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[Northern Sol]

Drive within the limit and never pay a fine. I never have.

[winnyason]

So you would think when the stadium gets completed, with the support they have then toulouse will finally get into sl.

[keighley]

Drive within the limit and never pay a fine. I never have.

You are, of course, correct. However, when you are driving from Yorkshire to catch a plane at Heathrow at 4.00 am on an empty motorway, it seems nuts to have to toddle along at 70.m.p.h

[CANETMAN]

why don't you take the train then?

Sounds good in theory Jim however although the city to city trains in France are fantastic traveling from lets say Perpignan to Toulouse (Via Narbonne) can take twice the time and also there may only be a few trains a day timings to get to matches are almost impossible and sometimes would involve an overnight stay.CM

[oiseau]

So you would think when the stadium gets completed, with the support they have then toulouse will finally get into sl.

if they meet the RFL criteria , yes it will happen otherwise the club & city would not even be talking about ground redevelopment let alone getting Blake Solly & Ralph Rimmer etc coming over to discuss their future plans

[CANETMAN]

You are, of course, correct. However, when you are driving from Yorkshire to catch a plane at Heathrow at 4.00 am on an empty motorway, it seems nuts to have to toddle along at 70.m.p.h

Also in France its an on the spot fine and if you do not have the cash on you they will escort you to the nearest cashpoint machine:(((( Also if you are 30/40K over the limit it will be an instant ban on the spot (usually 2 months) i know i got stopped driving from perpignan to canet a few years ago (I was doing 140 in a 110) it was 2 months ban on the spot and around 200 euros fine,it was quite funny as lucky my missus was with me and had her russian license on her so she could drive it was even funnier the gendarm trying to write down the details of a russian license.Back in the old days in and around Perpignan many RL men were in the police and gendarmarie and drink driving was rife in fact i remember off duty ones giving everyone instructions one night in a local bar on which routes to drive home to avoid that nights road controls:)))) one famous dragons ex player (What goes on tour stays on tour:) once crashed his car into a ditch after getting totally wasted the police turned up saw who he was and just took him home in their car that was that matter closed:))) Can you imagine that happening back in the UK never in a thousand years.CM

Edited by CANETMAN, 07 October 2012 - 11:21 AM.

[oiseau]

Also in France its an on the spot fine and if you do not have the cash on you they will escort you to the nearest cashpoint machine:(((( Also if you are 30/40K over the limit it will be an instant ban on the spot (usually 2 months) i know i got stopped driving from perpignan to canet a few years ago (I was doing 140 in a 110) it was 2 months ban on the spot and around 200 euros fine,it was quite funny as lucky my missus was with me and had her russian license on her so she could drive it was even funnier the gendarm trying to write down the details of a russian license.Back in the old days in and around Perpignan many RL men were in the police and gendarmarie and drink driving was rife in fact i remember off duty ones giving everyone instructions one night in a local bar on which routes to drive home to avoid that nights road controls:)))) one famous dragons ex player (What goes on tour stays on tour:) once crashed his car into a ditch after getting totally wasted the police turned up saw who he was and just took him home in their car that was that matter closed:))) Can you imagine that happening back in the UK never in a thousand years.CM

goes on everywhere doesn't it ? certainly did in Great Yarmouth !

[keighley]

Also in France its an on the spot fine and if you do not have the cash on you they will escort you to the nearest cashpoint machine:(((( Also if you are 30/40K over the limit it will be an instant ban on the spot (usually 2 months) i know i got stopped driving from perpignan to canet a few years ago (I was doing 140 in a 110) it was 2 months ban on the spot and around 200 euros fine,it was quite funny as lucky my missus was with me and had her russian license on her so she could drive it was even funnier the gendarm trying to write down the details of a russian license.Back in the old days in and around Perpignan many RL men were in the police and gendarmarie and drink driving was rife in fact i remember off duty ones giving everyone instructions one night in a local bar on which routes to drive home to avoid that nights road controls:)))) one famous dragons ex player (What goes on tour stays on tour:) once crashed his car into a ditch after getting totally wasted the police turned up saw who he was and just took him home in their car that was that matter closed:))) Can you imagine that happening back in the UK never in a thousand years.CM

That's horrendous. The train sounds a better deal. I was trying to work out how to get from Bristol to Avignon in the WC next year and the planes don't do it but I can take the TGV from Paris and get there. Seems crazy, dosn't it.

