Toulouse Olympique

On 15 April 2021 Didier Lacroix, President of Stade Toulousain rugby union club and Bernard Sarrazain, President of Toulouse Olympique signed an agreement for Toulouse Olympique to play home games at the Stade Ernest-Wallon until the end of the 2029 season.

[3] Toulouse hosted the first ever French rugby league Lord Derby Cup final in 1935 when Lyon Villeurbanne beat XIII Catalan at the Stade des Minimes.

The first rugby league club in the city were Gallia de Toulouse who started the 1935–36 season but lasted only two matches before dropping down to the amateur level of the newly introduced sport.

Following liberation by the Allies and the restoration of the French Championship, the club were on the losing side twice when they met Carcassonne in the finals for the 1944–45 and 1945–46 competitions.

Before that in 1995 the club changed their name to Toulouse Spacers due to their link up with the local aerospace company in the town, keeping this name until 2002.

In 2000 the club ended their long silverware drought when they won the championship title with a 20–18 victory over AS Saint Esteve and the following season reached the final again but lost out 32–20 against Villeneuve Leopards.

In 2005 Toulouse became the first French club ever to reach the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup, after defeating Super League side Widnes Vikings 40–24 in the quarter-finals.

Toulouse were one of the applicants but failed to win a licence, losing out to the 12 existing Super League clubs, Salford and the Crusaders.

[5] Offering no direct route to Super League at the time, Toulouse's spell in the Championship lasted three seasons.

[10] This pitted them against Featherstone in the Million Pound Game the following week, which saw them win 34–12 thus earn promotion to the Super League for the first time.

[13] On 19 March 2022, Toulouse recorded their first victory in the Super League, causing one of the competition's greatest upsets defeating three-time defending champions St Helens 22–20.

[15] In round 25 of the 2022 Super League season, Toulouse Olympique were officially relegated back to the Championship after losing to Catalans Dragons in the French Derby 24–14.

Toulouse would host the final where they had not lost all season but suffered a shock 18–14 loss against the London Broncos which denied them an immediate return to the Super League.

Toulouse Olympique winning in Elite One Championship in 2013–2014
Title in 1973. From left to right: Orféo Balsarin, Maurice de Matos, Roger Garrigue, Charles Thénégal and Henri Justal.