I believe I read somewhere that Toulouse were allowed 5 Aussies this year but had to reduce it to 2 next year. Anyone know if this is correct?

Toulouse are near the bottom of the Championship table so how are they 'ready'???

They have another two years and they weren't adequately prepared this season having played no friendlies.

Plus they are an expansion club, they are not likely to be as ready as existing clubs and we shouldn't expect them to be.

Plus you will find I said 'good enough' and not 'ready' don't try and put words in my mouth.

This is correct but of course they are full of Australians so don't believe the actual truth.

They had Bromley, Mitchell, Worth & Timothy Wynn against us. We had TKL, Gannon & Webster. Halifax have Black, Wilson & Watene.

Seems to me the main difference is all our overseas players are off quota now.

Looks like they are going to recruit good players for next year:

Carlos Mendes (centre/winger from Lyon, France A)
Yohan Tisseyre (second row from Lezignan, French national team)
Cyrile Stacul (winger from the Dragons, French national team)
Herve Marrot (winger from Limoux, best scorer of the team)

I would expect some more. The wings were their weakest point. I'd bet they will compete for the two top spots next year.

Probably better to take this over to the Toulouse forum, but I can't see those signings scaring the top teams too much, although I agree they strengthen the wing positions where they've been weak this year.

Mendes is a very big lad with a lot of potential but his defence isn't the best right now. Marrot has a reputation for not taking his rugby too seriously - missed pre-season training so he could take part in the village fete last summer. Yoan Tisseyre had a couple of trial games with Widnes academy last year; big strong feller with a lot of aggression but didn't do enough for Widnes to take it any further. Still feel they'll miss the tactical nous of the overseas players. Stacul should do well at this level though.

They need a proper pre-season next year. Playing catch up has clearly cost them dearly.