Toulouse is a great city all year round - clean,safe, friendly and easy to get around - plus it has a great RU team that plays good rugby.TO13 is a bonus for me,that's why i'm trying to sell up and move down there or thereabouts.I love both codes and currently go to watch Brive which is my nearest pro RU club to watch a decent level in the Top 14 plus the occasional european game.



So I take it from your apparent dislike of the Pink City (La Ville Rose) ,you won't be travelling there again with the fans next season ? (or maybe in the NRC ?)



Yes,as a neutral (recall i'm a Sants fan) you were indeed outplayed on the night or maybe outcoached ? I believe MC underestimated the home team and only the evergreen Holroyd who I thought was impressive and Nash who worked his socks off did your boys credit. I think MC learned a big lesson last weekend....



Please stop saying there were only 500 people there - it's ridiculous man ! the official figure was 1021 as announced by an official in the club office - we might just as well take any thing any club official from any club with a pinch of salt.I don't personally care if there were only 5 people there ! I can only tell you what I was told.If you want to call the club liars ,then do so.It's not my problem.Maybe the actual figure at Hunslet was also 'milked' ? maybe there were only 300 people present ? that's possible also using your parameters is it not ?



I agree that TO13 is an expensive luxury the RFL can do without but it's not us that make he rules is it ? The RFL feel the need to expand because the game is dying in their precious heartlands - the last thing they want is to waste your money on frivolous ventures in SW france i'm sure. If I were living within the M62 corridor I would feel the same as you.

The only reason heartland rugby may be seen to be 'dying on its feet' is purely down to the exclusion rules the RFL apply. If 'Fax (or Widnes, or Leigh or any other you care to chose) were in SL, I doubt you could use that analogy.

so actually interest in RL isn't diminishing in the heartlands then ? I just seem to recall in the 70s & 80s higher crowds at the M62 clubs when thought of expanding to places like Perpignan & Toulouse would have been laughed out of court.



so,actually there isn't a major problem within the heartland clubs,is that it ? speaking as someone who hasn't been to the area (except for a two day visit to Leeds in 199icon_cool.gif for 25 years or so as a RL follower.



any fault lies with the RFL then,is that it ?

The ' fault ' lies with ,



The RFL for not understanding why people actually go to games



The clubs , for not understanding why people start to go to watch the games



The RFL and the clubs for thinking they can run clubs on the money running a RL competition brings in and its ability to attract investement



This is in reference to sub SL competition

Me thinks that the RFL want to put in an international expansion plan that's appealing to a larger audience - supported by media , say SKYTV etc . Dream on , but one day they might want a true global game like RU , but right now it's not.



I don't know the mathematics, but an expanded SL involving 3 more clubs would seem ideal, 2 more English and 1 French. Then replace TO13 with another French side. The game has to work hard to raise it's international appeal.



Money and marketing can do great things to turn things around for all - incl. players and spectators.

Blimey you a politician twisting my words???

I never said I did not like Toulouse its a decent city, I said its not as good in winter which most places aren't.

As for the crowd well its well known you are allowed to count ALL tickets you issue such as season tickets and freebies as part of the crowd, its no longer the figure for those who actually come through the turnstiles although I wish it was as a lot of people will be in for a shock.

Suit yerself I have a good idea what I saw was [iaround [/i500 people end of story.

no twisting at all mate - i'm just saying Toulouse is a great city all year round - the weather in summer isn't always 'better' as you put it as it can become TOO HOT & steamy which can be just as unpleasant as in the middle of winter in it's own way.But it is a great place,pity you won't be there for the next Fax game.

regarding the ticket count - your criteria therefore applies to all RL games I take it so,for example,an official crowd at The Shay of 1500 could only be 700 for example ? using your logic ?

Stick to your 500 if it makes you feel better



Enjoy Halifax,i'm sure it's a wonderful town

Why so bitter and unpleasant?



You called me a pri*ck because I had an opinion and then tried to laugh it off as in your words "a term of endearment"



There were only 500 odd at the game. That is a fact. Halifax is not as nice as Toulouse, but Hebden Bridge, Old Town and most of the surrounding area are beautiful.







Regards.

I called you what ????? when ????? you sound such a bitter person.....



there are some lovely places in your area but I haven't been to Halifax since the 70/80s with Norwich City in a cup game if I recall - spent a few of days in the area and did indeed see the delights of Hebdon Bridge & Todmorden etc etc yeh,nice part of the world - will visit again when I retire and have more time on my hands.

I'm not comparing Toulouse to anywhere else ! it's a nice area,just like there are nice areas in the uk - don't be so touchy !



if you can't take a light-hearted comment in the spririt in which it was intended then you must have one heck of a chip on a certain part of your anatomy.



lighten up man



So,will you be down for the next TO game ?

ah hebden bridge the lesbian capital of the u.k.

delights of todmorden are burnley road, halifax road and rochdale road, all going out of tod.

I thought that was Brighton ?

think it beats there these days.