Great to see the new stand open and the ground is packed, would be great to get another french team in and have a big local derby on show.

Well done them, cant wait to visit next year.

Here's hoping they can stick it to Leeds, give the crowds something to cheer.

I love it when a ref "cheats" Leeds.

20 - 6 now, ex Viking Blanch in.

Even the Ref's hate them

he did give them a chance to score after the hooter went, just as leeds was about to play the ball!

A great example of successful expansion.

they sold it out today, why would they need a local rival?



It's not expansion, but it is on it's way to be a success

ing hell, widnes fan in "lets put a french team in the league" shocker.

Yeah - apparently it's easier to say it once you're actually in Super League.

Yes it sold out today but it would be great to get Lezignan for instance up and running, they can build the other end of the ground up then.

Hey come on give us a break, cant win can we! i said it would be good that doesnt mean i dont want any traditional clubs to come up from the championship if they prove they have everything.

A recent Challenge Cup Final
Competitive team
Decent ground
Decent crowds

I'd say they were more sucessful than most...............

i can't actually keep track of all the moans but was it catalan they were moaning about where their chairperson was going to reveal some mysterious evidence re richard lewis or was that london being allowed to reform, either that or it was 3 of the past 6 years they were complaining about being kicked out in favour of catalans.

I'm just joshing with you pal

Conspiracy theories..........you've got to love em.

France 2008 - last at world cup
France 2009 - last and thrashed in four nations
France 2010 - lost to WALES and their place in the four nations

Catalans dependence on overseas players in the key positions hasn't helped the French national side

yet many teams would take bosc!

1973 mean anything btw!?

I thought this was about Catalan, not the French national side.

and what sounds like a cracking atmosphere

the club is a success. franchises were brought in for several reasons one of which was to improve the national side, that hasn't worked hence why i said they were on the way to being a successful franchise rather than already there

Then none of the English SL teams are successful franchises, as England are as crap as ever.

Right?

Yes, depressing isn't it

Your a disgrace to the Stockport race!

I might be depressed if I agreed with the view that the success of a franchise is only ensured by the performance of the national team, which the franchise has no direct control over.