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Toulouse will have to be an improvement on three or four of the existing clubs and hopefully force some of them to improve their game. I want all clubs to succeed but a number are simply not appropriate for SL, which is a shame,particularly for their owners who have put in substantial amounts of time and money.

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3 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

I think you will be surprised SB I know the French and they will follow things much more at a top level Toulouse will average 10/12000 in their first season.

 

Paul

If Covid stops them going up this year, they'll be up next year. They play a great style of rugby as well.

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Well I once saw Toulouse play Batley in a tiny municipal stadium miles out of town and there was only a small crowd there. I am basing their whole SL potential for the next 20 years entirely on that drunken weekend 😉 

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1 hour ago, ShropshireBull said:

If they go up I think they will average around 5-5,500 . Puts them in with Huddersfield and Wakefield,  above Salford. 

Thats a good starting point. 

so 30% less than Leigh 2017 is good for a city the size of Toulouse, 15000 min should be the target and no sky money until there is enough to feed the home game again

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38 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

I think you will be surprised SB I know the French and they will follow things much more at a top level Toulouse will average 10/12000 in their first season.

 

Paul

 Nothing would surprise me if your mate from the PNG/French game you mentioned recently was on the gate.😉👍

"* Quote whats the attendance 

* 1800 odd

* OK so lets say 7800"

 

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1 minute ago, sweaty craiq said:

so 30% less than Leigh 2017 is good for a city the size of Toulouse, 15000 min should be the target and no sky money until there is enough to feed the home game again

Nope. If their games are being shown on TV, they deserve Sky TV money just the same as anyone else. This was a key mistake from the Toronto saga. Parochial, self interest has no room in the sport; we need to learn our lessons, which Toronto and last week's ARLC/NZRL decision are prime examples of.

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1 minute ago, GeordieSaint said:

Nope. If their games are being shown on TV, they deserve Sky TV money just the same as anyone else. This was a key mistake from the Toronto saga. Parochial, self interest has no room in the sport; we need to learn our lessons, which Toronto and last week's ARLC/NZRL decision are prime examples of.

Exactly and I’m sure Sky will be more than happy to take their home game feed meaning they get a “free” match every week.

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4 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:

Nope. If their games are being shown on TV, they deserve Sky TV money just the same as anyone else. This was a key mistake from the Toronto saga. Parochial, self interest has no room in the sport; we need to learn our lessons, which Toronto and last week's ARLC/NZRL decision are prime examples of.

We need to support the less wealthy clubs at home when the TV deal is in free fall, TO and Cats should have good leverage to secure a paid deal in France with 1 game per week.

Parochial self interest is a great phrase when the reality could be losing founder clubs by moving UK tv subs to an overseas team, which in turn reverses the Parochial tag.

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2 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said:

We need to support the less wealthy clubs at home when the TV deal is in free fall, TO and Cats should have good leverage to secure a paid deal in France with 1 game per week.

Parochial self interest is a great phrase when the reality could be losing founder clubs by moving UK tv subs to an overseas team, which in turn reverses the Parochial tag.

Don't ignore your family to welcome a stranger into your life

Those “home” less wealthy clubs with decrepit facilities and zero exposure outside of their local area are the reason the Sky money is in decline.

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7 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said:

We need to support the less wealthy clubs at home when the TV deal is in free fall, TO and Cats should have good leverage to secure a paid deal in France with 1 game per week.

Parochial self interest is a great phrase when the reality could be losing founder clubs by moving UK tv subs to an overseas team, which in turn reverses the Parochial tag.

Don't ignore your family to welcome a stranger into your life

You sound like Gus Gould.

Last week has completely changed my view on pretty much everything; the sport is bigger than individual clubs. Evaluate the risk but the sport must grasp the opportunities to diversify and grow; not hinder them.

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44 minutes ago, The Rocket said:

 Nothing would surprise me if your mate from the PNG/French game you mentioned recently was on the gate.😉👍

"* Quote whats the attendance 

* 1800 odd

* OK so lets say 7800"

 

That was in Paris The rocket which is a graveyard for all sports apart from PSG football (Followed a lot by morrocs and arabs) remember for the 6 nations 90% of the crowd comes up from the south of France.

 

My mate that quoted this (Not to be named on here) is a well know RL official LOL:) 

 

Paul

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12 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

That was in Paris The rocket which is a graveyard for all sports apart from PSG football (Followed a lot by morrocs and arabs) remember for the 6 nations 90% of the crowd comes up from the south of France.

 

My mate that quoted this (Not to be named on here) is a well know RL official LOL:) 

 

Paul

I was just teasing you mate, with your experience in French League I believe you, it will be an incredibly exciting day when we see two French teams in the Super League and start to see that competition being one step closer to how a `Super League` should look.

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46 minutes ago, The Rocket said:

I was just teasing you mate, with your experience in French League I believe you, it will be an incredibly exciting day when we see two French teams in the Super League and start to see that competition being one step closer to how a `Super League` should look.

On another subject THE ROCKET i went from England to France in early 1990 on a coach with my late parents and Rocket Reddy (He had been coaching Barrow) what a fantastic guy my mum and dad loved him.

This was the first test that France narrowly lost then they won the second and the series a few weeks later, a very memorable trip it was when I met Jacques Jorda (French coach) and Bernard Baldy from Cahors (At the second test) and we have been friends ever since.

I attended Jacques and his wife Sylvia sons wedding at Elne cathedral back in 2003 on arrival at the church I remember the usher in perfect English after I asked him what were the seating arrangements is it similar to England for the invites for the bride and groom, he said no sir this is France  communists to sit on the left and fascists on the right :)))))

I was actually on Skype yesterday to good old Bernard a legend we were planning his World Cup (Hopefully) trip:)

 

Cheers 

 

Paul

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2 hours ago, sweaty craiq said:

so 30% less than Leigh 2017 is good for a city the size of Toulouse, 15000 min should be the target and no sky money until there is enough to feed the home game again

Boring 

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In light of what happened last week, France is the immediate future to support the game in England. Toulouse is that first new opportunity. We've got to grasp with both hands. Followed by regular international engagement with France. The roots are already there. Take the opportunity. The first step to diversifying in the NH. 

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3 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:

In light of what happened last week, France is the immediate future to support the game in England. Toulouse is that first new opportunity. We've got to grasp with both hands. Followed by regular international engagement with France. The roots are already there. Take the opportunity. The first step to diversifying in the NH. 

Absolutely. France is more important than ever. 

"Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart."

Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959

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