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Post Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:40 pm
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i couldn't give a sheeiitte about em to be honest, its not our responsibility and we can't force a good rugby league team upon them its gotta come from themselves. We have enough problems with our own national team
Post Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:14 pm
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I agree but because of funding from Sport England the lead National team needs to be England. Hence why we have an England and England Knights team. IMO ideally England Knights would be England, England should be GB and the pinacle of UK rugby league, with England, Scotland and Ireland feeding into GB.



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Post Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:24 pm
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FFA wrote:
i couldn't give a sheeiitte about em to be honest, its not our responsibility and we can't force a good rugby league team upon them its gotta come from themselves. We have enough problems with our own national team


If improving the international game is a goal then a stronger French side is important. We've already seen what England have to resort to just to get a decent game but playing the Exiles suggests the international game is on its last legs rather than about to grow.

The better the standard of rugby from other nations the better it is for England and the more respectable the international game looks.

Besides, it's not going to hamper English sides if they sign a couple of French players or get a couple into their academy system, so it won't have a negative effect on our own national team. Therefore we can continue fixing our own problems while potentially helping the French.
Post Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:02 am
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The one French team in SL can't find 20 quality French players, what makes people think there are players waiting to be signed by SL clubs? Making it more attractive for English clubs to sign French players will only weaken les catalans
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Post Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:00 am
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JB Down Under wrote:
The one French team in SL can't find 20 quality French players, what makes people think there are players waiting to be signed by SL clubs? Making it more attractive for English clubs to sign French players will only weaken les catalans


i think what was meant that if the players trained in better enviroments and played at a higher standard. Then they should improve as individuals and improve the French team. But at the same time who would be better player for English teams an experienced southern hemisphere player or youth player?
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Post Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:57 am
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Cherry.Pie wrote:
If improving the international game is a goal then a stronger French side is important. We've already seen what England have to resort to just to get a decent game but playing the Exiles suggests the international game is on its last legs rather than about to grow.

The better the standard of rugby from other nations the better it is for England and the more respectable the international game looks.

Besides, it's not going to hamper English sides if they sign a couple of French players or get a couple into their academy system, so it won't have a negative effect on our own national team. Therefore we can continue fixing our own problems while potentially helping the French.


Fair point but i don't want us bringing french players in just for the sake of it if they aren't significantly better than what we've got, we aren't the international problem solver we can't be trying to improve the french game for our sake, the french have got to improve their own game for their own sake
Post Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:18 am
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Simples really,kick out all english teams except for wigan,leeds,saints and warrington replce with 4 from wales[wrexham,neath,cardiff and swansea]4 from scotland[edinbrugh,glasgow,aberdeen and perth] 4 from france[catalans,paris,toulouse and marseille] see I have come up with a daft idea can I take over from richard lewis :-)

Just think of the sky deal we would have,and our game would grow as all the clubs cast aside would become feeder clubs for the english clubs meaning we could play the nrl top 4 on a end of season playoff
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Post Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:41 am
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JB Down Under wrote:
The one French team in SL can't find 20 quality French players, what makes people think there are players waiting to be signed by SL clubs? Making it more attractive for English clubs to sign French players will only weaken les catalans


English teams in Super League can't find enough quality players to maintain a decent standard throughout Super League so a bit more competition wouldn't go amiss.

The main focus would be on getting clubs to sign junior players from France and they do have some decent players at that level. In fact I think their youth teams have beaten England and Australia in the last few years. The problem is they will rarely develop into anything special because the academy set up isn't great. It's basically the same as England when compared to Australia.

It might weaken Catalans at first but it would be no worse than when they first came into Super League. At that point they didn't have many decent players but they've soon developed a reasonable number.

They will still be able to sign up their key players and could perhaps have a key player exemption or dispensation to even it up so they can still secure some of their most important French players.
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