Is there really a need for this.

You really are a prick

Iv read fair few fans posting in favour of Toulose and Toronto making Superleague on this thread and whilst disagreeing with their view I haven't felt obliged to besmirch them.If they win promotion then it's hard to argue against but conversely if Catalans go down and I feel it is a very real possibility then same thing applies. This is the reason RFL are talking of increasing superleague next year imo.

I haven't besmirched anyone. I just recognize that the poverty afflicted estate dwellers cannot afford a weekend in France, and therefore are hoping for a Halifax success..

You were mildly amusing a while ago. Now you're just a twunt!

Think you are tiddling up the wrong tree here Jean. People's financial circumstances are not relevant on a forum about rugby league with fans posting about rugby league.My view I don't want 1 let alone 2 french teams in the league is my own and certainly not affected by income.it will all work itself out over next few month either way

indeed he is...Chorley Penus !

Well said, they should be in the FRENCH league....they bring nothing to OUR game. Why should we help them out by having 2 french/antipodean sides in our league(s) their national team is still crap, as per usual.

They bring far more to SL than Leigh do.

They certainly do. After all, what is Leigh? A pathetic former mill town, a pimple on the buttocks of Wigan Borough, with barely 50,000 people resident. It is a backwater which has no train station, no culture to speak of, and its main claim to fame is as the birthplace of Georgie Fame. Compare and contrast with the great city of Toulouse, whose metropolitan area contains over a million residents. Toulouse possesses great cuisine, some magnificent restaurants, museums, a serious university, a citywide metro rail system and its own airport. It has nationally famous rugby union and soccer teams. Plus it is the centre of the French aerospace industry, which will surely become a patron of Toulouse Olympique when they make Super League. Toulouse is a great place to visit and even live. Leigh is a place to avoid.

You don't give up do you.

Can someone let me know when this childish moron leaves this forum, I might be bothered to return.

what a load of tripe you spin I am not a fan of Leigh but if we get rid of you on hear I would sooner have leigh then your French teams and I would not stoop has low has you to call them I did not like Paris in our League get a French league up and running first then we can take your teams on

To be fair to the french there are more and more French players playing around the super league and championship than ever before.

You mean the semi-pro French league?

Until, by some minor miracle a broadcaster decides to throw some money at French RL, enabling a fully professional "French Superleague", then Catalans & Toulouse moving to that new competition would be logical.

But that's not going to happen anytime soon. Until it does, I feel the addition of Catalans (& Toulouse to the competition structure) do add to the sport. It's not helping "them" out, it's helping ourselves out, helping the sport we love out.

We have and have always had a small heartland in Southern France, which has somehow survived by the skin of it's teeth all this time despite numerous attempts to destroy it. We should embrace that, we should tap into the player pool to help improve the quality coming through in SL.

You're right, the French national side have been a let down over the past 10 years. I suppose that's what you get when you employ the likes of Bobby Goulding & Richard Agar and have an atrocious International Calendar. The French player pool is at a high, and I hope this can keep growing and translate into a better national side, one that can give England a meaningful test each year.

Come on Stan, what's 3 hours out of your life. Some people have to live there!!

Well, that proves it. As a life long Hull KR supporter I should have known better. We were average at best. I was right that this won't be tolerated though. I expect a few changes for next week. Minns and Carney are expected back, along with our new number 7 from Swinton who is at least worth a punt since we paid for him to arrive early.

Also, rumours persist about a few more arriving before the m8s. Until officially announced, I don't believe anything though.