That's true for most residents of New Zealand.

However in guttersnipe's case his trolling is coupled with his pedantry and negativity, which makes him an annoyance to most people.

So which current RL player is earning that amount per year?

Given the reported financial muscle available to Toulouse, a couple of years moving up to SL should be a cinch

They'll just need to tell 90% of Toulouse that they actually exist

Dan carter on the same wage as the entire Catalan dragons team.......yeah, Toulouse is the answer

'twas tongue in cheek

troll

They seem to get reasonable crowds for French games. How do they stack up in the other areas compared to perpignon?

Oh dear......it appears I've sunk your battleship!

Leigh, Castleford, Wakefield, Featherstone and Widnes are all major population centres and economic powerhouses that can each dwarf Toulouse with their pools of potential junior recruits, sponsorship and fan base for the game.

People all over world, but especially in London and Paris, are telling their children:
"Next year I'll take you on a summer holiday to Featherstone or Castleford, and if you are very good, I will even take you Leigh and Widnes.! And if we have time to spare after seeing all the sights, and dining in the fabulous restaurants in those charming medieval towns, I might even take you to see a game of rugby league! But that is only if we have time to spare."

It should be a (Team) Europe, the Europe Mountaineers. And re-brand the sport, we have invented a new sport, the Americans produced a sport quite different to rugby too, they have managed to hold on to the term Football we haven't in Europe, therefore we have to come up with a new name, how about Yorkball? Any other suggestions? Obviously because the sport was started in Yorkshire.

Then call the league the EYA (European Yorkball Association). Then have an EYA Championship and an EYA Championship 1. 12 teams in each league, with 1 up and 1 down between each. Play March-October; Grand Final on the first Saturday of October.