Stade Aimé 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.
History 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 matches List of rugby league test matches played at Stade Aimé Giral.Stade Aimé Giral @ Rugby League Project Test# Date Result Attendance Notes1 30 November 2002 36–10 6,500 2002 Kiwi Tour2 11 November 2005 44–12 7,913 Friendly
See also
List of rugby league stadiums by capacity
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