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Stade Raoul-Barriere Stadium

Stade Raoul-Barriere, formerly Stade de la Mediterranee, is a multi-purpose stadium in Beziers, France. The stadium is able to hold 18,555 (16110 seated) people and was built in 1989. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of AS Beziers Herault.

On October 4, 1991, it hosted a 1991 Rugby World Cup Pool 4 match between France and Romania with France winning 30 - 3.

It hosted the first two Pool C matches of the 1999 Rugby World Cup. On October 1, it hosted Fiji versus Namibia with Fiji winning 67 - 18. The following day, it hosted quin-hosts France versus Canada with France winning 33. - 20.

In addition to AS Beziers Herault matches, the stadium has hosted Castres Olympique rugby union matches versus Toulouse in August 2010, and versus Stade Francais in August 2014.

On 9 March, 2018, it hosted Six Nations Under 20s Championship between France and England with France losing 6–22.

The stadium is also used to host Rugby league Internationals. On December 4, 1994, France hosted Australia in Beziers. In Mal Meninga's last match, 8,000 people saw the Kangaroos run out 74-0 winners. More recently, Stade de la Mediterranee has been used as the home ground for the France-based Moroccan national team.

On 15 August 2009 Stade de la Mediterranee hosted another Rugby league game in which Catalans Dragons hosted Hull F.C. in front of 6,500 fans. Catalans Dragons ran out winners with an 18 - 6 win over Hull FC.

In May 2019, the stadium was renamed the Raoul-Barriere Stadium in honor of the Grand Beziers coach two months after his death.

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