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USA Perpignan (or Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais to give them their full title) are one of France’s most historic rugby union clubs. They currently play in the Pro D2, which is France’s second tier of rugby. However, the side have been crowned as the champions of France on seven occasions and have been the runners-up in the European Rugby Champions Cup.
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The Perpignan Rugby Club was founded way back in 1902. Back then, the club was known as AS Perpignan. But, the team have been known by many different names over the years. In 1919, they were renamed as US Perpignan, and they adopted their current name in 1933.
In their early days, the Perpignan Rugby team were highly successful. In 1914, they won their first ever French Championship. In the next decade or so, they regularly featured in the final. During this period, they were crowned as the champions of France on another two occasions (1921 and 1925) and finished as the runners-up twice (1924 and 1926). However, the side’s appearance in the 1926 final was their last for nearly a decade.
That said, the Perpignan Rugby side were still highly successful in the 1930s. They only won the French Championship once in the decade (1938), but they appeared in the final on another two occasions (1935 and 1939) and won the Challenge Yves du Manoir for the first time ever in 1935.