think it beats there these days.

blimey,sounds a right den of iniquity - i'm on my way..........................

I will be at Toulouse,next year if we play them. I will be at Catalan Dragons or Lezignan if we draw them in the cup. I prefer that area of France.

good,look forward to having a pint with you



Lezignan is a bit of a dump IMO - poor ground IMO which wouldn't go down well with the RFL for any future Championship ambitions tho' Narbonne,just down the road is a nice place
Don't know if you know Perpignan ? cracking place,not a patch on Toulouse IMO though i'm still tempted to move down there...just need to sell my present place...

Toulouse is alright but not somewhere which I rate that highly. The transport system is not that great as when I was there in 2009 there was no Rail link between the City and Airport. The city is pretty especially with the canal through the middle of the city, but not that great. I would pick Perpignan area over Toulouse to be honest, as theres some nice little places nearby like Collioure. Anyway where I live I feel is way better and is the safest city in Europe despite having some of Europes biggest festivals going on throughout the year.

The Toulouse underground is pretty impressive and a new line to the airport is not far off making life a bit easier.

Perpignan is a nice place but in the summer places like Colliure,Port Vendres & Argeles etc are jampacked and no-go areas - it's ok out of season though we were there last weekend and Collioure was bedlam to get around and that's in early march !

Where do you live ?

I really liked Toulouse when I visited. Haven't been to Perpignan. It's a shame there isn't a RL team in Pau. I love it there!

yeh,Pau is another nice place - great castle in the centre and some good vinyards in the area !

Tarbes (near Lourdes) is also worth a look if you're in the area.

I live just outside Munich near the Alps. I was in Perpignan around March time and so was out of season. Really like the coastal route with the Pyrenees as a nice backdrop with the snow on.

The Atlantic Coast is really nice too. Bayonne and I love Biarritz.

Carcasonne is worth a visit as well especially the old town and the fortified area above the town. And is on the train route between Toulouse and Perpignan. Watched France v Wales there and the Stadium is decent and of course there is the famous statue of Puig Aubert-probably the best ever French RL player.

sounds great - everyone tells me Munich is a no.1 place - i've only ever been to the northern bits of gremany
ie Travemunde,Lubeck etc

yes,we went down to Perpignan for the Saints game from Limoges and the backdrop of Le Canigou in all it's glory was great - the weather was good and Collioure was busy,even in march ! Tne last time I was there was a few years ago when Barça played the Gooners in the Champions cup final - now that WAS a great night......

The international would have been in 2005ish when Rinaldi ran the show and I seem to recall a welshman getting his marching orders early on ? The welsh got their revenge at Albi tho ' ?
yeh,a good ground at Carcassonne - it had 7000 + for the game against Limoux the other day !

apparently Puig Aubert (a chain smoker) even used to smoke on the pitch whilst playing !!! sounded like real character !

This is becoming like a Rough guide to Europe. All we need is that weird woman Magenta Divine

a bit past it now mate surely ?

must be really knocking on these days.

mid - fifties,chain smoker and all that make-up must be taking it's toll ?

nah,we need someone younger........

You don't need Stanley Gene

what's he doing at the moment anyway ? no news of him since the Four Nations !

who cares

I do actually - he was supposed to be in france coaching but never turned up ! swanned off down under instead...

Not the best bit of business Fax ever did

you could say that !

just wondering if he had a contract anwhere this season ?

York Knights were interested but didn't like medical results on his knee alledgedly

reckon his antics at Fax put a lot of people off - don't think Villeneuve were too chuffed with him either...