Indeed, no boundaries, let's merge SL with the NRL and make it a truly global concept.

I'm not sure I've ever boasted about Hull's away support? Plenty of FC fans do though, as well as complaining about away support at the KCOM, which is exactly the point I was making.

As Wellsy pointed out, clubs like Fax can either spend their energy whinging about a lack of away fans for a fixture, or they can devote their energies into improving their home support. For Rovers to attract what 6,000 pass holders(?) for 2017 is quite frankly brilliant, it's not been done by fluke, the club have worked hard to ensure the engagement with supporters has been spot on, the messages of sticking together, signing & retaining the right players, good offers/choices on tickets etc.

Clubs can either pi$$ n moan about something they can't really control (away fans) or they can get their acts together and do something about what they can control. One new regular fan is worth 15 Toulouse fans.

Getting silly now aren't ye.

Amazing performance by Toulouse, probably the best I have ever seen by ANY Rugby league team, it was incredible.

ha ha...nice one Stan !

I understand what you are saying about away fans but, this happens with some English clubs as well.
Each club has to generate interest locally to fill their ground and not rely on away supporters.

If you add the total away fans that visit the Shay and the total that visit Toulouse, Halifax will still be in front.

Catalan have been great for SL and Toulouse and Toronto will bring something different to The Championship and League 1.

Sadly, modern pro sport is all about cash and Toronto & Toulouse will bring new supporters, sponsors and TV money into the game and that has to be a good thing.

Plus, if we can ever get The French to be equal competition for England, that would also be good for the game.

Finally, IF (and its a huge IF), Toronto can be the catalyst to the sport getting a serious foothold in North America, that would be huge for the sport.

I watched this game on periscope (rugby starved, what can I say) and I thought batleys man on man tackling was shocking, so bad in fact, that it reminded me of my team in super league over the past 3-4 seasons gone. They also blew a couple of dead cert tries, and Toulouse just dominated them in the end with their superior physicality.

You have a submarine

Schofield was a fine player, but as a coach was useless and just as useless as a tpister.
The man is clueless.

And yet the two players you mentioned are not French but Australian and a Papuan. 6 of the first 17 players are not French

But 11 of the first 17 players are French, and the remainder of the squad are French. It is a very French squad when you think about it.

Avignon is yet to get a financial backer(s). I had hoped that this would be in the works by now. However it may take a little more time than I had anticipated. But please be patient. It should happen before too long.

If Toulouse is promoted at the end of this season then I expect a greater tendency on the part of French businessmen and fans to push for a team from Avignon to follow in the path of Toulouse.

I will certainly let you know if anything eventuates.

Before this result apart from HKR I'd expect Toulouse to win all their home games , so nothing unexpected here , it's how many away games they can win which will decide if they make the top 4

They will still be in the Championship next season