Absolutly right Matt. Just take a look at Toulouse's roster when they won the HCup (4 times). They always have a solid base of french players, internationals most of the time. And just look at Toulon's lost in term of young french players: Maestri and Fickou (now with Toulouse), Bruni (perpignan bound), Gunther (going probably to Lyon for more playing time), Palisson (Castres) just to name a few (still nonetheless)
Toulouse can almost align an all-french line-up and be successful (montès, tolofua, loosehead, maestri, millo-chlusky, nyanga, Dusautoir, picamoles, doussain, beauxis, fritz, fickou, Médard, huget, poitrenaud,...only a loosehead missing, because Guillamon isn't ready yet and mostly plays tighthead) in fact, it happens quite often. Can Toulon do that?
What I mean Eddie-g is that rugby will become bigger and bigger, attracting even more foreign star players to big french powehouses and young french players won't get they're chance. By ''bad thingswill happen to french rugby'' I meant ''bad things will happen to the French national rugby level
Oh!!! Kockott what a player he is, solid all season long and he totally blew Michalak off the charts in this game! Just so happy to see Toulon lose, they are the NY Yankees of french rugby
Really Trinh-Duc at 13???? Not so sure 'bout that. Bastareaud plays well and I still believe Clément Poitrenaud is a great shot a fullback, though I'm not aware if he indicated his international career was over or anything
Toulon chairman Mourad Boudjellal on building the champion club
Absolutly right Matt. Just take a look at Toulouse's roster when they won the HCup (4 times). They always have a solid base of french players, internationals most of the time. And just look at Toulon's lost in term of young french players: Maestri and Fickou (now with Toulouse), Bruni (perpignan bound), Gunther (going probably to Lyon for more playing time), Palisson (Castres) just to name a few (still nonetheless)
1 Year, 21 Hours ago
Toulon chairman Mourad Boudjellal on building the champion club
Toulouse can almost align an all-french line-up and be successful (montès, tolofua, loosehead, maestri, millo-chlusky, nyanga, Dusautoir, picamoles, doussain, beauxis, fritz, fickou, Médard, huget, poitrenaud,...only a loosehead missing, because Guillamon isn't ready yet and mostly plays tighthead) in fact, it happens quite often. Can Toulon do that?
1 Year, 3 Days ago
Toulon chairman Mourad Boudjellal on building the champion club
not to mention the way Bernard Laporte, the great, behaves regarding certain refs.
1 Year, 3 Days ago
Toulon chairman Mourad Boudjellal on building the champion club
What I mean Eddie-g is that rugby will become bigger and bigger, attracting even more foreign star players to big french powehouses and young french players won't get they're chance. By ''bad thingswill happen to french rugby'' I meant ''bad things will happen to the French national rugby level
1 Year, 3 Days ago
Toulon chairman Mourad Boudjellal on building the champion club
New York Yankees of Rugby. Bad things will happen to french rugby in a couple years
1 Year, 4 Days ago
Castres upset Toulon with first French Top 14 title victory in 20 years
Oh!!! Kockott what a player he is, solid all season long and he totally blew Michalak off the charts in this game! Just so happy to see Toulon lose, they are the NY Yankees of french rugby
1 Year, 7 Months ago
Wesley Fofana scores outstanding try vs Toulouse after just 39 seconds
Boy is he good! Indeed St-andré is wrong to put him on the wing, total joke
1 Year, 9 Months ago
France get first tournament win with Paris victory over Scotland
Bastareaud= big, huge, enormous and frightfull!!!
1 Year, 10 Months ago
The Dimitri Yachvili stamp on Racing Metro's Henry Chavancy
Shameful, just shameful to stamp a player, whatever the situation. This is not meant to be in rugby
1 Year, 10 Months ago
Wales win in Paris as France lose for second time in succession
Really Trinh-Duc at 13???? Not so sure 'bout that. Bastareaud plays well and I still believe Clément Poitrenaud is a great shot a fullback, though I'm not aware if he indicated his international career was over or anything
1 Year, 11 Months ago