The 2022–23 Coupe de France Lord Derby was the 82nd edition of the Coupe de France Lord Derby, the premier rugby league knockout competition in France. It began on 6 November 2022 and ended with the final at the Stade Gilbert Brutus on 22 April 2023.

As no finals were played in the previous three seasons, the defending champions were AS Carcassonne who defeated Saint-Estève XIII Catalan in the 2018–19 final to win the cup for the 15th time. In the 2022–23 competition, they retained the title by winning 36–12 against Albi RL XIII in the final.

Background The 82nd edition of the Coupe de France Lord Derby, started on 6 November 2022 and concluded with the final on 22 April 2023. The 30 teams taking part were from Elite 1 (10 teams), Elite 2 (9 teams), the National Division (7 teams) and the Federal Division (4 teams). Teams entered at different stages the competition based on their division with Elite 2 teams joining in Round 4 and Elite 1 teams joining in the Round of 16. In matches between teams from different divisions, the venue was the stadium of the team from the lower division.

Format and dates + Lord Derby French Cup competition format Round Date Clubs involved this round Winners from previous round New entries this round Leagues entering at this round Round 1 6 November 4 4 4 Federal Division teams Round 2 20 November 6 2 4 4 National Division teams Round 3 18 December 6 3 3 3 National Division teams Round 4 22–23 January 12 3 9 All 9 teams from Elite 2 Round of 16 18–19 February 16 6 10 All 10 teams from Elite 1 Quarter-finals 4–5 March 8 8 colspan=2 rowspan=3 Semi-finals 9 April 4 4 Final 22 April 2 2

Round 1 The draw for the first three rounds was announced on 26 October 2022. Round 1 ties were played on 6 November.

+ Round 1 fixturesHomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeReport US Trentels XIII 37–22 AS Clairac XIII 6 November, 15:00 Toulouges XIII Panthers – Val XIII 6 November, 15:00 Source:

Round 2 Ties were played on 20 November.

+ Round 2 fixturesHomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeReport Pamiers XIII 48–0 Villefranche d'Albigeois 20 November, 15:00 Salses XIII 14–22 US Ferrals XIII 20 November, 15:00 M. Sabri Val XIII 38–6 US Trentels XIII 20 November, 15:00 Stade Municipal, Serviès-en-Val M. Grandjean Source:

Round 3 Ties were played on 18 December.

+ Round 3 fixturesHomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeReport Pamiers XIII 16–18 Palau XIII Broncos 18 December, 15:00 US Ferrals XIII 38–30 Saint-Martin XIII 18 December, 15:00 Val XIII 31–32 Baroudeur XIII Laurentin 18 December, 15:00 Source:

Round 4 The draws for Round 4 and the Round of 16 were made on 10 December 2022. Round 4 ties were played on 22 January with one match postponed until 5 February.

+ Round 4 fixturesHomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeReport US Entraigues XIII 44–22 Ille-sur-Têt XIII 22 January, 15:00 Stade Georges Mauro Report US Ferrals XIII 26–14 RC Salon XIII 22 January, 15:00 Stade de la Fontaine M. De La Rose Report RC Baho XIII 18–26 RC Carpentras XIII 22 January, 15:00 Stade Michel Bardes Report Palau XIII Broncos 11–16 Villegailhenc-Aragon XIII 22 January, 15:00 Stade Georges-Vaills Salim Sabri Report RC Lescure-Arthes XIII 34–22 Tonneins XIII 5 February Stade Jean Vidal Report Baroudeur XIII Laurentin 0–30 Villefranche XIII Aveyroncolspan=4 Source:

Round of 16 Ties were played over the weekend of 18–19 February.

+ Round of 16 fixturesHomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeReport RC Carpentras XIII 6–88 AS Carcassonne 18 February Stade de la Roseraie Report Saint-Estève XIII Catalan 16–29 SO Avignon 18 February Stade Municipal Report Albi RL XIII 52–18 Villeneuve XIII RLLG 18 February Stade Mazicou M. Vincent Report US Entraigues XIII 12–68 FC Lézignan XIII 19 February Stade Georges Mauro Report Villefranche XIII Aveyron 20–30 Saint-Gaudens Bears 19 February Stade Henri Legarde Report US Ferrals XIII 22–78 Baroudeurs de Pia XIII 19 February Stade de la Fontaine Report RC Lescure-Arthes XIII 0–88 XIII Limouxin 19 February Stade Jean Vidal Report Villegailhenc-Aragon XIII 44–28 Toulouse Olympique Broncos 19 February Stade Jérôme-Rieux M. Grandjean Report Source:

Quarter-finals Ties were played over the weekend of 4–5 March.

+ Quarter-final fixturesHomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeReport XIII Limouxin 42–6 Saint-Gaudens Bears 4 March, 15:00 Stade Jérome-Rieux M. Caffin Report SO Avignon 18–8 Baroudeurs de Pia XIII 4 March, 17:00 Parc des Sports Report AS Carcassonne 28–14 FC Lézignan XIII 4 March, 18:00 Stade Albert Domec M. Crespo Report Villegailhenc-Aragon XIII 20–42 Albi RL XIII 5 March, 16:00 Stade Jérôme-Rieux Report Source:

Semi-finals The semi-finals took place on 9 April. They were played as part of a triple header with a Coupe de France Luc Nitard (under-19s) semi-final match.

+ Semi-final fixturesHomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeReport SO Avignon 14–46 AS Carcassonne 9 April, 17:00 Stadium d'Albi M. Vincent Report XIII Limouxin 28–34 Albi RL XIII 9 April, 19:00 Stadium d'Albi M. Delarose Report Source:

Final The final of the 2022–23 Coupe de France Lord Derby took place on 22 April at the Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan. The match, which was part of a triple header, was preceded by the finals of the U15 and U17 competitions. AS Carcassonne, had won the cup 15 times and were defending champions having won the cup in 2018–19 (for three seasons no competition was held due to COVID). Their opponents, Albi, had previously won the cup once, in the 1973–74 season, and last reached the final in the 2007–08 season.

+ FinalHomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeReport AS Carcassonne 36–12 Albi RL XIII 22 April, 17:15 Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan M. Delarose Report Source: Teams AS Carcassonne: Escaré, A. Escamilla, Bouregba, V. Albert, Gambaro, Herrero, O'Beirne, Boyer, Artiga, Canet, Surulevu, Mulhall, Khedimi Interchanges: Drodrolagi, B. Escamilla, Dauliac, Alberola Head coach: Frédéric Camel

Albi RL: Miloudi, Pedrero, Thilhades, Guiguet, Cancé, Wall, Gigot, Rodrigues, S. Cook, Diakhaté, Dupuy, Goffin, Bernard Interchanges: J. Cook, Liauzun, Puech, Mazars Head coach: Joris Canton

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Broadcast matches + Broadcast matches Round Match Date Broadcast method Semi-finals Avignon v Carcassonne 9 April 2023 Broadcast live on Albi TV Limouxin vs Albi Final Carcassonne vs Albi 22 April 2023 Broadcast live on Sport en France and viàOccitanie

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