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    2015 - a new era

    If you're serious about expanding the game (and expanding the game overseas on top of that), you don't bring P&R wich is simply the worst way possible to achieve it. The RFL doesn't want to expand the game, Toulouse will never be in SL and Catalans will ultimately be kicked out one way or...
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    France's proposed Super 13 Pro League - Which teams?

    A couple of finals have been played in Paris (Charlety stadium) in the late 90's drawing an average of 7,000 spectators... So probably, not that good. That something I had often wonder too. There have been a few clubs in some unsual places, but never a real will to grow the game in new...
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    France's proposed Super 13 Pro League - Which teams?

    Actually, it goes the same for Pia, Lézignan or Limoux, but, sure it will be a touchy subject. Yet, sadly it has to happen if we want to move forward. Some even thinks that's why Larrat decided to step down lately, facing the anger of these clubs. We can't except the game to grow if we...
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    Lack of publicity

    A couple of years ago, the world women's handball championship was held in China. Except for the finals, pretty much every game was played in front of less than 200 spectators..
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    France's proposed Super 13 Pro League - Which teams?

    More like a team in Bordeaux playing some games in Villeneuve ;-)
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    France's proposed Super 13 Pro League - Which teams?

    Cut it to 12, merge Limoux and Carcassonne, relocate Lézignan to Narbonne. Then, you may have something a bit more coherent (no villages playing with some regional capitals). Still, there is no proper stadium in neither Lens/Marseille/Nantes or even Paris to accomadate such teams. Soccer...
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    France's proposed Super 13 Pro League - Which teams?

    lindependant.fr/2012/09/27/luc-dayan-20-000-a-bollaert,167741.php A bit of update today from Luc Datan: So now, we are talking about 5 new clubs. It either means: 1) There will be up to 15 teams. 2) 2 clubs from the LER will be demoted. 3) Dayan doesnt even know how many teams are in...
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    Autumn European Internationals

    lindependant.fr/2012/09/27/luc-dayan-20-000-a-bollaert,167741.php The guy in Lens is hoping for a 20K crowd :shock: The Lens championship match in Auxerre will be broadcast on the stadium's big screens just before the kick off (a very good move IMO)
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    Autumn European Internationals

    I guess that being such a small city, you can more easely make an event of it in Lens than in Lille. It's not like if the city holds international sport match everyday. For instance the november RU Test match against Argentina will be held in Lille. Going north, Valenciennes and his new...
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    Super League Crowds 2012

    You're too football-centric. I'm sure that even in England, you have longer play off that works just fine (ice hockey, basketball ?) Super League is a closed league, you can't simply have 75% of the teams having nothing to play for after 4 months.
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    Super League Crowds 2012

    It was already like that last year... Play offs are getting worse attendances than the regular season... There is something very wrong about it.
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    France's proposed Super 13 Pro League - Which teams?

    Well, that may be the first step, but I doubt we'll heard anything new before the new federation's president be elected.
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    France's proposed Super 13 Pro League - Which teams?

    None...
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    Where do the Top 14 get all their money?

    lnr.fr/IMG/pdf/Rapport_DNACG_2012-BD.pdf Here, you'll find everything you need to know (p16) subventions (grants from various public councils) : 6% sponsoring : 41% reversements LNR (TV rights mainly) : 13% recettes matchs (stadium revenue) : 21% ventes de marchandises (merchandising)...
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    France's proposed Super 13 Pro League - Which teams?

    In neither of these new cities they are talking about, you will find a 8-10K stadium that could be suitable for such a competition. It's either your regular soccer stadium (25K+) or some very little stadiums (2,3K at the most) very much like the ones where LER sides are already playing. They...
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    France's proposed Super 13 Pro League - Which teams?

    Yeah, that's pretty much it. Hopefully, the final project will have nothing to do with that. Because, at the moment, the all thing is hardly making any sense to be honest... The only thing almost certain for the moment, is that the game against Wales will be played in Lens (northen...
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    French rugby league to launch 13 team summer pro league in 2014

    No promotion/relegation, which is real unusual for french sport history. To me, there are only 13 potential cities: Paris Lyon Marseille Bordeaux Toulouse Perpignan Bordeaux Villeneuve Carcassonne Avignon Montpellier Nantes Roanne Beyond these cities, other places will be either too small or...
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    LER 1 and 2 season 2011/12

    rugbyforumxiii.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=45065 If anyone interested (ParraEelsNRL ?), some attendances figures I collected from the last two seasons + some figures quoted from the 2002 season on an old forum. Data are higly uncompletes and volatile, not sure if you can draw any conclusion...
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    French Super XIII?

    Some updates here : ffr13.fr/index.php/ffr-xiii/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2421 Key points: - There was definitely a meeting in early february between Larrat and the presidents of the french elite clubs regarding a ten year project for the future of the national...
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    WC2013 venue announcement LIVE 8:15am GMT

    No, no. There is no way the capacity of Gilbert-Brutus to be over 13,000. The officially capacity is said to be 10,460 (actually, it might be a slightly bigger as the game against Leeds attracted a crowd of 10,688). The middle/long term goal is to rebuilt the oldest stand and to get a capacity...

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