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  1. On 31/10/2024 at 20:57, Bulls2487 said:

    Armitage signed for Bradford

    Yes, TO offloaded him. I liked him, very personable chap. If he can stay injury free he will do well. Strange that he went to the UK though, I thought he would stay in France given his history and that his brothers are still here. I thought he might go back to 15's with his brother Steffon who was at Nice recently but has moved on to CO Berre.

  2. 5 hours ago, NRLandSL said:

    Would like to see Wail Skoundri get signed to the Toulouse first team. Quality middle foward, 22 years old arguably the best player in the Toulouse 2nd team. Very deserving of a first team call up.

    I hope so. He was on the team sheet a couple of times last season and played I think.

     

    H has gone to Pia

     

    I'm hearing reports that Guy Armitage has also left the club. I liked him, he was a very personable chap, very approachable. I wonder if he also will stay in France. 

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  3. Out with the old, in with the new.

    Sorry to see H leave, maybe one season too much but he managed to get to the end without injury. He seems to have been around for decades.

    https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/two-time-super-league-winner-bids-farewell-to-high-flying-championship-club

    However: new kid on the block, another youngster from the TO academy has signed a professional contract for next season:

    https://www.to13.com/a-la-une/premier-contrat-professionnel-pour-baptiste-rodriguez/

     

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  4. 40 minutes ago, Worzel said:

    I don't think there is any revenue from French TV deals. At most they will be done "at cost". Often some of those costs will be being covered by the French club... which the away side is very welcome to contribute to!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

    It used to be the case that TO had to stump up the production costs for a live feed. I'm not so sure if they do now with this ViaOccitanie deal. I'm not as close to the club anymore as I used to be so can't verify it. Maybe @PECETTO can offer a view. 

  5. 31 minutes ago, Worzel said:

    I agree with this, the Championship doesn't have a TV deal and so any "exceptional" club should pay the extra costs if they want to join the league. If you can't, don't join.

    Similarly in Super League, that comp comes with a TV deal you all collectively sell, and if you can't afford the costs associated with being in that league in order to access that revenue (including foreign travel) then you're very welcome in the Championship.

    A question: for those TO matches televised (here in France) do the away side get any revenue from it? 

  6. 38 minutes ago, Forever Trinity said:

    12 tickets sold by Toulouse for a grand final is pathetic to say the least. The Bulls took quite a few fans to Toulouse for the semi with a weeks notice for travel, if Toulouse want to be in SL then at least get up for a final where points are at stake and support your team.

    I looked into it. I have to take the loss of 2 days not working so factoring in that cost it would be around 1800euro for the 2 of us to go. There is a bigger contingent of TO fans based in and around Manchester so I would think they would help the numbers.  

  7. 13 minutes ago, JonM said:

    They fought back from 18-0 down. It was pretty close up until the 50 minute mark.

    24-16 at 50' 

    TO were throwing the ball around a bit more than normal. Not sure what to take from that match other than being positive and a bit of momentum, and allowing Jake some kicking practice. 

    Edit: A bit of a worry with Sita going off with a bad ankle.

  8. 1 hour ago, Expatknight said:

    That was at  Doncaster, the Knights were at Toulouse, they are a different prospect at home and don’t appear to have travelled well this season.

    They are knackered, they don't seem fit enough to cope this year. I year too much for H and Dom maybe.

    York defended well. 

    However, TO will be still in the mix come the playoffs barring a catastrophic next 6 matches.

  9. 2 hours ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

    Smacks of cost cutting 

    I'm fairly sure the touch judges are normally French, the little fellah I see a lot. I'm not sure why the players would need to speak to the flag guys anyway.

    There have been French refs in the past but it is normally an English guy they send over. Maybe they had problems with some sort of Ref Rota during the summer holidays? Or is it possible that one of the points to help raise the French games is to involve more French referees at a higher level?

    It does work the other way to. Not all the TO french lads speak English. Maybe not a big a problem but still the same issue.

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