: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:34 pm  

John_D wrote:

No. Sport+ did take the Championship and Cup finals. Can't remember if Orange Sport even covered those last season

I hate to say it but the LER can be a tough watch sometimes, it must be a hard sell to get it on TV

Re: Why Paris : Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:55 pm  

[quote="Catalancs"]Are you really surprised?
When something like this happens it always makes me think of the story of when the RFL sent a 'fact finding team' out to Morocco with equipment and balls. They set up a league and coaching school.
In true rugby league style it was forgotten about until three years later when the RFL went back to check on the progress of their project. Guess what they found when they got there. The players were using all the equipment, balls, shirts etc.... to play rugby union.[/quote]

Regret to say that the above item is total 'balls' and an insult the that great rugby league player L'hussaine M'barki [ex Fulham/Warrington/Oldham/Hull/LondonCrusaders] who founded MARLA and is still it's President & principal funder!! The least co-operative nation towards the development of our great game in the Maroc has been the French ....... cancelling tours at last moment etc etc.

As for the players using kit supplied by the RFL to play the Ra Ra game that is totally untrue anjd as someone closely connected with the Maroc game I ask you where you got hold of this particular libel........and suggest you e-mail me your a copy of your source or the name of the the writer or informent.

Re: : Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:07 pm  

Cheshire Tiger wrote: Ps - no point putting this on the VT or you get some numpty tell you that Flatcap Rovers should come before foreigners because they've played the game for 3000 years! I know you lot on here dont think that way! I did not read your warning before putting a topic on the VT. The discussion went very well actually! Opinions may be changing

Cheshire Tiger wrote: Ps - no point putting this on the VT or you get some numpty tell you that Flatcap Rovers should come before foreigners because they've played the game for 3000 years! I know you lot on here dont think that way! I did not read your warning before putting a topic on the VT. The discussion went very well actually! Opinions may be changing

Re: Re: : Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:19 pm  

FrogRL wrote: I did not read your warning before putting a topic on the VT. The discussion went very well actually! Opinions may be changing Opinions aren't changing , they were never as bad as has been made out , ultimatley all most fans want is successful expansion , not badly thought out underfunded wasteful non expansion

FrogRL wrote: I did not read your warning before putting a topic on the VT. The discussion went very well actually! Opinions may be changing Opinions aren't changing , they were never as bad as has been made out , ultimatley all most fans want is successful expansion , not badly thought out underfunded wasteful non expansion

Re: Re: : Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:49 am  

Starbug wrote:

Opinions aren't changing , they were never as bad as has been made out , ultimatley all most fans want is successful expansion , not badly thought out underfunded wasteful non expansion

OK, good to know. Worries are understandable after the failures of PSG and Crusaders. Though SF is in another category IMO. I would not say the same thing if it was just a Paris RL club mounting a bid. It is backed by the SF club. That is the best scenario that could happen in Paris and France for the development of RL, and for the SL to get a Paris team in again. Now I am not saying it will be a success for sure, we can never be sure of anything. But I'd be happy to bet my money on it.