The thing is, a good France test side, would help improve us also.



The Kiwis have 2 or 3 players at every Aussie club, but English clubs don't have Frenchmen as it counts on the quota. Perhaps that is something we could look in to.

As has been pointed out earlier, the cultural difference between Auckland ( or even Tonga/Fiji ) and Sydney is minute compared to Carcassonne and Wakefield



Another French SL club is our best option to help develop French RL, but that on its own is not the answer

That's because they come through the Aus systems.



You won't get many French players moving to England as youngsters. It's a completely different cultural. It's a huge barrier, along with language. This will not work with the French like it does NZ. It might work with the Welsh though.

Bring Toulouse in ahead of some glum northern flat cap pit town. The games needs real expansion.

You mean kick London out right?

How about when the country votes no to europe we kick out the European teams.

Was the result more about the strength of the NZ team rather than the weakness of the French?

Yep, get at least another two French teams into SL & bring the league down to ten clubs.



Then we’ll have seven English clubs playing professionally that’s plenty to nurture an international side capable of beating the Antipodeans

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Based on their current development, the French may be able to provide a side capable of giving the English a game within the next twenty years

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Whatever path you go down you could highlight the positive and then an equal negative, so ultimatly the answer is to build all aspects of the sport, this is where the introduction of licencing failed, for it to succeed required the Championships to improve to put pressure on the SL clubs that were given a safety certificate



Similarily to help French growth at International level requires growth at national level both in Britain and France

France must eventually learn to stand on there own two feet eventually to become successful. The French league needs to move to summer and hopefully become full time. Putting more French teams in super league would only damage the game in this country IMO. Keep Catalans in Super League for the time being but ultimately the long term goal should be a full time French league. The interest is there and I believe if they are given guidance and a TV deal a 8 team Full time French league is not impossible.



Give France the 2021 world cup and we could just crack rugby league in France.

I'd say thats about right,anything sooner would be a bonus.

This is a very good idea.



I seem to recall F.I.F.A giving the World Cup to the U.S in 1994 on condition they set up a professional league. Since then the league has grown and now every corner of the country have a team (+ 1 in Canada)?.



Give them the 2021 World cup...Move their league to summer (no Football or Union to battle) and support and encourage them in achieving this.