barnyia Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I think it was someone on the French forum joking, I know it's a company who sponsor the dragons, but I don't think they'd be interested in sponsoring elite1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 On 01/06/2019 at 17:23, JonM said: Pleased that he's back in RL - been at Montmarsan XV for quite a while now I think. He was a great player for Widnes ~20 years ago, one of the first French players to come to play in England. Never heard of Patrick Solal? Patrick Entat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnyia Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Teams set up in my region from 1936 to 58 There's only at most 10 teams now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 51 minutes ago, deluded pom? said: Never heard of Patrick Solal? Patrick Entat? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 hour ago, JonM said: Yep. Solal was at Hull in the early 1980s. Entat wasn’t much later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 2 hours ago, deluded pom? said: Solal was at Hull in the early 1980s. Entat wasn’t much later. Yes, I remember watching them. Entat was 90s I guess - Devecchi & Entat were half-back partners at PSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, JonM said: Yes, I remember watching them. Entat was 90s I guess - Devecchi & Entat were half-back partners at PSG. Entat signed for Hull in 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwis 13 6 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 21 hours ago, oiseau said: It was announced a few months back that a company called Vichy Catalan, a soft drinks company would be sponsoring the Elite 1 next season so the new name is the Vichy Elite 1. A name to conjour up some emotions maybe ? Good that they have a sponsor, unless its a joke that i havent picked up on or something? what a name to have considering what the Vichy government did to Rugby League in France in world war two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 1 hour ago, kiwis 13 6 said: Good that they have a sponsor, unless its a joke that i havent picked up on or something? what a name to have considering what the Vichy government did to Rugby League in France in world war two. Spanish (Catalan) company - they sponsored the recent Dragons game in Barcelona too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, JonM said: Spanish (Catalan) company - they sponsored the recent Dragons game in Barcelona too. Goes to show what Bernard can do with one match i get annoyed at the sl chairmen and. Others who decry Catalans and their presence in sl they clearly bring a lot not only to the game in the U.K. but to their own back yard too Toulouse would boost that if they could get in sl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnyia Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 It's the cup final for the u 19s and first grade, this Sunday live on via occitane. Luc nitard Toulouse v xiii catalans Lord derby carcassonne v xiii catalans at 18h30 French time. Its available on the via occitane website too Very nice trophy given to the French fédération by the queens cousin apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnyia Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 And the luc nitard cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 20 minutes ago, barnyia said: Very nice trophy given to the French fédération by the queens cousin apparently Yep, Lord Derby was also honorary patron to the RFL (and Widnes RLFC) and I think British ambassador to France. His dad donated the Stanley Cup for Ice Hockey in Canada, which I believe is still played for. The Epsom Derby is named after one of his ancestors. Not sure he was cousin to the queen though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnyia Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 That's what carcassonne have wrote on their website, I wasn't sure either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audois Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 1935 Stade Buffalo in Paris. Winners respectively of English and French Cups play-off. Castleford v Lyon Villurbanne. RFL delegate Walter Smith presents the Lord Derby Coupe to the Lyon captain Bob Samatan. The week earlier Lyon had beaten XIII Catalan 22-7 in the first ever French Cup Final. Cas had beaten Huddersfield earlier at Wembley 11-8. "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...
The Daddy Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Whats the deal with Montpellier Sharks are they serious and what's the state of play of RL in this city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audois Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Elite 1 Qualifying Semi Finals Lezignan 35–20 Villeneuve/Lot Limoux 26-24 Albi Elite 2 Semi Finals VARL 18-10 Carpentras * Baho 44- 16 Pia *Elite 2 semi final between holders Villegailhenc -Carpentras wasn’t concluded yesterday. A rolling brawl after the hosts scored early in the second half turned toxic. The gangling Carpentras back rower - who was their stand-out in the first half - lost all control fighting everybody and then tried to climb the pitch perimeter fence to take on spectatlors. Nobody seemed able to control him, None whether captain, coach or team official of his team could do anything. In the end the visitors just gave up - and walked off. A week before in the qualifying game against neighbours Entraigues was also hectic with red/yellow cards a plenty. There is also some back ground possibly- to this story. During the Federations’ end of season Presentations at Barcares last week some racist comments were heard coming from the Villegailhenc table targetting one of the Carpentras players. VARL put out a statement saying that they dont condone such behaviour. The Federation appear to take this seriously and intend to involve the civil authorities. "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...
