Toulouse Olympique XIII A 90% full time squad on a 250K cap,with goals set to win Championship 1 this year and to enter Super League in two years time. Fullback looks an handful and they look good in attack.Line defense looks vulnerable and being almost full time they don't tend to fade away although concentration does. Scores on the doors guys. Toulouse 14 v Leigh 32 https://youtu.be/0K_FEoGuL2s

Toulouse Olympique XIII A 90% full time squad on a 250K cap,with goals set to win Championship 1 this year and to enter Super League in two years time. Fullback looks an handful and they look good in attack.Line defense looks vulnerable and being almost full time they don't tend to fade away although concentration does. Scores on the doors guys. Toulouse 14 v Leigh 32 https://youtu.be/0K_FEoGuL2s

Ill take any win, forecast is hot and the journey long.

Difficult to judge how good they really are.

They have put everyone they have played so far to the sword but they have been playing the likes of Coventry and South Wales. If they had played Rochdale or York it might have been easier to gauge where they are at

The spine of their team (1, 6, 9 and 13) is made up of some very decent Aussies and Kiwis who we will need to be wary of.

They have battered everyone in League One so far but I'd like to think we will have too much for them.

Toulouse 16 Leigh 42

Are you going young man, and am I baby sitting you?

Shame this isn't televised, wouldn't have minded getting a look at them. On the Bradford tipping comp I think I tipped Toulouse to win. But not by much, and mostly because I wanted to say Toulouse to win. Could be you guys by 60 or them by 2 for all I really know.

Yes, and yes



I believe we are on the same flight as you, 10am Friday from Bristol?

Toulouse 18
Centurions 42

Toulouse 28 v 64 Leigh...

Toulouse have only conceded one try in their league games so far

If we win by 16 or more I will be pleasantly surprised.

Don't see why. Our pack is far superior to theirs and so are our backs. R u putting your reasoning down to the travelling time or the food Charlie ?

Frank ,I think you underestimate the Toulouse lads ,they area decent team,as for the food?You know I'm a Green Lane Chippy Clown, have a good trip,see you for the Fev game.

You will but I don't understand your reasoning about Toulouse as the teams they have played up to now are hardly outstanding.

you can only beat whats in front of you

Does anyone have any kind of idea what sort of crowds they get? Might be a factor, particularly after longer travel than you're used to.

[url=http://www.accuweather.com/en/fr/toulouse/135244/weekend-weather/135244Wet, warm and humid[/url over there all weekend too, fwiw. Not exactly cracking the flags but a lot warmer than it is here right now.

edit: Even [url=http://www.to13.com/league-one-to-xiii-2016/their site[/url doesn't list their crowds. What the hell is wrong with reporting crowd sizes this year? Nobody is doing it.

Reportedly TO’s current average attendance is 2,500 (2015)

[url=http://www.rugbyleagueplanet.com/rlp-nations/france/2299-league-1-not-the-answer-for-french-rugby-league-team-toulouseHere[/url

Thanks for that. That's pretty damn good if it's persisted into this year. Sounds like it could lift a bit with locals on the strength of your visit too.

edit: And for anyone who is visiting, three words: magret du canard. Seriously, check it out! But go easy. It killed Jack London.

Only Wrath Brow Hornets have not been thrashed by them so far, but they have yet to play any of the Top 8 clubs in Championship 1.

If Leigh stick to their structure, we should win.

I remember when we played Limoux and we only just scraped that, and the last trip we had to Toulouse, they gave us a pasting !!!

If we get turned over, it would not surprise me one bit but as already stated, Leigh have the best pack outside of SL by some distance and we should have too much for them.

Toulouse 24, Leigh 44

Our last trip to Toulouse was actually a convincing win for Leigh, however your points are valid none the less. I expect a very tough encounter this time around.

Can i have a bet Ian and you give me -16? Swinton and Oldham beat the same teams that Toulouse have beaten so far this season by more last year.....

Ste ,I'm expecting a hard game my 16 point prediction also said I would be pleasantly surprised if we get more,in other words I want us to win by more than 16.The way my tipping is going we may well do so, I'm currently watching the Racing ,at Newmarket and Cheltenham, and not doing well here also,I will decline your offer, as I want us go win by a big margin.

No worries pal, not seen any racing today. Anything good gone in?

Leigh 19 man squad:

Worthington, Higson, Kay, Ridyard, Weston, Spencer, Pownall, Paterson, Maitua, Acton, Higham, Emmitt, Hopkins, Hock, Armstrong, Foster, Harper, Reynolds, Whiting

No Lee Smith in the team. Must be injured? Pownall back after a few weeks out injured so I guess he will be playing at Full Back.

Still no Moimoi, Hansen, Chase or Tonga.

No Liam Hood, Lewis Foster back into the 19.

Whiting must have been given the all clear to play in the Cup matches now he is staying for the rest of the year which is a nice bonus!

I'd go with:

Pownall
Higson
Worthington
Armstrong
Kay
Ridyard
Reynolds
Emmitt
Higham
Weston
Hock
Maitua
Paterson

Bench:
Foster
Hopkins
Acton
Whiting

I've backed 2 winners up to now Jadaayil in the first at Newmarket and Magical Memory in the 3.55 at Newmarket, both 3-1 ,I've backed a couple of Nick Henderson at Cheltenham but they finished nowhere,at the moment I'm losing but not much, I've got Mutamakkin and Yattwee in the last 2 races at Newmarket.Foundation has just been beaten in the Craven Stakes but it was odds on.