Bit late for that.

He has just polished off a case of West Coast Eagles home brew.

It had nothing to do with strength...

Rather consorting with mass murderers.

Good to see the likes of Clive Woody and Curtism approve.

We can therefore discount them from any serious discussion on the matter...

Needs quoting so they don't miss it



Heck, this place is a lot friendlier than TRL, I don't know why I bothered with that joint now, there doesn't seem to be the cliqueness here that that other joint has.

youve got a RU ref. moderating the joint and is friends with all the union fans.

good for another bump.

the game of RL was robbed of france.

they got there on merit

it was stolen away through jealousy and fear

True, but it's coming back.

yeah but why should it?

we did the job in the 1930s

we never got assets returned, union hasnt even apologised.

if things were left to run their natural course, union would be dead and it would all be league and soccer

and whats worse is many union fans say RL is a joke because it has zero international presence

when we do set up succesfully union tries to stop us

i just cant get past RU being evil.

For me (and I know many others involved in French rugby league), the episode only ends when reparations are made to our great sport in France for the damage done - which would run to many millions of Euros - and the rugby union bodies in France (most particularly the FFR but others also) apologise unreservedly for their atrocious actions.

End of story.

those vichyballers will never apologise

further they are still doing similar stuff today the rednecks.

I am not holding my breath either I must confess.

Your second comment is highly relevant and was what I referred to the other day - French union still engages in variants of the same behaviour today.

Something the pro-Vichyists like to ignore...

USAP were stopping Les Cats from playing at the aime giral. other times they would lock certain areas.

and its a council owned stadium and USAP have a budget which dwarfs LC

and still they are afraid of RL.

We can't change the past, but we can learn from it and in learning from it, hopefully we can become stronger.

In 10 years time, French RL will look nothing like it does now.

They just done a deal with a Digital FTA station that will show all their internationals and the Final of the LDC and GF, it's a start and if these games can get some decent ratings, they might decide to expand their coverage to inclde either the LER or SL with the Dragons and Toulouse.

The same deal put in place also has the print media involved in that they will be promoting the games.

This is a massive step up.

The FTA channel isn't the biggest at the moment, but with everyone getting set top boxes or new TV's with Digital channels, it will eventually expand so that everyone can watch.

I had that annoying French Troll saying to me it was pathetic, but the idiot doesn't realise that by 2013, digital channels will be available to everyone.

But we - French rugby league I mean - can be justly compensated for it.

Agree with all that.

Oh, I agree, don't get me wrong, but I can't see the scum ever doing it.

If they did sue, the FFR would be broke.

Yeah I know where you stand on this issue.

You are a true believer.

They are few and far between regrettably.

good stuff

but whats been learned from the past

union got away with it.

the best we can do is just disparage union as a sport

i really like vichball. great term

You believe this to be a serious discussion?

As long as you aren't involved...

Anyone who thinks what happened to rugby league in France isn't serious is an idiot.

As for how it is discussed, that is more subjective.

I tend to discount your view immediately.

yeah just make a joke of RL being banned in a nation where it was a success.

where assets were stolen and players told if they played the game they would be killed.

you arent much of a RL fan are you dunce?

Don't know about the killing thing Dally, but it was a civil offence to play the game, so I suppose Jail wouldn't have been out of the question.

Obivously what happened in France isn't right. That's a given. Governments often do things against the will of the people.

Not much of a rugby league fan? I've spent thousands of pounds watching it on both sides of the world. I've watched it in France too.

The subject matter is serious yes, but the manner in which it is being discussed isn't. That was my point.

You finally got something correct.