Paul Aiton in the PNG squad

Some possible funky merch for fans of France... https://twitter.com/ellis_rugby/status/ ... 5197833216

Some possible funky merch for fans of France... https://twitter.com/ellis_rugby/status/ ... 5197833216

French squad in full:
Lucas Albert, Jason Baitieri, Julian Bousquet, Nabil Djalout, Benjamin Garcia, Thibaut Margalet, Fouad Yaha (Catalans Dragons), Bastien Ader, Clement Boyer, Mark Kheirallah (Toulouse Olympique), Maxime Herold, Mickael Rouch (Limoux) Guillaume Bonnet, Damien Cardace (FC Lezignan), Olivier Arnaud (SO Avignon), William Barthau, John Boudebza (London Broncos), Antoni Maria, Eloi Pelissier (Leigh Centurions), Hakim Miloudi (Hull F.C), Gadwin Springer (Castleford Tigers), Theo Fages (St Helens), Benjamin Jullien (Warrington Wolves), Romain Navarrete (Wigan Warriors)

Australio-Egyptian full-back Mark Kheirallah the only residence-qualified player included.

Mick Potter in charge of Fiji

Sam Moa selected for Tonga

Gadwin out of the France squad


Belmas replaces him

I would have though Marc Sowell-Tchangue would have been next cab off the rank



Sad for King Gadwin. I was going for Cas tomorrow evening because of him.

Williame in the Fiji squad

Tete-a-blanche in the England squad

Boy do we miss him.

He's been bloody brilliant at the Raiders.

Tierney in the Scotland squad along with Andrew and Kane Bentley

Apparently only Melbourne have more players at the tournament than we do

So it's not just football world cups that the French can stuff up. Hakim Miloudi out for disciplinary reasons. Ilies Bergal replaces him

Guillaume Bonnet did his ACL in the Jamaica game. Replaced by Remy Marginet.

Bit of France clobber. https://t.co/F88UhRJAnt Polo please. L. Ta.

Bit of France clobber. https://t.co/F88UhRJAnt Polo please. L. Ta.

A side note: Seems like Fages is in line for an NRL move

11 Dracs make first round of world cup line ups.

#fatigue

Squad for the opener v Lebanon:

Mark Kheirallah, Ilias Bergal, Damien Cardace, Bastien Ader, Fouad Yaha, Olivier Arnaud, William Barthau, Théo Fages, Lucas Albert, Antoni Maria, Eloi Pelissier, Julian Bousquet, Clément Boyer, Thibaud Margalet, Ben Garcia, Benjamin Jullien, Nabil Djalout, Jason Baitieri, Mickael Rouch.

And here's the Lebanon squad:

Anthony Layoun, Travis Robinson, James Elias, Jason Wehbe, Abbas Miski, Mitchell Moses, Robbie Farah, Tim Mannah, Michael Lichaa, Alex Twal, Chris Saab, Ahmad Ellaz, Nick Kassis, Mitchell Mamary, Elias Sukkar, Jaleel Seve-Derbas, Andrew Kazzi, Adam Doueihi, Bilal Maarbani, Jamie Clark, Danny Barakat.

It's basically the decider for that third place, let's be honest about it. And it looks a tough old prospect. Can't really call it decisively either way.

World Cup Eve!

What a performance by Paul Aiton and the Kumuls. They talk about the crowds at the Gilbert Brutus being passionate and partisan, well what about that at Port Moresby? We need to up our game. Wonderful stuff

So many things wrong with that. Unfit, undisciplined, slack in possession. Bousquet and Ader apart, that was f---ing dreadful. And Lebanon weren't great. A more clinical side would have battered us.
And now we'll have to qualify for 2021

Nice moment in Tonga v Scotland with Sam Moa dragging Lewis Tierney out of a schemozzle

I know that many dragons fans don't share or won't accept the view that French rugby league has produced very few really good players during the last 10 years,but I think this game and the failure to qualify for the last international tournament have proved the point.If the Dragons were only a French team we would be nowhere near good enough for superleague. I hope we sign some south sea islanders.Well done to Bousquet and I also thought Pelissier played well and Maria quite well.