Author: Pierre Carcau
France needs the World Cup … and the NRL too!
Rugby League World’s Treiziste Diarist Pierre Carcau offers a French perspective on the Australian NRL’s influence on Rugby League, following the postponement of this year’s…
How France can make a success of the Rugby League World Cup in 2025
Rugby League World’s Treiziste Diarist Pierre Carcau considers the benefits and addresses some of the concerns relating to the news that France is bidding to…
Farewell Folau: The sporting redemption that went bad
Rugby League World’s Treiziste Diarist Pierre Carcau reflects on the failed sporting redemption of Israel Folau, following a controversial parting of the ways with Catalans…
Treiziste Diary: Could its own history help create a better future for French Rugby League?
Rugby League World’s Treiziste Diarist Pierre Carcau asks if French Rugby League makes enough of its own eventful history as a means of building its…
Treiziste Diary: Is Rugby League still under enemy fire in France?
Rugby League World’s Treiziste Diarist Pierre Carcau on changing attitudes in French rugby circles and how some are struggling to come to terms with improving…
Treiziste Diary: Tackling a cross-code blindspot
Rugby League World’s Treiziste Diarist, Pierre Carcau, offers an insight into the way the French media suffers a persistent one-way blindness when it comes to…
Who runs French Rugby League? We are about to find out!
Rugby League World’s Treiziste Diarist Pierre Carcau looks at the battle currently being fought out to run the French Rugby League Federation, as the current…
Codes of difference in France
Rugby League World’s regular Treiziste Diarist, Pierre Carcau, assesses a key difference between the two rugby codes in France. If you are a Rugby League…
French Rugby League winning the survival challenge
Rugby League World’s regular Treiziste Diarist, Pierre Carcau, reviews the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Rugby League in France. The height of the Covid-19…
Sharks bite blunted by division in France
Treiziste Diary Extra: Last year there was a lot of excitement and interest in French Rugby League surrounding the imminent arrival of a new big…