it was'nt a leigh game.....hth

It was an RFL masterstroke that none of you are seeing

Let's play the same day as England Football and Rugby Union knowing they are going to be rubbish and get beat leaving us the only successful English national side.

Pure Genius

But who knows aboout it?

shhhhh don't say that, it completely ruins my point

Sorry

Leigh Widnes and Halifax have already had their shot in super league.

Last night proved Toulouse need to be in SL to make France competitive internationally. You cant expect part-time players to be able to compete with full time internationals from SL and NRL clubs.

its a sad thing but i actually agree with scopions. with the amount of foreign players in the dragons side it limits the chances of french players to play at the top level. another french side is needed to allow more french players to play at high level club rugby. Either that or the RFL cut the amount of non domestic players the dragons are allowed to the same as everyone else and in return stopping them from being relegated( mmmmmm hang on?) until such time as they are competitive with a majority french sqaud.

I know it wouldn't help France improve but how about England vs Rest of Europe or Rest of World which is made up of players from the league.

Would make for a lot closer match IMO

If nothing else, the lads from the Midlands RPDC who went said it was fantastic.

Yeah thats all it'll take.

It's only taken a country the size of the USA over a century to be considered even slightly competitive at football (a sport with huge worldwide media coverage, exposure and resources), yet people seem to think a few clubs fast-tracked into super league is going to give us some kind of ultra-competitive international scene within a couple of years.

I doubt you'll still be alive by the time France are 'competitive' at rugby league internationally. If they ever are.

France have played in 2 RL World Cup finals? What went wrong? The talent was their once.

And for what its worth, England v France sounds like a football or RU game. My mum would have gone to the game had i offered to get her tickets for Great Britain v France. I know people will say 'well if she is a proper RL supporter she would know........' but you understand what i'm saying.

The talents their still eg Bosc, Raguin, Fakir, Mounis, Baille ect. The problem is asking part time players cant compete with full time professionals.