probably gone unnoticed by the majority but congratulations to the french under 16s

they beat England under 16s twice in a two test series

Cahors 6th april - France 28 England 22

Albi 10th april - France 30 England 10

well done lads and a big boost for junior french rugby

Bravo les gars

exactly,but it still won't stop the habitual froggie bashers putting a negative spin on their acheivement.....

Well done to the frogspawn. Where do the players come from? Are they attached to the French league sides or Catalans? What are the chances of these young players coming through at Catalans into Super League? What danger is there of them disappearing to Union?

yeah,they are the kids from the LER teams academies like Catalan,Toulouse,Lezignan etc against english kids from the likes of the SL feedr clubs like Orrel st James etc

the youth systems are really taking off and most of the kids will play RL with af ew going over to RU which is normal but as the kids come from a RL heartland area they will most likely stick with RL,which is logical with hopefully a few of these eventually playing at the highest level
The future for RL in france is looking very bright at the moment thanks mainly to the iniatives of the FFR13 and especially Nicolas Larrat the president and of course the late Hervé Guiraud who sadly passed away last week.

With only one super league side for them to try and break into, some will undoubtedly be lost to onion. A second super league side in France is needed to step these losses

I think we may well see more french RL players going to England to play in the SL in the future also,especially if there will only be one french team in SL

This would be a big boost for the game, I can't really understand why this doesn't happen more anyway TBH.

because all the quality french guys are entrenched in Perpignan - but more are coming through and I foresee more coming off the production line in a few years time

surprised no one has come in for Pelissier though ? he's real quality IMO

Pelissier, Simon, Cardace, Bousquet, Marginet, Barthau, Fages.. Future is bright!

Quote ="catalawayoflife"Pelissier, Simon, Cardace, Bousquet, Marginet, Barthau, Fages.. Future is bright!'" Not forgetting these players: www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000295

Quote ="catalawayoflife"Pelissier, Simon, Cardace, Bousquet, Marginet, Barthau, Fages.. Future is bright!'" Not forgetting these players: www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000295

Everybody says to me Joris Bissière from Avignon is a crack! But we shouldn't put some pressure on them, silly me

We either need a second French SL team or to make French players exempt from cap. It would be massive for the game to have a good French side. There are loads of Kiwis playing NRL

surely any EEC member can work freely in any other EEC country so in theory couldn't say,Wigan or Broncos etc have a team full of french men ?

Yes but there's no incentive to take them over journeymen from the southern hemisphere!

on holiday in france about thirty years ago, i went into a cafe it had loads of rugby memorabilia i assumed Union but to my pleasant surprise it was league. perpigon area is a real rugby league area and its great for league in general that they are doing well (and playing great rugby) another super league team in France would help development over there. It would be better to have a promising young french kid than a past it aussie playing here.

i agree lets have the young french kids over hear and stop the old Ossie's from coming

A friend of mine said that he believes in years to come (long long term) that the French will be better than England, and will regularly beat them and be the 3rd most formidable international team. I doubted it, but from small acorns and all that...

Well done to the French lads, a positive step towards a stronger future international game.

I will give you a full report on him boss,if he plays tomorrow ....

should be a cracking game between two evenly matched sides

Are they not counted as federation-trained? Either way it doesn't matter if they are signed up as youngsters, as Salford have done with Theo Fages who is already pushing for the first team at 17 years old.

Problem we've got is SL clubs still have this myth that if you from NZ or OZ, you automatically good at RL. Prime example, Marc Herbert with the Bulls last year. Why didn't we try take a punt on a french half back?