Stade Gilbert Brutus [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Stade Gilbert Brutus
Stade Gilbert Brutus is a rugby league stadium in Perpignan, France, which is the home ground of the Catalans Dragons.
History.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the ground was used by both rugby league and rugby union clubs in Northern Catalonia. It was previously the home ground of rugby league club XIII Catalan. The stadium was named in honour of Gilbert Brutus, in memory of a French rugby union player, coach, chairman and referee, born on 2 August 1887 in Port-Vendres
league team in front of 12,254 spectators. The grounds all-time record attendance was also for a Rugby League game when it hosted the 1950 French rugby league championship Final between AS Carcassonne and Marseille XIII in front of 18,000 spectators
- Stade Gilbert Brutus was the club's second and final destination when they moved into the ground when it opened in 1962. Known locally as Brutus the ground was named after a famous Catalan rugby player who died under Nazi Gestapo torture in 1944. The ground has hosted many Rugby League internationals it