Re: Only 5 french starting for Catalans tonight : Sun Sep 28, 2014 11:49 am  

headhunter wrote:

They could quite easily field two or three teams of France developed players but they don't because, you know, they want to win just like everyone else. Also I know for a fact that you wouldn't hold any other club to that standard. It's a club team, not a national team or a regional select team. You're talking absolute loving nonsense.

All the English teams also have access to the 'entire country of juniors' BTW.

Which they have to share between 13 FT pro clubs plus a number of semi pro. If the point of Catalans is not to grow the game in France and give French players the opportunity to play top,flight RL what is the point in them bring in and English comp?

Re: Only 5 french starting for Catalans tonight : Sun Sep 28, 2014 12:49 pm  

Ganson's Optician wrote:

Once again you are showing a complete lack of understanding of the game in Europe.

Not just Europe - this guy has a worldwide lack of understanding on RL and its limitations and why they are such. JB lives in the land of JB. A strange place where facts do not exist.

Re: Only 5 french starting for Catalans tonight : Sun Sep 28, 2014 12:55 pm  

j.c wrote:

Quite right.
It was also HKRs job to win games when they were getting shiit over the last 5yrs for using to many overseas players

well firstly they did a poor job, don't remember HKR getting within 80 mins of a G/F twice.

Secondly HKR have over one hundred years of a head start over Catalan and a good 50 over the whole of French RL.

Re: Only 5 french starting for Catalans tonight : Sun Sep 28, 2014 1:03 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Which they have to share between 13 FT pro clubs plus a number of semi pro. If the point of Catalans is not to grow the game in France and give French players the opportunity to play top,flight RL what is the point in them bring in and English comp?

So the fact we have grown the game enough to say there are maybe 5/6 thousand people who regularly watch top flight rugby league in France and that the dragons have given the opportunity to roughly 50 French rugby players to play the code of their choice professionally. I mean really, what's the point?

Re: Only 5 french starting for Catalans tonight : Sun Sep 28, 2014 6:19 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Which they have to share between 13 FT pro clubs plus a number of semi pro. If the point of Catalans is not to grow the game in France and give French players the opportunity to play top,flight RL what is the point in them bring in and English comp?

I guess it's completely beyond your realm of comprehension that English clubs also have the ability to sign French juniors if they wish.

Re: Only 5 french starting for Catalans tonight : Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:13 pm  

People also forget that whilst Catalans maybe RL heartland in France it's also slap bang in the middle of a very strong and financially strong rugby union area. Anyone any good at rugby down there is just as liable to be attracted into Union.

Buy hey why not knock them as they have the temerity to do well in the play offs.

Re: Only 5 french starting for Catalans tonight : Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:25 pm  

@airlie_bird wrote:

People also forget that whilst Catalans maybe RL heartland in France it's also slap bang in the middle of a very strong and financially strong rugby union area. Anyone any good at rugby down there is just as liable to be attracted into Union.

Buy hey why not knock them as they have the temerity to do well in the play offs.

Who has knocked them?

Re: Only 5 french starting for Catalans tonight : Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:47 pm  

Starbug wrote:

Who has knocked them?

I'd say the tone of some on this thread is simply knocking them. Their apparent failure to develop local talent or the entire French game. Maybe I'm reading it wrong. If I am I apologise.

Re: Only 5 french starting for Catalans tonight : Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:41 pm  

@airlie_bird wrote:

I'd say the tone of some on this thread is simply knocking them. Their apparent failure to develop local talent or the entire French game. Maybe I'm reading it wrong. If I am I apologise.

More a ' wish list ' of expectation for the Catalans, I'm sure we'd all like to see more, I was genuinely surprised when I saw their team sheet

Re: Only 5 french starting for Catalans tonight : Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:34 pm  

headhunter wrote:

I guess it's completely beyond your realm of comprehension that English clubs also have the ability to sign French juniors if they wish.

Wire have high hopes for Louis Jouffret, signed from Avignon.