fcl Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 if we look at the list of players this season of Dragons: most French players have gone through the championship of France Elite. Julian Bousquet, Remi Casty, Tony Gigot, Fouad Yaha, Benjamin Jullien, Mickael Simon, Benjamin Garcia, Mickael Goudemand But on the contrary, many players who have been in the U19 academy team of the Catalan Dragons and who play with the French league now are not among the best of this championship. www.fcl13.fr FCL XIII - Lezignan Corbieres Rugby League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Homer Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, fcl said: if we look at the list of players this season of Dragons: most French players have gone through the championship of France Elite. Julian Bousquet, Remi Casty, Tony Gigot, Fouad Yaha, Benjamin Jullien, Mickael Simon, Benjamin Garcia, Mickael Goudemand That's not really accurate, Gigot, Yaha, Jullien, Garcia and Goudemand all spent time overseas as youngsters before joining Catalans and for Casty and Simon we're going back 10+ years. I support the idea of players being brought through the Elite but it's also essential for them to get proper training and development from age 16-19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levrier Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Any hope of a national TV deal for Elite 1 or will I still be more likely to see boules/petanque on the box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcl Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 15 hours ago, Evil Homer said: Ce n'est pas vraiment exact, Gigot, Yaha, Jullien, Garcia et Goudemand ont tous passé du temps à l'étranger en tant que jeunes avant de rejoindre les Catalans et pour Casty et Simon, nous revenons 10 ans et plus. Je soutiens l'idée de faire venir des joueurs par le biais de l'élite, mais il est également essentiel pour eux d'obtenir un entraînement et un développement appropriés à partir de 16-19 ans. From 16 to 19 ans they were in France Older players have also regained the international level thanks to the Elite (D.Fifita, Pulu, Vunakece, Boudebza, Ford etc etc). And it's not just the Dragons in France! There are national academies (Pole France in Toulouse, Carcassonne or Avignon) that do a good job in connection with the clubs. www.fcl13.fr FCL XIII - Lezignan Corbieres Rugby League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audois Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Worth remembering that a fair number of players who excelled this year in the Academy came from none Elite 1clubs. Mourgue, Brochon, Salabio, Vailhen, Carre and Laguerre all came down from the Provence area from Federal/Elite 2 clubs. I think from now on the Dragons will cherry-pick the best youngsters and get them in a professional set-up as early as possible. Not all players though will follow that path and no better example than mercurial Tony Gigot who missed out as a teenager at both Catalans and Toulouse. Didn't shine at London Broncos either (?), went to play reserve grade at Cronulla before returning to Elite 1 with Avignon where we all thought it would end for him. Instead he became the first Frenchmen ever to win the prestigious Lance Todd Trophy at Wembley. "It involves matters much greater than drafting the new rules...the original and existing games have their own powerful appeal to their players and public and have the sentiments which history inspires" - Harold 'Jersey' Flegg 1933 "Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart." - Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959 Si tu( Remi Casty) devais envoyer un fax au Président Guasch? " Un grand bravo pour ce que vous avez fait,et merci de m 'avoir embarqué dans cette aventure" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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