Saints then. Not confident, but we're there on merit and in with a shot. Gutted I can't be there

Four planeloads of fans going over. so far.

Facebook says they are all getting free tickets.

Good. I hope they are.

It's the same 21 as per last week:

Mourgue, Davies, Langi, Whare, Yaha, Maloney, Drinkwater, Dudson, McIlorum, Bousquet, Whitley, McMeeken, Garcia, Jullien, Goudemand, THE WAR, Jomkins, MiniChan, Kasiano, Samkins, Dezaria.

Tellins are also going with the same 21:

Coote, Makinson, Naiqama, Percival, Grace, Lomax, Walmsley, Roby, Lees, Thompson, Knowles, Mata'utia, LMS, Amor, Paasi, Welsby, Smith, Batchelor, Dodd, Wingfield, Davies.


That battle for forward supremacy early on should be a cracker.

Good luck Cats from this Airlie Bird.

Saints have won enough



Viva la France, as they say in Hull :

Well we gave it a damn good go. No shame whatsoever.

And we've got French derbies next year. Big up the TO

Excellent GF, could of gone either way, two best teams this year.

Surprisingly I am not too disappointed with the outcome.

I thought we played really well and competed until the end.

I think to drag the referee in as a scapegoat isn't totally fair.

I was pretty drunk, but don't recall making an issue of any refereeing decisions.

Ben Garcia and Matt Whitley both broke bones in their hands and played through it

https://ukcatalansdragons.blogspot.com/ ... otion.html My anger is not at the opposition or the officials...

https://ukcatalansdragons.blogspot.com/ ... otion.html My anger is not at the opposition or the officials...

A good read.
The petty parochialism is very off-putting. And I guess as - for want of a better phrase - an outsider, you probably notice it more than maybe I do. Or certainly see it in a broader context than "oh it's always been like that".

I guess we do have to consider what the end-game here is. Is it for a proper full-time comp in France? What this does is open pathways up for young players. We can have one team playing in France every week and over time increase the visibility of the game. But I feel the nature of French RL - largely small clubs in tiny villages - doesn't necessarily lend itself to a full-time comp.

Sincere congratulations on a great season, its a shame you fell just a few points short in the final.