Quote ="ChrisH"Does this suggest a new dawn in French RL or are our kids not as good as we think? Guess we can only determine that by us and the French playing the Aussies. I imagine that they would be different class. Are ther any games planned so that these lads can test themselves against the best benchmark available?'"
France are always competitive at junior level, they beat Australia a couple of years ago. The problem is that most of the players don't get the opportunity to develop properly due to there only being one full-time club in France. Only 3 of today's France squad are signed with Catalans, another two are with English clubs but the rest are just signed to part-time clubs in the French league. I've never understood why English clubs don't look to sign more of them because there is some real talent.
