Re: Toulouse : Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:32 pm  

Toulouse is the 4th biggest city in France.

Toulouse is one of the few areas of France that has a prosperous economy.

Toulouse is the only place in France where rugby union is supportive of, not trying to undermine, the development of a professional rugby league club.

Toulouse in Super League will in the short term greatly increase the number of youth playing rugby league in France, and in the medium to long term will greatly improve the playing standards of the French national team.

Toulouse in Super League will greatly increase public awareness of, and hence the corporate sponsorship of, rugby league in France.

Toulouse in Super League, alongside Catalans Dragons, will increase the value of a French TV contract for rugby league.

The decision about whether to admit Toulouse into Super League is a no-brainer for Nigel Wood and the RFL ....

...oh, hang on...

Re: Toulouse : Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:54 pm  

But what will it do for the benefit of the other Super League clubs?

Zip.

If French TV want to invest in something how about Toulouse and Catalan become the pioneers of a fully full-time professional French competition that French TV and sponsors can buy into.

That would truly create the next generation and improve the competition from France. And is a better proposal than inserting them into a predominantly North England competition where they would offer no notable benefit financially to a club that would bring much more support income and less in terms of costs for the return fixture.

Re: Toulouse : Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:17 am  

I love that whenever a RL match in an expansion area gets a good attendance, it's because they 'gave away tickets'. You people are pitiful.

Fully wrote:

But what will it do for the benefit of the other Super League clubs?

Zip.

If French TV want to invest in something how about Toulouse and Catalan become the pioneers of a fully full-time professional French competition that French TV and sponsors can buy into.

That would truly create the next generation and improve the competition from France. And is a better proposal than inserting them into a predominantly North England competition where they would offer no notable benefit financially to a club that would bring much more support income and less in terms of costs for the return fixture.

Good idea. Then we can keep Super League for real RL towns like Keighley and Featherstone.

Re: Toulouse : Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:17 am  

headhunter wrote:

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Good idea. Then we can keep Super League for real RL towns like Keighley and Featherstone.

You are right. Dynamic urban centres like Keighley and Featherstone, with their massive and growing populations of affluent young consumers, and with their important and innovative high tech businesses, are household names in the corporate and media world, and in the minds of general public, in Britain and across Europe.

Re: Toulouse : Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:39 am  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

In another ten years I would hope that we would have at least a third, if not a fourth, French club in Super League.

In ten years, one hopes, Morgan Escare, Eloi Pelissier and Theo Fages will be considered the much admired veteran stars of the French national team.

'we'?

Re: Toulouse : Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:28 am  

William Eve wrote:

This is the best and most uplifting news on SL attendances since 17,873 turned up to see Paris St Germain play Sheffield Eagles in 1996.

That turned out well didn't it?

One off attendances are no indication of future potential figures, having said that personally I think Toulouse could work in SL

Re: Toulouse : Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:31 am  

jonny the leyther wrote:

'we'?

Jonny didnt you do french at school ?

Its " Oui "

Re: Toulouse : Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:37 am  

Little Drummer Boy wrote:

Of the current lot? London, Cas and Salford are the most obvious picks.

I find it funny how you assume the RFL will just throw out 3 teams just like that? If there was going to be 3 teams chucked out it'd be through relegation only and with the expected recruitment plans Salford' have for next season and I suspect London will throw money at their squad, I'd look at the teams who are offloading their best players due to struggling fanacially. Then I'd add Hull KR and Wakefield to that list too. Will be interesting how next' year fairs.

Re: Toulouse : Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:55 am  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

Toulouse is the 4th biggest city in France.

Toulouse is one of the few areas of France that has a prosperous economy.

Toulouse is the only place in France where rugby union is supportive of, not trying to undermine, the development of a professional rugby league club.

Toulouse in Super League will in the short term greatly increase the number of youth playing rugby league in France, and in the medium to long term will greatly improve the playing standards of the French national team.

Toulouse in Super League will greatly increase public awareness of, and hence the corporate sponsorship of, rugby league in France.

Toulouse in Super League, alongside Catalans Dragons, will increase the value of a French TV contract for rugby league.

The decision about whether to admit Toulouse into Super League is a no-brainer for Nigel Wood and the RFL ....

...oh, hang on...

And you could say all those things about RL in London and look how that's turned out?

Re: Toulouse : Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:04 am  

roversmad wrote:

Still not been fixed since we were there in May. We had 70 odd in the first half but also lost in the end.

that's nowt, we were winning 96-0 after about 25 minutes