season of the French Rugby League Championship . The Lord Derby Cup is currently open to all professional and amateur clubs. Each round is played in single-elimination mode. For much of the tournament's history, games played at predetermined or mutually agreed upon neutral sites were
437-418: The norm. While Toulouse struggled to field a stable team in the new code until 1937, it was still the go-to host city for many games during the tournament's formative years, both because it was viewed as a key market and because the relationship with rugby union authorities was much less contentious there than elsewhere in the country . In fact, Stade Toulousain considered renting its Stade Ernest-Wallon to
460-471: The title LVR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LVR&oldid=1131881739 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lyon Villeurbanne Lyon Villeurbanne XIII are
483-493: The touring Yorkshire XIII played against a France XIII in Villaurbanne the tourists winning 35–22 in front of a crowd of 6,000 at the Stade Georges Lyvet . From this it was agreed to set up a rugby league club in the region, thus was born Union Sportive Lyon Villaurbanne based in the Villaurbanne area of Lyon . Founded by Charles Mathon a leading player in the formation of rugby league in France, Mathon would be
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#1732780821055506-581: The trophy, as engraved on the bowl, is Coupe de Lord Derby , although the more natural-sounding "Coupe Lord Derby" is almost always preferred. Among the rugby league crowd, the cup is affectionately known as La vieille dame ('The Old Lady'). Since 2017, each player from the winning team has received a replica of the cup for him to keep, which is slightly smaller than the original at 30 cm (12 in) in height. The Lord Derby Cup has historically been dominated by first division teams. Nonetheless, one-off wins by lower division clubs are not unheard of, and
529-502: Was announced that the club had withdrawn from the Elite 2 Championship. The Stade Georges Lyvet has been the club's only ground. In the early days the local council was put under pressure by the rugby union authorities not to let the fledgling sport rugby league be played at the ground but the council relented. Named after a local resistance leader who was killed in 1944 the ground plays host to both league and union nowadays, with Lyon Villeurbanne and ASVEL Rugby both tenants. During
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