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A month? That's not good news ! Do you know when PJ will be back?

I'm surprised as well that he hasn't been used as a half considering they were a bit short. Maybe, with no game time this year he's not fit enough? I'm not in the loop anymore about these players so I don't know which ones are hovering on the fringes waiting for a game or if they are long term injured. Calum, Greg, Dom, PJ all missing for most of the season you would have thought Robin would be a shoe in at half. Maybe with Hugo now as hooker, Marion as a half and OAB fb, they have no space for him on the pitch.

Being in the squad is different. I thought they have to be given a professional contract after 10 games? But they could get one sooner I guess. Cheaper for the club keeping them non-professionnel until they have to.

I thought Hugo was excellent at hooker. 20yrs old and stepped into the team and performed well. Do you know if they have offered him a professional contract yet? I thought he was pretty good at U19 level but I wasn't sure if he has joined the professional setup yet.

Just for Info but the TO v Doncaster match has been pushed back to 20h00 local time (19h00 UK time).

If they get to SL it will be a very different team.

York in Toulouse will be a good game to watch live.

Yes, I understand why OAB doesn't want to play on the pitch but he's been the standout player for them this year. Without Jake they did miss some bite. Still, I would have hoped they could still have shown a bit more than that, they still had a lot of experience out there. Widnes played better and deserved the points. I wonder if OAB would have played if it was the last game of the normal season and they needed the points to stay top.

They couldn't be arsed tonight. Widnes put in a decent shift but TO never bothered to turn up. At least they go back on the plane with no serious injuries which is always an issue playing on that ground. 30th August is the match that will matter the most IMO.

If you are coming to Toulouse for this match. Remember to bring a hat and sun cream, they are predicting 39C in the late afternoon. Proper scorchio.

That was well done by London they pushed TO into making lots of mistakes. Silly errors and bad decisions. I mean why kick on the 3rd 5m out? If TO play like that next week against Oldham they will get stuffed. The only thing in TOs favour next week is that the forecast is for 36⁰

10-10 in the Batley v TO match at mi-temps. No radio coverage whatsoever, which I think is poor. Anyone know if TO were playing up or down the pitch 1st half?

*Tropis

I thought Barrow did OK until about the 30min mark. TO just didn't seem to be interested, no speed or passion and too many mistakes. I was a bit worried about the line up as both Max and Mathieu were missing, but the other lads did OK when they got going. Agree about Tropics, he's growing into the team well. Some odd decisions yes, but it balanced out. I thought the 1st Barrow try was a forward pass, but another one chalked off for off side was OK. Too much niggly stuff in the 2nd half though. Could you have a word with whoever is charge of ball boys nowadays? Too often we had two balls on the pitch and it slowed the game down unnecessarily in the 2nd half.

Many thanks to Oldham community radio for the commentary. Very entertaining!

I'm turning this off and going out instead. If I get back in an hour and Catalans have managed to win this then chapeau, big style. Awful decision.

I see Eloi is parachuted immediately into the Oldham game against TO. That's going to be interesting!

Radeon Robinson to TO. Has anyone seen this lad play for St Gaudens this season? https://www.to13.com/a-la-une/radean-robinson-rejoint-le-to-pour-la-fin-de-la-saison/

TO were less awful than Fev, but it's the 2 points that matter.

Back on track, talking about the footy. Fev 10 v TO 18

Happy to see the Fev v TO match is on the YouTube channel

Fax winning will set up an interesting match against TO in a couple of weeks. Both small squads with some prominent players missing. It's one match I'm going to make the effort to go and see this year. We're taking two RL newbies with us, one Dutch his girlfriend Hungarian, so it will be an interesting experience for them!

I have commented on this before. Sooner they stop the trainer coming like that the better. I see it all the time. The 13 on the pitch should be able to know which way they are running without some fat block in shorts constantly running on to point.

There are a number of French RL fans in and around Manchester. I've met a few of them when I was over watching TO matches.

Next two games are both away for TO. They could be looking at 3 wins from 7 in a couple of weeks.