SM Pia XIII was founded in 1960 and were national champions four times before they dropped out of the Elite 1 division after the 2012–13 season.

SM Pia XIII was established in 1960, winning the Lord Derby Cup in 1975[1] and the French Rugby League Championship in the 1994–95 season.

[2] The most successful period for SM Pia came in the 2000s when in the Elite 1 Championship and Lord Derby Cup they won consecutive league and cup doubles in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons[2][3] The club won a third Elite 1 championship in the 2012–13 season before withdrawing from the league.

[7] In the 2003–04 season they reached their first league final in the National Division 1 but lost against Vedene XIII 6-42.

[10] In 2018, Pia won the Coupe de France Paul-Dejean by defeating US Trentels XIII 26–22 in the final.