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You can also watch it free here : https://www.lequipe.fr/lachainelequipe/ , for us in France it will be free to watch on normal scutter TV

It does still happen unfortunately. I've heard some quite nasty stuff aimed at the coloured Toulouse players (even at Mark Kheirallah who isn't particularly non-white, just a bit mixed race). No other fan stepped forward to have a word. This stuff has always gone on, I don't think it's because people are overtly racist, as if they were they would be doing the same to their own coloured players. I think it's more of a way to get under the skin of the opposition, trying to find a chink to unsettle them. I had something similar when I was at school in the 70's. I remember a young lad from the opposing school (we went to a posh rugby school in Blackpool) who turned up to play hockey. (It turned out actually that he was the son of Rohan Kahnai the West Indies cricketer) , someone called him Kunta Kinte to try and wind him up. He put 11 past us that day. I met him years later and he mentioned it in passing only as he was more upset because Kunta Kinte was from West Africa, and he himself was a proud British Guianian. He used his anger well ! It's not pleasant, and this season...for what it was, was worse as the away supporters are now so close to the box where the WAGS are that every word can be heard, at least in the old stadium the away fans were normally on the opposite side of the park.

Sylvain Houles of Toulouse is a farmer

Yes, a big ask as many have very young families as well. My own personal "hunch" considering the prolongation of the lockdown, is that this season will be scrapped in the next few weeks. Let us hope that is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for everyone

If (and when) it does restart, the two French sides will have to remain in the UK for the rest of the season. Finding a new "home" ground will be a challenge but it would be better than all the travelling required. Obviously, home advantage of the new Stade Toulousaine ground would be lost but a small price to play for getting the league completed.

For Toulouse games, I can't comment on what the costs of the stadium are, i.e. rent , but for the team, the 2 full time trainers are on the Govt 80% Furlough scheme, and there is no security at the games other than the ticket guys, and they won't be needed. Medical staff is the worry for me (the physios are self employed) as if a player is seriously injured how long would they have to wait for proper medical support?

My guess is that the server is down, too many connections. Maybe someone is watching this thread and will reboot it before the end of the game. I can't find it on any of the normal streaming sites.

me too

Can't login either. It kicked me out as soon as the game started and asked me to sign in again but says they are incorrect details. Phone is still logged in but terrible buffering

Not spoken to Sylvain yet, but I will let you know what he thinks when I have

I've not read all the posts on this thread so forgive me if i'm repeating something elsewhere. It's not just the abuse the refs get in front of their family, for me it's equally bad when the fans abuse the opposition players. Case in point 1st game of this season. TO v York, there was some ###### from York yelling at a player that he hoped he died from this Virus thing, 10yards from where the WAGS and their kids were sat. This players girlfriend was sat with her 2 yr old on her lap and could hear every word. It's not nice... but other than calling them out on it, it won't stop them. Maybe showing him up in front of his mates would help, but it would have to be her doing it and not me to make it effective. The sport has to heal itself, it's the same as with the racists etc. unless the other supporters call them out , they will just think it's normal and carry on. I'm tempted to video some of the abuse and send it to the appropriate club CEO, but targeting individuals seems petty to me. I'm loathe to get someone banned for life following a sport they love.

I agree, Stan Robin... when fit...is pretty good. You missed the try at 1:45 as well. I need to understand this Obstruction/Crossing rule more as it seems fairly arbitrary sometimes. (which is funny as French for the referee is l'arbitre....masculine noun, so not sure what happens when you have a female referee). I think the yellow card was for something other than dissent, but I will have a word with the lad...can't be getting sin-binned in the bigger matches...no offence to Batley.

I'm with you on that one, if they have an academy then they should be asked to play one from there rather than using a load of DR players. Nice to see the young lad Pezet from the Toulouse academy step up into the first team and score a try.

I am in the fortunate position to be able to watch the whole match on video so I get to analyse (very forensically) each match in detail. To be honest, there are some bizarre decisions i.e. WTF!!! but others tend to be a lot more subtle and borderline. The outcome of which is very much on which side you are supporting. In the *live* moment something that looks obvious on later reflection looks less so. Bitching about the result won't change it. 2pts to TO is what gets marked up. Dewsbury, Widnes and London Broncos next up, which are a much bigger challenge. Then Leigh and Fev to look forward to. Some cracking games coming up.

No1 Son is at the match doing the stats for TO, he is spitting bullets. 3 Tries ruled out, the referee is having a mare of a match (from a TO point of view)