Quote ="snowie"and they say its us that keep bring up the subject'"
Us and them then? I'm not so sure, I think some people haven't got a grasp of the facts and that is understandable.
When so many people shout out about TWP or Catalans crowds because these clubs fail in the area of hard cash from TV and quality player development then others start to believe it was all about crowds.
So for the avoidance of doubt Catalans were brought in to provide French professionals for the revival of Anglo French tests
1960 France 20 GB 18 before 15,000 in Toulouse
1962 France 23 GB 13 before 14,000 in Perpignan
This is what the game wanted to get back to not 13 non French players filling first team jerseys at Les Cats, and two blokes wearing Beret's as the away crowd every time Catalans come to town.
As for TWP quality NA players were promised right from the start, but the start was one token NA player Ryan Burroughs. Once the first season was over and it was apparent the RFL didn't do anything then the start of building an Anglo-Aussie side began, and any idea of junior development fizzled to nothing. Burroughs then got his marching orders.
RUGBY LEAGUE IN CANADA is a totally different thing to TWP, it's the Canadian RL looking to build the game in Canada not act as a plaything for a bored mega rich (and still is) Aussie........
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