Post subject: Re: Most intense rugby league heartland towns.
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 6:53 pm
Starbug
International Chairman
Joined: Mar 09 2004 Posts: 33944 Location: watching out for low flying geese
Alice's Phallus wrote:What rubbish. Perpignan is a French rugby league heartland. Has been for decades!
But the Catalan Dragons team is representative of a whole region , therefore they have 7 million people to draw fans from , so basically a crowd of 7/8,000 is pish poor
You cant have it both ways Alicibert
kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
Post subject: Re: Most intense rugby league heartland towns.
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 3:57 am
Alice's Phallus
Player Coach
Joined: Aug 07 2007 Posts: 792 Location: Wood Green
EL CAMO wrote:There is no heartland of RL in France. The fact that it is pretty much the only place that knows about RL doesn't make it a heartland.
You do not know the history of this region. They have been playing rugby league in southwestern France for 75 years. Towns like Carcassone and Perpignan are rugby league heartlands.
Lille on the other hand, has not been playing rugby league for 75 years. It is not a heartland, but rather a potential area for rugby league expansion after Toulouse, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux and perhaps Avignon enter Super League.
Post subject: Re: Most intense rugby league heartland towns.
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 8:30 am
Roofs
Club Coach
Joined: Aug 24 2005 Posts: 15807 Location: East Hull
Alice's Phallus wrote:You do not know the history of this region. They have been playing rugby league in southwestern France for 75 years. Towns like Carcassone and Perpignan are rugby league heartlands.
Lille on the other hand, has not been playing rugby league for 75 years. It is not a heartland, but rather a potential area for rugby league expansion after Toulouse, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux and perhaps Avignon enter Super League.
Bloody hell, it's either gonna have to be a 20-team SL or many current English SL clubs are gonna bite the dust if you get your way!
Paris?! Could have sworn they've been tried before.
"The Mail understands..." NOTHING!
[quote="-VIKINGMAN-"]Respect to Roofs, the president of East Hull. [/quote]
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 375 guests
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot post attachments in this forum
He will recover though. 
