Sylvain Houles’ newly promoted team finished alongside Catalans in mid-table but their big battle is for exposure.
Toulouse deserve to be in Super League.
The French sporting public missed Warrington dispatch Hull KR and Wakefield ride the wave at a bouncing Belle Vue into a semi-final.
The Italy international Luke Polselli played anywhere in the back line or halves; Joe Cator added grit up front; and the second rower Louis Grossemy, rejected by Sydney Roosters, Rabbitohs and Canterbury Bulldogs, did well enough to be included in France’s 40-man World Cup squad.
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Unlike every other Super League club, Toulouse went with domestic halves, César Rougé and Thomas Lacans clicking delightfully. Rugby league remains strong in Perpignan, where Dragons’ crowds held up well considering their disappointing results – more than 9,000 attended their final home game against York.
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Sylvain Houles’ newly promoted team finished alongside Catalans in mid-table but their big battle is for exposure.
After all, he has just taken them to eighth in the table on half funding, finishing above their rivals Catalans Dragons for the first time in 25 years in the process.
Shane Richardson, the NRL head of strategy, says the aim is to build the code’s presence in France, not slash it in half.
Toulouse deserve to be in Super League.
“There has been no Super League on French TV all season,” says the journalist Esteban Raña. Matches have been live streamed by Rugbyrama, but they are buried deep on their website – search and you may find – and the rest of the league has not been covered. The French sporting public missed Warrington dispatch Hull KR and Wakefield ride the wave at a bouncing Belle Vue into a semi-final.
His newly promoted team won more matches than established Super League clubs such as Hull FC, Castleford and Huddersfield.
The Italy international Luke Polselli played anywhere in the back line or halves; Joe Cator added grit up front; and the second rower Louis Grossemy, rejected by Sydney Roosters, Rabbitohs and Canterbury Bulldogs, did well enough to be included in France’s 40-man World Cup squad.
The second rower Mathieu Jussaume was so consistently excellent that he was voted into the Super League dream team, only the second Frenchman to achieve that after Rémi Casty.
Dazn shows Serie A and La Liga in France, and Rana expects them to bring Super League back to French TV screens in February.
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