More importantly, as good a performance as we could have wanted. Might be tough next week without definitely one, probably both starting props and, presumably, Jean-Phi.

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Thoroughly enjoyed most of the day as a newbie to international RL.

During the game though there were a large number of s near us who only wanted to fight each other (being Leeds and Saints fans).

Honestly mate I wish those s would leave that back in last week, i boils my blood to hear club chants at international games.

One them, dressed as a ballerina was that drunk he got lobbed out at half time and the bloke supposedly looking after these lads had a pop at the steward for chucking a 14 year old boy out.

So if you are under aged and cant hold your beer it is ok to abuse stewards and throw up on your seat?

It's not the steward who wasn't doing his job properly.

Completely agree about Bently - we sucked without him on the pitch and looked promising when he was on.

Hope that JPB and Ferriol play v Nz for us, but for the good of the game I hope the refs lay down a marker and give them an extra game off. Alot is being made of it, but JPB got a red for his trouble and Ferriol's was a yellow card offence, so more than a game would be disproportionate.

I thought JPB's incident was lazy, Ferriols was stupidity borne out of frustration

Tired rather than lazy, I thought, but not malicious either way. Ferriol was just an idiot.

Catalans Dragons prop David Ferriol will miss France's Gillette Four Nations match against New Zealand in Toulouse on Saturday through suspension.
Baille free to play.

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I was surprised with how well he played. I made a post on the VT mid week saying I thought Bentley would struggle, complete opposite, one of the best on the pitch.

Any news on Fakir? Is he out of the tournament too? Looks like you are going to be a bit short on quality props too now, any ideas who's going to play there vs the Kiwis?

Bently has been class all season, he did the same thing internationally as he's been doing for us all year. The only real question is why he isn't first choice hooker.

Andrew Bentley joins French squad in Toulouse tomorrow

..... & apparently Artie Shead from Limoux also

Excellent. He hasn't had much of a chance at club level for the last two years, but it's good to see the brothers playing for the same side.

In the French squad? What happened to Le Bobbie giving the youth a chance

Crikey. Desperation comes in strange forms these days. When was the last time he played for the national side - 1997?

Baile out for Sat. due to knee injury. Greeny & Pelo in doubt, both bedridden with flu

That will be funny then, 4 of our starting 17 out, 3 of them essentially irreplacable.

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I'm very close to Benji and I can tell he's really up for this one

Beginning to wonder if the game will be on. This flu outbreak may be worse than has so far been reported.

Anyway, here's your 17:
Villegas; Piquemal, Sadaoui, Duport, Vaccari; Bosc, Wynne; Shead, K Bentley, Griffi; Elima, Touxagas; Fakir. Moly, A Bentley, Martins, Gagliazzo.

Andrew's first action as a Test player: poleax Steve Matai... Good work feller.

Bloody well played in that first 40.

Played for 40 minutes last week, 50 this. Can we get up to an hour against the Ockers?

It's a cruel game sometimes. Like taking on a Vickers heavy machine gun with a peashooter at the back end. Still, lots of credit to the lads.
Pub for me. Report later.