You're listening to my wife.

Carcassonne is the nearest airport.

that draw will do for me
huds v wire will be a cracker

lol go barrow

Just noticed Jamie Rooney is the try scorer for a few for barrow is theat the ex wakefield player? or am i getting confused lol

Its the same Jamie Rooney..

Thats him.

It is, he went last year, initially on loan but signed a 2 year deal this year.

£60 from Liverpool to Carcassonne, Thursday to Sunday



Allez Lezignan!!

When's the Widnes Lezignan match been rescheduled for?

It isn't yet. The RFL will advise on Monday. I think Widnes will get a bye myself.

Well in the interest of anglo-french relations Lezignan should get the bye

Barrow score to beat Cas

Well in Barrow.

34-28 away to Castleford.

Really happy for them

Out of the teams left who will realistically win i would rather play Halifax than the likes of Leeds, Saints or any other super league club.

TBH - Lezignan should get the boot for making no effort to get to Widnes.

Every other team, travelling in either direction, got themselves sorted with a road-trip.

Widnes should *not* be penalised for the French team's inability to get their act together.

Didnt Ned Catic play for wakefield aswell?

They;ve been my adopted Championship Club since our cracking day out up there last year. Glad they've won. They could get through to the Quarters with that draw against Hunslet. Barrow Away in the Quarters?!

Be fair, Toulouse have a game to play here against Featherstone on Thursday anyway so it was worth them making the effort and staying here for the rest of this week. Salford are a Super League side and Leigh aren't that strapped for cash. Lezignan play in a French league and thats their priority. Who foots the travel bill?

just been looking at that on ryanair

Great opportunity for crusaders to get the the quarter finals aswell!

You're joking,

They are part timers. How were they supposed to be in work Friday, travel to Widnes by coach and get back for work on Monday morning?

Who's betting that if Halifax and Barrow, do get through, that they play each other in the QF?

Leaving all Super League ties other than that game

Doesn't matter.

They signed up to play in the competition and it's their responsibility to get to the match on time.

It's not like they were sat at the airport when all the planes got cancelled for the day - That would be unavoidable.

They had days of pre-warning, and every other team, whether travelling to or from France, managed to get to their destination on time (or with just a slight delay in Toulouse' case).

IMO - If you sign up to a competition, you have to be wherever you need to be, on time and ready to play.

If you can't do it, then you get the boot.

It should be Widnes v Wigan & Hudds v Dire on BBC, Other than it might be relatively competitive think of what the crowd will be like for that game 4-5 thousand at a push compared to a virtually guaranteed full house in a potentially competitive game IF we play like we did yesterday and its not a million miles from a derby to some fans it is, Makes more sense to me for Widnes v Wigan on BBC assuming we don't play Lezignon of course.

I don't care.

Call me harsh, but if the club signs up to play in (let's face it) OUR cup competition, then THEY have to meet the requirements of playing both wherever and whenever they are told.

If the reason for not travelling was unforeseen (as mentioned previously), then fine.

If (as in this case) they knew full well that they wouldn't be able to travel one way (plane), then they - like EVERY OTHER TEAM AFFECTED - have to make alternative arrangements.

I would assume that the RFL would be paying for travel and accommodation for Lezignan as they did for Leigh going to Limoux and I believe they do so for all of Toulouse's matches. In my view they do not have the cost excuse and did not do all they could to attend the match when 3 other clubs with the same travel problems all did. Lezignan's inactivity in not travelling by road or rail should see them forfeit the tie. I said so a few days ago when Leigh, Salford and Toulouse had all set off by road and Lezignan would not and I stand by it. Widnes should get a bye.