France v England : Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:02 pm  

Scoreline is

0 - 44 at half time.

Pretty boring stuff... The French have absolutely nothing. Bobby (showpony) Goulding has really got them fired up...........NOT

Re: France v England : Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:08 pm  

spanishbob wrote:

Scoreline is

0 - 44 at half time.

Pretty boring stuff... The French have absolutely nothing. Bobby (showpony) Goulding has really got them fired up...........NOT

From what they were saying the pitch markers had more fight in them last night. I t took till this morning with a uk solicitor to sort it all out.

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:18 pm  

Boring!!

Never seen such a one sided game of rugby league.

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:32 pm  

ShayFax wrote:

Boring!!

Never seen such a one sided game of rugby league.

I totally agree, France did have there 2 mins of having it all their own way and scored.

But the score is now 6 - 62 with still 14 minutes to go.

as well as the game being boring its hard work watching it, as it is very jittery, with Eddie Hemmings blaming it on a thunder storm close to France

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:38 pm  

What a complete waste of time, effort and money.

Currently 66-6.

Are we really supposed to get anything out of a game like this? Its been said before and there are valid arguments for and against but surely we'd benefit form some version of our own SOO? Some version of Yorks v Lancs cannot be worse prep than this.

: Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:41 pm  

said that they were even giving out free tickets for the game to the locals. What an effort just supposedly to cosy up to the French minister for sport, B Laporte, who used to be France RU coach.

: Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:29 am  

A waste of time game. Why was the game played in Paris ? Do they actually play RL in Paris ?
If the French are part of the great SLE expansion then surely they should have French players representing them, the game is going mad. The French RU side win against the All Blacks in NZ on the very same day their RL side take a thumping on home soil, who are the French public going to support, let's get real, it was a joke fixture.

: Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:23 am  

marillion man wrote:

A waste of time game. Why was the game played in Paris ? Do they actually play RL in Paris ?
If the French are part of the great SLE expansion then surely they should have French players representing them, the game is going mad. The French RU side win against the All Blacks in NZ on the very same day their RL side take a thumping on home soil, who are the French public going to support, let's get real, it was a joke fixture.

Theres a couple of teams in Paris including one in Elite 2- the league just below where Toulouse used to be. However League has a very small presence in Paris.
To be honest it should have been played at Toulouse or Perpignan where there is good interest. Also would it not have been better to have Toulouse a blank weekend or atleast play on another day when a French test is on? The RFL & the French RL really could not organize a p1ss up in a brewery regarding many things

: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:25 am  

I know that Said is Morrocan, but is he able to qualify to play for France? He should easily be in that team!

: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:47 am  

It was shambolic.. France were terrible.