Ssshhhhh, don't give out tactics away, sanjunien may be a French spy

nah,keep talking.....I won't say a word,promise....

Bookies have given us +48 points, given our record in recent years against SL opposition it's a license to print money, surely?!

Speaking of money - the pound is at a 12 month high against the Euro!

It sure is, was shocked to get 120 Euros for £100 quid!

120 Euros for £100 quid?

So are you only going out on the Friday night then?

There's a cash machine next door to our hotel so yeah, that money is just for the Friday night!

here's the Catalan squad for saturday - any thoughts ?

3 Leon Pryce
4 Setaimata Sa
5 Cyril Stacul
6 Thomas Bosc
7 Scott Dureau
8 David Ferriol
9 Ian Henderson
10 Rémi Casty
11 Steve Menzies
14 Sébastien Raguin
16 Eloi Pelissier
17 Cyrille Gossard
18 Daryl Millard
20 Mickael Simon
22 Jamal Fakir
23 Lopini Paea
24 Jason Baitieri
25 Vincent Duport
28 Damien Cardace

We'll sh*t em.

Who needs Menzies when you have Menzie
Who needs Ian Henderson when you have Andrew
Who needs Mickael Simon when you have Simon Brown
And who needs Jamal Fakir when you have Alex Rowe - one mean Fakir

LOL game on

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Knew what he was doing IMO, quaking in his boots.

who needs Yere the great big fairy !

who needs a scoreboard that doesn't go past 100 ?

He's injured anyway, so wouldn't have played. It's a symbolic suspension only.

I expect Trent would not have been amused - club discipline has been high on his agenda since taking over from the Walters debacle

Clint is feeling a bit of a plonker as well - he did something out of character for him but has learned an expensive lesson...

Score anyone?

68-6 for Catalans.

professional performance from the Catalans but maybe the score flattered them bit - probably a 40 point win would have been fairer IMO

disappointing display from the Eagles who are better than that

report to follow (eventually)

now I know why you asked me to do this one Vivien !!! - bloody hooligan !

It certainly would have been fairer for my coupon, Peter.

Nice to bump into you again sanjunien.

The result was disappointing, but the failure of Au Bon Coin came a close second

yes good to see you again - see you at Carcassonne maybe ?

managed to get the lads to sign the shirt

pleasure seeing the loyal fans - you lot are what the game is all about and a special well done to Marty - really nice meeting him

spoke with your boys after the game and the general consensus was that they underperformed (undersatement of the year !) and that the Catalans were probably 40 points better and not sixty !

Mark was fuming at the final whistle saying (in so many words) the lads had let themselves down by not performing and that they were a better team than that

I personally thought there were some good performances from the likes of Green and especially Menzie whose two offloads in the second half were worth the entrance money alone...



though the Pelissier try in front of your fans was superb - straight out of the NRL.....

Same, i was disappointed when i saw Au Bon Coin was closed...shame !

Summary of the weekend.

As ever the Eagles supporters who travelled used every resource possible with fans travelling in from Stansted to Perpignan direct or via Beziers and SNCF and also via Girona on Northern Spain and then catching the Frogbus shuttle to Perpignan.

In true tradition we made our way to the bar recommended by the Catalan supporters only to find that it was closed. We were shortly joined by some Catalans fans and with much shrugging of the shoulders and the word "fermez" being used we realised that it wasn't going to open.

The chairman showed his mettle and went walkabout reappearing later with a case of Kronenburg and then repeated this 30 min later.

We were joined by "sanjunien" who we'd previously met in Toulouse and he introdeced himself to Marty, ESO, Brummie and SheffieldLiam

Eventually we made our way to the game in the much improved Stade Brutus.

The fans were enthusiastic and I'm sure we made ourselves heard and despite the tries coming in against us thick and fast the fans didn't waiver. At halftime we changed ends and sat in the stand behind the goal that the Eagles were attacking and despite being in the South of France the cool wind made it feel like we were in Cumbria.

We were then rewarded with a well worked try by Vinny which was converted by Simon Brown.

OK yes you could say that we were well routed but make no mistake the Catalans side are tremendous this year and will take bigger scalps than ours. They'll take some beating at home and could easily go all the way to Wembley.

With some fans still feeling a bit fragile from Friday night and others flagging because of the 0330 start Saturday night started as a low key affair but again in true tradition players, staff and fans alike still managed to get the party started.

On the Sunday before getting the bus back into Spain for the flight home the weather gods smiled on us allowing Brummie Eagle to partake in a little bit of sunbathing…..

Merci to all the Catalans we spoke to and especially to the guy with the bottle opener.

Yeah top weekend, shame about the result and the performance, we didn't play anything like we could but I enjoyed the trip all the same.

Had a few (too many) beers with brummie on Friday night in an Australian bar that I can only assume once had Rolf Harris on the tv. They were brilliant with us though, put the Fev game on the big screen and even bought us a pint on the house as we were about to leave.

Met up with everyone on Saturday afternoon, had a quick pint in the town then headed for Au Bon Coin, only to find it shut! So we congregated outside and had a few bottles of 1664, kindly purchased by Mr Chairman. The Catalans fans were in good form, especially the guy with the bottle opener as Airborne mentioned!

Then to the game which, as previously mentioned, was a disappointment. Taxis back to the town, another swift pint in the Aussie bar then met the players for a few in the Irish bar. I may or may not have told Robert Hicks he cost us the game!



Good weekend, roll on Carcassonne.

Yes I think you did tell him