[flyingking]

Luc Dayan is hoping to attract a 20,000(!) crowd to the fixture, apparently on the basis that Wales once had a coal mining industry too!
http://www.lindepend...aert,167741.php

[Lobbygobbler]

Luc Dayan is hoping to attract a 20,000(!) crowd to the fixture, apparently on the basis that Wales once had a coal mining industry too!
http://www.lindepend...aert,167741.php

That would look good on prime time bbc. Imagine what this game could have drawn at Lens v England......

[Scubby]

That is 8,000 more than are actually interested in RL in France. FACT CM

[Jim from Oz]

Luc Dayan is hoping to attract a 20,000(!) crowd to the fixture, apparently on the basis that Wales once had a coal mining industry too!
http://www.lindepend...aert,167741.php

Are they giving away all the tickets????

[oiseau]

Are they giving away all the tickets????

basically, Yes

[CANETMAN]

That is 8,000 more than are actually interested in RL in France. FACT CM

GET REAL these are freebies 99% will never see another RL match (Unless there is another one in Lens) its a France thing not a rugby league one.I heard that 25000 Warrington fans went to MU however the average gate is half of that (and includes away fans)You dont get it do you?CM

[The Daddy_merged]

That is 8,000 more than are actually interested in RL in France. FACT CM

But surely he's making it up because Canetman was sitting next to him when he came up with the figure.

[CANETMAN]

But surely he's making it up because Canetman was sitting next to him when he came up with the figure.

Some of you on here need a large reality check, if they were charging (lets say Euros 10.00) for this match the crowd would be 3000 maximum.Hats of to Luke Dyan if they get 20000 however as for regular RL fans in france it totals no-more than around 12000 (+ the dragons) although as someone else has pointed out on this forum a large part of the dragons home crowd are french RL fans who would be from the original 12000 that i quoted.CM

[Lobbygobbler]

Some of you on here need a large reality check, if they were charging (lets say Euros 10.00) for this match the crowd would be 3000 maximum.Hats of to Luke Dyan if they get 20000 however as for regular RL fans in france it totals no-more than around 12000 (+ the dragons) although as someone else has pointed out on this forum a large part of the dragons home crowd are french RL fans who would be from the original 12000 that i quoted.CM

Prrhaps it will be like the crowd in "Escape to Victory" - the best rendition of La Marseillaise I've ever heard

[oiseau]

even with a freebie ticket i've decided financial restraints will not allow two nights in a hotel - that, along with the petrol/toll plus eating charges etc turns what should be a nice saturady spent supporting the lads into a non-event

train logistics (3 changes over 12 hours) and taxi fares add up to about the same outlay and my pockets aren't deep enough to cover the costs

thanks Larrat & Dayan for putting me off french RL - I couldn't even be bothered to drive to Toulouse on saturday - I thought the idea was attract fans to the greatest game ?

[T-Dub]

Some of you on here need a large reality check, if they were charging (lets say Euros 10.00) for this match the crowd would be 3000 maximum.Hats of to Luke Dyan if they get 20000 however as for regular RL fans in france it totals no-more than around 12000 (+ the dragons) although as someone else has pointed out on this forum a large part of the dragons home crowd are french RL fans who would be from the original 12000 that i quoted.CM

11,600

[winnyason]

Get real mate, avignon gave away ti kets you really are a negative sod. Next year premium wc games v nz and samoa at avignon and perpnignan. Things seem positive super xiii seems reality and tolouse shoe in for 2015 sl can you really whinge?