RL Sonja Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Interesting article that shows the potential of domestic French rugby league. https://www.zerotackle.com/the-curious-case-of-marseilles-1952-53-french-season-113203/ 3 "There has never been a Challenge Cup semifinal of 65,000 either individually or combined" - Damien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrumonside ref Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) Just on a side note, but still related to French RL - are England lining up another game in France soon? Or was it deemed to be a commercial failure? I enjoyed the match and the French after a terrible start had very competitive stages of the game. Guess we have to hope that hosting a World Cup will lay the groundwork to make existing French clubs stronger and green shoots of recovery can happen in former strongholds. Edited January 26 by Gerrumonside ref 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 10 hours ago, RL Sonja said: Interesting article that shows the potential of domestic French rugby league. https://www.zerotackle.com/the-curious-case-of-marseilles-1952-53-french-season-113203/ Thanks for sharing. It’s hard to believe the Velodrome was almost sold out for an Elite 1 game between Marseille and Paris. Bordeaux and Lyon in the top division too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshmagpie Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 9 hours ago, Gerrumonside ref said: Just on a side note, but still related to French RL - are England lining up another game in France soon? Or was it deemed to be a commercial failure? I enjoyed the match and the French after a terrible start had very competitive stages of the game. Guess we have to hope that hosting a World Cup will lay the groundwork to make existing French clubs stronger and green shoots of recovery can happen in former strongholds. Over to Paul @ATLANTISMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim from Oz Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 11 hours ago, Eddie said: Thanks for sharing. It’s hard to believe the Velodrome was almost sold out for an Elite 1 game between Marseille and Paris. Bordeaux and Lyon in the top division too. Agreed … what amazing times they must have been for French RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL Sonja Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 I noticed a good photo had been added to this article since it originally went up. Great to see such a big crowd in the Marseille Velodrome! "There has never been a Challenge Cup semifinal of 65,000 either individually or combined" - Damien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLANTISMAN Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 19 hours ago, welshmagpie said: Over to Paul @ATLANTISMAN France really would like to play England in a test match EVERY YEAR the president announced this at the after match VIP event in Perpignan to the RFL. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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