[2] It was part of eponymous multisports club US Le Pontet, sometimes credited Union Sportive Pontétienne.
It switched codes in 1935 for the newly imported game of rugby league, and was a pioneer for the sport in the Provence region.
[2] Meanwhile, the rugby league section rose to prominence in the 1980s under president Alain Cortade, the city's future mayor,[4] reaching five championship finals in a row, of which it won two.
The club was the dominant force again during the 1988-89 campaign, but their consecutive losses in that season's championship and Coupe de France finals were marred by a string of on-field incidents and objections to the federation's ensuing disciplinary actions.
However, the club imploded from the resulting financial strain before it could even finish its fist season at that level, and had to restart in the lowly Division d'Honneur.