The club was formed in 1916 and they enjoyed their best spell during the 1950s when they lifted the Lord Derby Cup twice and reached two other finals as well as being runners up in the French rugby league championship.

The current head coach is their former player and ex French international Renaud Guigue On March 16, 1916 Sporting Olympique Avignon were formed as a rugby and athletics club by Viscount du Tertre and Marius Bremond who would be the club's first president and vice president respectively.

In 1998 following their relegation to the Elite Two Championship they caused a major surprise by once again reaching the Lord Derby Cup final but lost to AS Saint-Estève.

During 2008 the club spent time at the Parc des Sports while their own ground was being refurbished and artificial turf laid.

The emblem was so obviously heavily modeled from the Buffalo Sabres NHL ice hockey team's logo at the time.