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Probably the fault of the French Air Traffic Controllers !

Today it is announced that Romeo Tropis has been offered a pro contract. Well deserved.

Yep, does seem strange. He’s been in squads but not selected for whatever reason.

Don’t think he’s been offered pro terms just yet. He was player of the year in the Elite side last year and Sylvain was waxing lyrical about him after the game. Problem is of course that if the kids are offered pro terms then who will the club ditch to make way ? I suppose Marion should get the mom v Donny but Rob Butler was awesome in one of those ‘unsexy’ positions.

Loads of good kids coming through. Romeo Tropis looks the real deal , Baptiste Rodriguez hasn’t done much wrong so far and young Hugo on debut was outstanding. Doncaster were excellent which made the TO effort even more noteworthy. The big question remains for me, why isn’t Robin Brochon getting any game time ? Is it a disciplinary thing ? I’ve watched him play at fb, hooker and in the half back line and he’s looked good. Done think he’s injured.

Dunno, TO have lost too many key players. They are a different prospect with Ollie AB, Shorrocks, Lacans and Gahan around.

Cracking game, Donny were brilliant but credit to Toulouse who showed character with a makeshift side due to absences in key areas. Marion slotted in well at scrum half and Laguerre looked solid at fullback. A few dodgy decisions for both sides but Donny suffering more imo . Handling errors costing both sides with Paoli dropping the ball close to the line close to the end which was crucial. Not a bad player on the pitch but special mention to Rob Butler who was awesome. Isaac Misky terrorized TO and looked explosive with the ball. Young Hugo Garrigues, another kid from the academy looked the real deal. Well done as usual to the travelling bunch, did any of you make it to the Melting Pot before closing time ?

Blimey, Toulouse main stand seems good value at €20 !

How much are tickets at Odsal nowadays ?

What I actually said that sensible reffing allowed the game to flow. The Oldham GLDO was a blatant error on his part but the rest for me was 50/50. Post match Longy didnt put any blâme on the réf which is usually one of the coachs’ excuses after a defeat. This réf, compared to a few previous visiting refs, was pretty good. Most nowadays I find are far too picky and pédantic which makes the game stop-start.

Go on, what was the problem ?

À really entertaining game and amazing the fitness levels nowadays. I can’t recall a water break first half but the second half break must have been five minutes long. Olly A-B looked just as lively in the 80th as he did in the 1 st minute. The only négative for TO is Jake Shorrocks having to miss next game v Widnes due to the protocol procédure but player self are must always take priority.

Good performance from Toulouse in punishing conditions. This was non- stop action from a typical top four game , as Houles put it. Toulouse are a decent outfit who work hard together with Marion as the linchpin. Impressed with Oldham, well set up with good discipline. Errors cost them and the heat took its toll in the last quarter. They were the best team from HT for about twenty minutes but the French survived as Longys’ men faded. Sensible reffing from Mr Belafonte who allowed the game to flow.

Yep, good effort. Amazing when most sensible French people will still be eating at that time of day.

Fortunately the ‘family’ is still sacrosanct in most parts of France just like it used to be in the UK long ago….