Sheffield Eagles suffered a nine-try beating today by Toulouse Olympique at the State Ernest Argelès in Blagnac, despite going six points ahead with a try from Cory Aston converted by Oscar Thomas after eight minutes. In a tight first half, Toulouse fought back with two unconverted tries by Paul Marcon and Mourad Kriouache, with the latter giving them the lead…
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Toulouse Olympique have made a major statement ahead of the 2018 season by completing the signing of World Cup winner Sam Rapira. The 30-year-old’s departure from Huddersfield was confirmed on Tuesday and he will leave the club following two years in Super league with the Giants. A World Cup winner with New Zealand, Rapira spent the entirety of his NRL…
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Toulouse Olympique have beat off competition to retain the services of halfback Johnathon Ford. The Championship club confirmed the Cook Islands international has signed a new deal to remain with the club for the 2018 season after speculation that he could depart. TotalRL understands that Featherstone Rovers made a substantial offer to lure him to the LD Nutrition Stadium, but…
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Championship Shield: Swinton Lions 16-30 Bradford Bulls Sheffield Eagles 28-35 Dewsbury Rams Batley Bulldogs 22-22 Oldham Toulouse Olympique 50-12 Rochdale Hornets Full coverage of all the weekend’s Championship Shield matches will feature in Monday’s issue of League Express, available in the shops and online from Sunday evening.
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Toulouse Olympique president Bernard Sarrazain believes the club can push for a top two finish in the Championship next season. The French club missed out on the Qualifiers on the final day of the regular Championship season and are now ending the year competing in the Championship Shield. However, in an interview with the club website, Sarrazain admitted the club…
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More details from all of today’s games, alongside the rest of the weekend’s action, will feature in Monday’s League Express. Widnes Vikings picked up their first win of the 2017 Qualifiers as Corey Thompson’s brace helped them to a 36-12 victory at Halifax. Despite Fax’s red-hot winger Ben Heaton making it six tries in two appearances, they barely threatened a…
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Kuni Minga scored a 79th minute winning try as Toulouse Olympique took the race for the top four to the final day with a dramatic 32-26 victory over Featherstone Rovers. Minga, Rhys Curran and Bastien Ader crossed to give the hosts a 10-point lead with Anthony Thackeray replying for Featherstone. Kyle Briggs reduced the deficit further with Mark Kheirallah touching…
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Halifax took control in the race for the Qualifiers with a nervy 16-8 win at top four rivals Toulouse Olympique. Clement Boyer crossed to give the hosts an early lead against his former side but Steve Tyrer levelled the game less than five minutes later. That was how it remained until five minutes before the close of a tight half…
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Toulouse head coach Sylvain Houles believes the club’s clash with Halifax will decide who makes the top four. The two top four hopefuls lock horns on Saturday evening level on points in the Championship table with just three games remaining. It is currently Toulouse who occupy the fourth and final Qualifiers spot due to better points difference, but will be…
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1 London Broncos (+2) For the first time in over two months, we have new leaders in our Power Rankings! The honour goes to London Broncos – and how could it not? They’ve won nine games in a row and, over the weekend, they became the first team to win a league game in Toulouse since their admission back into the…
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