title: Nantes Rugby XIII
text: # Nantes Rugby XIII
  
  Nantes Rugby XIII are a French Rugby league club based in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique in the Pays de la Loire region. The club play in the Aquitaine regional League of the French National Division 2.
  
  ## History
  
  Founded in 1936 as Bretagne Nantes XIII they were one of the earliest Rugby League clubs in France. The club's only finals appearance arrived in season 1963/64 in the old 2nd Division now called National Division 1 when they lost to SM Pia XIII. The club runs junior and ladies teams down to u7s.
  
  