Davo5 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Eddie said: Have you ever even been to Montpellier? Visited via Google Earth maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 17 minutes ago, The Frying Scotsman said: Yeah. I work in France. Why? You seem to know all about rugby culture in the city, so I wondered if you’ve lived there or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 45 minutes ago, Cumbrian Mackem said: Shouldn’t that be French Rugby league federation instead of “French rugby Union federation “? Or are Toulon a dual rugby club like Leeds or harlequins of the past? Google translate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearNothing Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 23 hours ago, ShropshireBull said: Well I would be taking over Crews obviously and want a lock in to SL on 50% funding (like Leigh) but we have to have 13 Welsh eligible in matchday squad . Aim would be to package Nwc and WRL together for shirt sponsor and kit manufacturer so we have enough money to run two full time academies and a 1.5 million playing budget. OK, fight you for it lol.... or how 'bout 50-50?? cru....Cru.....CRUSADERS!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 10 hours ago, langpark said: I am surprised how pedantic some people are getting about whether Toulon has 4, 5 or 600k residents. No matter which figure is correct, it is still huge when you consider there are village teams playing in Elite 1. By "missed the boat", I take it to mean "missed the optimal timing". It is never too late and we should never give up. But yes, Montpellier and Lyon seem in steady decline in recent years, it would be great they could arrest that slide and eventually start building up again, and eventually reach Elite 1. I see some people laugh at suggestions either of those two could reach Elite 1, but it is far more achievable than say, Paris or Bordeaux. Plenty of good junior development in Lyon...........just nothing at the top of the tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Mackem Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 26 minutes ago, DoubleD said: Plenty of good junior development in Lyon...........just nothing at the top of the tree Who runs the junior development? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 40 minutes ago, DoubleD said: Plenty of good junior development in Lyon...........just nothing at the top of the tree Is there? That’s great news! Do you know much about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Mackem Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 40 minutes ago, Eddie said: Is there? That’s great news! Do you know much about it? Let me guess. You want to know Who funds it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 40 minutes ago, Cumbrian Mackem said: Let me guess. You want to know Who funds it More how many teams / participants there are, but yeah who funds it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Mackem Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Eddie said: More how many teams / participants there are, but yeah who funds it I don’t know who funds it but if true it shows that somebody is and that funding RL activity in big cities far from the heartland can and is being found and is not pie in the sky la la land thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frying Scotsman Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Eddie said: You seem to know all about rugby culture in the city, so I wondered if you’ve lived there or something. Then why did you say "have you ever even been there?" That is clearly suggesting I haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnyia Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 The fédération doesn't do much for junior development, its the clubs who do most of the work, usually by very keen volunteers and parents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Mackem Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, barnyia said: The fédération doesn't do much for junior development, its the clubs who do most of the work, usually by very keen volunteers and parents! Is there a French equivalent of sport England? Are government grants available for sporting programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 6 hours ago, Cumbrian Mackem said: Who runs the junior development? 6 hours ago, Eddie said: Is there? That’s great news! Do you know much about it? Don't know much detail, @audoisis probably the person for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audois Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 The Pole Espoirs which are three - one based in Carcassonne, another up in Provence at Salon and the Creps set-up at Toulouse. I think Alan Walsh's lad is presently at the Carcassonne one. I remember years back when a teenage Olivier Elima used to stay at the Hotel were I worked. He stayed there during week studying at a local secondary school which was the base for the Pole Espoir training the lads after their lessons. At weekend Elima would go back up to the Aqutaine region and play for his local team. Of course things have changed with the arrival of the Dragons who are about to open up a quite new Academy set-up at Cabastany near Perpignan with possibily RFL support. "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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