Quote: RoyBoy29 "How can France RL assist France RL, that really is the question.
Why should English clubs have their home games at Catalan/Toulouse, wouldnt they lose much needed revenue?'"
There are many different ways to help French RL and there is no doubt that, if we could wave the proverbial magic wand, having a strong French side would be good for the game, as we need as many genuine top level sides to improve the international game.
I dont know too much about the set up over there but, when you take out the best side from the national league, who became Catalan Dragons, the national league would always suffer.
Having said that, perhaps it's up to the French to work out which path they want their sport to go down and then work our how to get there.
The one certainty is that having one FT pro side in France + Toulouse, isn't ever going to allow them to compete with the big boys.
For this to happen, there would need to be 5 or 6 SL standard clubs over there, which, quite frankly, is never going to happen.
I do like the idea of English clubs "twinning with the French though and in the long term, with better coaching and development, their game would improve and more importantly, the number of potential SL players would increase, which could only be good for the sport.
It makes sense to build on something that currently exists, rather than planting RL clubs in no mans land or, halfway around the world