[quote="PopTart":1v84g9ls]So would half the French Union team. Including their defensive coach. But they play a different sport, for more money than we are paying. He's on more than £500k a year and has top level endorsement deals. It would be easier to get Ivan Cleary's lad.[/quote:1v84g9ls] are France any good now... ??? Seems to be very high salaries for a sport whose teams in England are regularly going bust (sweeping statement based on snippets and soundbites, but I couldn't quote which clubs... So I might be wrong)

Monsieur Dupont la la la la One for the oldies.

[quote="Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo":7j0atr3l]Monsieur Dupont la la la la One for the oldies.[/quote:7j0atr3l] Better off signing Sandie Shaw, at least she wouldn't need a boot deal.

[quote="Spookisback":24xz76ol]ok just looked him up... apparently plays Rugby (union) for France... Thankfully that's a sport that is isolated to a minor subscription channel here in Aus! I haven't seen a union game in over ten years![/quote:24xz76ol] I was lucky enough to be in Australia in 2023 watching NRL games and looking at media and TV channels union looked as though it was on its Bankside over there…

Obviously I'm a League man through and through but I'm not anti Union either and enjoy the 6 Nations and the World Cup . Dupont is a generational talent without a single weakness to his game , it's never going to happen given the salary he commands in Union but he'd be sensational in Rugby League , way above even Bevan French in my opinion . I know the transition from Union to League doesn't always come off and vice versa but I believe in Dupont's case he'd make the transition easily .

[quote="BarnsleyTrinity":n6g2kwbw]Obviously I'm a League man through and through but I'm not anti Union either and enjoy the 6 Nations and the World Cup . Dupont is a generational talent without a single weakness to his game , it's never going to happen given the salary he commands in Union but he'd be sensational in Rugby League , way above even Bevan French in my opinion . I know the transition from Union to League doesn't always come off and vice versa but I believe in Dupont's case he'd make the transition easily .[/quote:n6g2kwbw] I agree. He'd slide into League quite easily. Spooky, French RU has a lot of money. I reckon our most expensive player would compare to an average salary in their first 15. They are richer than the English union clubs but the top English clubs are still big. The current top team is Bordeaux gets crowds of up to 30k regularly. Their stadium (not shared) hosts 34k. The football team has its own stadium with 42k capacity