France-England 3-up tomorrow

[audois]

Starts in London with the Broncos - Toulouse Olympique at Ebbsfleet kicking off 1 pm

7pm Dragons up against Huddersfield at Brutus 

8pm  France U 19s against England Academy at Jules Ribet St Gaudens

Edited July 8, 2023 by audois

[audois]

Close matches all three - Broncos 22-6 against Toulouse, London side on the up may be get top 6 come the end

The Dragons caught out like last year & this yr 26-14 now 14-22

Out at St Gaudens the English Academy won 33-20 against the French lads. The visitors needed a drop goal & a try in the last minute

Edited July 8, 2023 by audois

[kiggy]

1 hour ago, audois said:

Close matches all three - Broncos 22-6 against Toulouse, London side on the up may be get top 6 come the end

The Dragons caught out like last year & this yr 26-14 now 14-22

Out at St Gaudens the English Academy won 33-20 against the French lads. The visitors needed a drop goal & a try in the last minute

It was closer than it should have been.

England were very dominant in the first half, but the French lads crept back into the match in the 2nd half. A penalty try made it a 1 score game at 26-20 but then the drop with 5mins to go was quick thinking. The try in the corner after the hooter made it look comfortable. I think there were at least 4 mistakes at PTB by the English. The English lad kicking was good, a bit of luck with one off the posts and some clever kicking from the restarts. Lots of handbags during the match, some unnecessary willy waving, but what do you expect with so much testosterone swilling about?

 

[audois]

Yes it was close - on 70 minutes the score was just 20-22.Sinfield drop goal closing, - has he played Super League for Leeds?

Edited July 9, 2023 by audois

[Spotty Herbert]

41 minutes ago, audois said:

Yes it was close - on 70 minutes the score was just 20-22.Sinfield drop goal closing, - has he played Super League for Leeds?

He has played half a dozen times covering injuries, but maybe only once this year. Just signed a new 3 year contract, so we will hopefully see more of him in first team action soon. 

[audois]

How many of the English Academy lads are linked to other Super League clubs?

1 hour ago, Spotty Herbert said:

He has played half a dozen times covering injuries, but maybe only once this year. Just signed a new 3 year contract, so we will hopefully see more of him in first team action soon. 

 

[JM2010]

Are the French lads mainly Catalans academy players?

[barnyia]

No just two in the squad, the Catalan don't have an academy, they play U19s like carca, toulouse, Lézignan etc, 

[audois]

The head coach Paul Anderson said," I've got to commend for France too. They just kept on coming. It was the kind of test we needed. It got close for comfort at one point, but we need  games likes that. We need the challenge." 

The English team had 5 players from St Helens

Edited July 9, 2023 by audois

[JM2010]

2 hours ago, barnyia said:

No just two in the squad, the Catalan don't have an academy, they play U19s like carca, toulouse, Lézignan etc, 

How many of these players will get picked up by Catalans? 
They seem pretty close to England’s level at this age group so hopefully quite a few should make it through to SL

[barnyia]

Not sure, i believe the full back has been contacted, I think he's keen to go to Australia for a season, same for a couple of the props, the number 15 who came on is looking for a club in England,

Most of these players would be interested in a stint in England but it's difficult to get picked up or find a club. 

[barnyia]

There's only so many places at the Catalans. The Catalans can't take all the players from all over France to play in the French U19s or elite comp as it falsifies the two leagues 

[barnyia]

My son just told me the full back and prop are flying to Sydney tomorrow for a couple of months training over there with the roosters u20s. Great news. 

[audois]

14 hours ago, barnyia said:

My son just told me the full back and prop are flying to Sydney tomorrow for a couple of months training over there with the roosters u20s. Great news. 

The link may be with Trent Robinson and his closeness to the Dragons and Steve McNamara

Edited July 10, 2023 by audois

[barnyia]

The French federation, french manager and coach want the younger players coming through testing themselves at the best level in either Australia or England, hopefully it's the first of many. 

[audois]

Alan - the French U19s team was :

1 Jammes

2 Pourchi

3 Masuate

4 Barbet

5 Tropis

6 Griffier

7 Rostang

8 Fouque

9 Lopez Buttignol

10 Kouassi

11 Bonte

12 Malbec

13 Dall Asta    Reservers  14 Cols 15 Mouelhi 16 Garrigues 17 Lis 20 Stefani 21 Dall Asta  & Goffin

[Saint Toppy]

On 09/07/2023 at 13:34, audois said:

 

The English team had 5 players from St Helens

Interestingly probably the 2 best lads from Saints Academy this year weren't playing for England. Prop Noah Stephens missed out through injury and half back Will Roberts has been playing in the Championship for Swinton when there hasn't been an Academy game, but seemingly didn't get picked for England (though he did go off injured against Widnes the other week so may also have not been fit).

[ATLANTISMAN]

France have always had fairly good academy teams hopefully the days when players are picked off will finish.

 

Needs am international programme though 

[barnyia]

Jammes wore 1 but played in the halves, grifier played full back but wore the number 6 shirt. 

Kouassi is flying out with Enzo griffier, he's from Villeneuve, griffier is from salon de Provence 

Edited July 10, 2023 by barnyia

[The Daddy]

I've seen both Tropis brothers for Toulouse and they both look talented. 

Was Wail Skoundri not selected?

[barnyia]

I don't know who he is, the French played with first and second year U19s (there's three years in the U19s) 

So maybe he was j3?