30th Sept : The Kingstone Press Championship Shield Final : Toulouse Olympique v Sheffield Eagles K.O. 2.30pmUK/3.30pm local

[Old Frightful]

Discuss the Kingston Press Championship Shield Final between Toulouse Olympique and Sheffield Eagles here.

[Gerrumonside ref]

Toulouse 50-10 Sheffield

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

Will this be on TV anywhere?

[Hvy wg]

6 hours ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

Toulouse 50-10 Sheffield

Hm... Toulouse had major trouble last year when they HAD to win a game so it might be harder than that.

[THE RED ROOSTER]

Toulouse by 12,  a victory for #proper French League

[oiseau]

TO13   38    Eagles 22

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Toulouse by 20.

[Hornetto]

23 hours ago, Hvy wg said:

Hm... Toulouse had major trouble last year when they HAD to win a game so it might be harder than that.

I remember that....

(Sheffield by 6)

[GaryO]

Head says Tolouse, heart would like Sheffield to take the spoils, they have had it quite rough for a couple of seasons and I would like Mr Aston to get some reward for all his hard work and dedication.

[deluded pom?]

16-14 at half time.

[GeordieSaint]

2 minutes ago, deluded pom? said:

14 all at half time.

Ufff good comeback from TO; were 0-12 down at one point.

[JonM]

20-14 now.

[JonM]

Another unconverted try in the corner makes it 24-14 with 51 minutes gone.

[deluded pom?]

39 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:

Ufff good comeback from TO; were 0-12 down at one point.

Oops. TO put a kick over as I typed what I thought was the HT score.

[JonM]

30-14 now in what looks like pretty wet conditions.

[JonM]

40-14 with 5 mins to go.

[JonM]

Last minute try for Toulouse and it's game over. Toulouse win the Championship Shield - the first French club to win an English RL trophy I think? Congratulations to them.

[GeordieSaint]

Well done TO!

[deluded pom?]

Final score 44-14.

[tim2]

I bet they'd have given it up in a heartbeat for a place in the middle 8s. It will be tougher next year with Toronto in the mix plus whoever gets relegated from SL.

As for Sheffield, job done in the sense of still existing and not being relegated but the future is far from certain and without Garry Lo I can't see anything other than another fight not to be relegated. Although a restructuring at the end of 2018 may make that irrelevant.

 

[Blind side johnny]

9 hours ago, GaryO said:

Head says Tolouse, heart would like Sheffield to take the spoils, they have had it quite rough for a couple of seasons and I would like Mr Aston to get some reward for all his hard work and dedication.

Like a modern day Geoff Fletcher?