The negative barrage of comments in this thread is why international RL will never prosper or grow.
Instead of celebrating this, despite the fact France will win easily, it’s a deluge of doom and gloom.
How are teams meant to ever improve if they never get to play any games?
Look at Argentina in RU, they got tonked every game in the Quad-Nations for years but got better and better during this period.
We need to get used to things taking time in rugby league and not abandoning them after 2/3 years if they are not a complete and total success.
Mighty oaks from small acorns grow and all that.