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barnyia

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  1. Yes it's worrying, when you see the Catalans have 40 players in the u19s, Lézignan played with 13 players this weekend, limoux 14 players, Villeneuve, Carcassonne, Albi and pia have all played at least one game with just 13 players on the team sheet (u19s) st Gaudens 19s  play 9s and Avignon 19s forfeited 2 games this season,

    Toulouse elite team turned up with 16 players as they dropped their u19s first teamers down to the juniors, 

    Worrying times, I know the numbers in u17s is slightly higher than last year, the federation used to let 3 u20 players on the team sheet of the u19s but that's been stopped this year, 

     

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  2. 5900 licences in the full region of occitanie, it says that's 78% of all licences in France so really around 7000 licences in the whole of France, but licences doesn't mean players, it includes coaches, presidents, fitness coaches, kids and kids coaches, 

    We're even put down as a comparison to other regional sports like bull running and tambourine tennis! 

    It's amazing how the French manage to get so many good players,  considering playing numbers, especially being competitive up to u19s against the English, 

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  3. Both semi finals to be played Sunday 7th April in Marseille, a small one stand stadium that was used for tye France U17 v England lions in 2022, 4/5 hours drive one way for Carcassonne, Lézignan and Catalan and a shortish trip for Avignon, so I'm not expecting much support at the ground for the 3 Occitanie teams. 

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