Observer II Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 How did S/W France pick up a culture for Rugby League, which I think originated in the North of England ? ps. OK. Just googled it, seems to go back to 1865, when the codes were formed. Banned by the Vichy French Gov, who asset stripped and banned RL, in favour of RU. Thus taking years after 1944 to recover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 They had an interesting piece about this on the BBC before the game today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 On 25/08/2018 at 5:37 PM, Observer II said: How did S/W France pick up a culture for Rugby League, which I think originated in the North of England ? ps. OK. Just googled it, seems to go back to 1865, when the codes were formed. Banned by the Vichy French Gov, who asset stripped and banned RL, in favour of RU. Thus taking years after 1944 to recover. congratulations on discovering Google and its ability to inform hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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P J Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 44 minutes ago, Observer II said: Welcome to the real and modern 20th century, maybe soon you may join the present one lol. Unless you are just a lying hypocrite but I prefer to give you the benefit of the doubt lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer II Posted August 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 zzzzzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Observer II said: zzzzzz I guess that comes with old age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer II Posted August 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 No, just irritating fly weights ! [IGNORE ALARM] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 14 minutes ago, Observer II said: No, just irritating fly weights ! [IGNORE ALARM] so insightful, and mature. Oxymoron alarm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Evil Sid Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 deja-vu alert folks if you have got this far in your reading you will have that feeling "i have read this before." yes you have in any topic that these two post in. so chaps? (can't be too careful with the PC police watching in) Can you at least invest in a thesaurus and try and make your ping pong posts a bit more erudite. One of these days i may spend a hour or so going through the posts and creating a cut and paste post of all these repetitions. Might even offer a prize if anybody can correctly identify the original topics they were cut and pasted from. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 on this occasion I caused the meander, sorry Sid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 There was a time when France had a highly competitive & entertaining RL team. Hopefully, the knock on effect of Catalans winning the Challenge Cup & the improvement of Toulouse will stoke the passions of the French supporters of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 not just the French, as the Catalans they could tap into the whole of Catalonia which is 7.5 million very proud Catalans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 If it did take off (and its a big if) imagine playing away matches at camp Nou or 99000 capacity for Grand Final/ semi final days etc. plus a trip to the sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 They did play in Barcelona against Warrington a few years ago & got about 18000 specs ,i believe, but not at camp nou. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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