Twenty two years ago this week, one of British Rugby League’s most innovative yet typically short-lived innovations was reaching its conclusion.
On November 1, 1998, Villeneuve Leopards lifted the inaugural - and only - Treize Tournoi trophy by beating Lancashire Lynx in front of 10,283 fans at the Stade de Toulouse.
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