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TOxiii 14 Wigan 40

The coach has done well since my criticisms, keep it up Joris lad

Toxiii 14 Warry 32

Leeds 20 Catalans 27

Yes, Fabre is quality. Really surprised Houles hasn’t snapped him up yet. He’s still only 20 so time for him. His mum is in charge of the local academy. I think his grandad is with the Occitan league set-up. Not great from ASC, I bet Boyer wishes he had stayed at TO now !!

Well deserved victory for the home side. Good all round performance against a rather sterile ASC outfit. Yes, Pedrero is rapid.

Salford 42 Toulouse 10

Looking forward to the Albi - ASC game this weekend Gordon. Albi did ok against TOxiii but they are a bit unpredictable at the moment.

Very much under 30, he’s 23 and a powerful six footer.Signed from St Gaudens and promoted to the first team from the French Elite.

You’ll love it, bon voyage.

TOxiii 14 Hudds 30

Quillan is ok but again (imo), nowhere near as nice as it was twenty years ago.

There is/was a decent golf course at Saint Cyprien , it was for sale a few years back, I assume it was sold ?

Yeah, Collioure is brill. I seriously thought about moving to Perpignan, remembering how it used to be only twenty years ago but watching it deteriorate over the years put me off big time. I settled for Albi with a few local xiii sides nearby and TO and Cats not too tricky to get to.

Pia are an Elite level side, that’s obvious so maybe they will do the decent thing and step up next season. RCLA have a good fan base with a team which always seems competitive. They have always been a kind of Albi feeder outfit though less so nowadays.

Yeah, the ground at Lescure was very soggy after a very wet few weeks. The ground looked perfect last weekend where red hot title favourites Pua were just too good for a decent RCLA side. Good turnout too.

Poor start to the season, I think the coach is out of his depth.

Remi Casty is now on the TO coaching staff so don’t be surprised to see him making a comeback.

Maloney would have been contacted pretty quickly imo. Jason Baitieri would be another good call.

Great news.

The Albi v TO game was entertaining with a good crowd too. FB Cance is a tidy player but the mom was Brad Wall with Fabre close by. Laguerre looks ok but did look vulnerable with the high ball.

Yes, that’s good news. He’s a nice kid and well disciplined on the park. It was a tough decision for him as he now has a young family to think of. I see a contemporary of his Bastien Canet is still up to his old tricks. Playing for ASC he still is as clueless about discipline as he was when at TO.

Or indeed the French RL heartlands….

Hi again Gordon, hope you are well. I watched the ASC v Albi game on the computer, the crowd looked quite small ? The two sides looked well matched.

Toulouse were The Spacers for a few years as they joined forces with another association. Happily they changed back to Olympique after seeing sense. Toulouse volley ball team is still called The Spacers.