Lowdesert Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 52 minutes ago, audois said: Elite 1 Qualifying Semi Finals Lezignan 35–20 Villeneuve/Lot Limoux 26-24 Albi Elite 2 Semi Finals VARL 18-10 Carpentras * Baho 44- 16 Pia *Elite 2 semi final between holders Villegailhenc -Carpentras wasn’t concluded yesterday. A rolling brawl after the hosts scored early in the second half turned toxic. The gangling Carpentras back rower - who was their stand-out in the first half - lost all control fighting everybody and then tried to climb the pitch perimeter fence to take on spectatlors. Nobody seemed able to control him, None whether captain, coach or team official of his team could do anything. In the end the visitors just gave up - and walked off. A week before in the qualifying game against neighbours Entraigues was also hectic with red/yellow cards a plenty. There is also some back ground possibly- to this story. During the Federations’ end of season Presentations at Barcares last week some racist comments were heard coming from the Villegailhenc table targetting one of the Carpentras players. VARL put out a statement saying that they dont condone such behaviour. The Federation appear to take this seriously and intend to involve the civil authorities. I remember seeing footage, some years ago, of a French player chasing the referee over the perimeter fence. Despite losing in a tight game, Albi seem to have come on. Should be a good E1 final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 4 hours ago, audois said: There is also some back ground possibly- to this story. I think pre-match there was quite a lot of talk in the week about this being likely to kick-off and questions being asked about security at VARL's ground. Carpentras had said pre-game that they would leave the field if there were racist comments and are claiming that spectators attacked their players verbally and physically. Fair to say that Carpentras do have a reputation for violence though. I guess we'll have to wait for the referee's report and the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langpark Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Does this mean Illes XIII are promoted to Elite 2 for next season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audois Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 13 hours ago, JonM said: I think pre-match there was quite a lot of talk in the week about this being likely to kick-off and questions being asked about security at VARL's ground. Carpentras had said pre-game that they would leave the field if there were racist comments and are claiming that spectators attacked their players verbally and physically. Fair to say that Carpentras do have a reputation for violence though. I guess we'll have to wait for the referee's report and the video. VARL put out this statement on Jun e 11th. Saturday, June 8 was the gala evening of the XIII of OR where one of our players was nominated. On this occasion, during the presentation of the trophies, a close friend and not family of our player made discriminating and offensive remarks. This is totally unacceptable and it does not correspond to the values we defend. We strongly disagree with these insults. Although this person does not belong to our association, the fact remains that he was sitting at the same table as ours. We want you to know that we do not endorse his words. We are offended and even ashamed because neither in a meeting of athletes nor elsewhere such slippages can not be accepted. We would like to present to Anas, Djibril, the clubs of Carpentras and Baho, as well as the families who have been touched by his words, our apologies and assure you that we have the deep desire to erase the harm caused by such conduct. . The co-chairs of VARL XIII "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...
audois Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 17 hours ago, Lowdesert said: I remember seeing footage, some years ago, of a French player chasing the referee over the perimeter fence. Despite losing in a tight game, Albi seem to have come on. Should be a good E1 final. Yes, great to see the game in the Tarn on the move, Albi came into this undefeated in their last 8 games. And just fell short at Limoux. Villeneuve/Lot not bad too giving FCL a run for their money. Think it's been one of the best competitions in years. All ten sides have contributed something. Lets keep hoping it continues. "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...
audois Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 13 hours ago, langpark said: Does this mean Illes XIII are promoted to Elite 2 for next season? I'm not sure. It appears that costs come in to it. Several Elite 2 sides seem to have already pulled out including Ferrals who finished mid-table. They expanded last year to 12 but some have found it difficult especiallly trying to compete with clubs like Baho and VARL. These two sides gave Limoux and Lezignan a run for their money in the Lord Derby Cup. "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...
Number 16 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I've had a soft spot for Realmont since we toured there in 2002 so it was disappointing to see they lost the DN1 final. They come across as a really well run club and the heart of their community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvy wg Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Carpentras is a nightmare. They got players suspended all year long, one even had a 20 games ban. They're violent and pretty much proud of it. Years ago in the u16 final they were losing to Lezignan and decided to hit the players, even kicking those on the ground. One of their player stated he was proud of having "fuc*ed" Lezignan Earlier this year, they started a fight at Villeneuve Minervois and their fans stormed the pitch. It's club culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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