england v france

[roughyedspud]

england will play france mid season next year.......and then home & away in 2016


http://www.theguardian.com/sport/no...ugby-league-four-nations-australia-ashes-tour

France will play England in mid-season next year (before hosting the touring Kiwis), and then both home and away in 2016

 

[Evil Homer]

Good.

 

[roughyedspud]

i imagine that home and away fixture in 2016 will be 1 mid season game and a 4nations warm up game after the ESL grand final

 

[langpark]

Do we know where it will be played?

 

[roughyedspud]

in france hopefully..

 

[deal.with.it]

Defs should be in France. Maybe Lyon? Try boost that area?
Will get a good crowd in Toulouse, Avignon, Perpignan. Maybe Lille again? Belgium play undercard?

 

[roughyedspud]

the stade municipal in toulouse would be awesome

 

[hutch]

Great news! Does anyone else here think we are on the verge of actually taking international rugby league seriously for the first time. I was obsessed with kangaroo tours and the ashes when I was young, but we might just be starting to get it.

 

[roughyedspud]

whens the anzac test next year?? 22-23rd april??


id like there to be a worldwide mid season test date so everyone could play the same day/weekend...but the end of april is abit early for us up here...


a france v england test on or around bastille day (july 14th) held in france could be massive...we should be aiming for that date imo

 

[franklin2323]

There should be more of this. Let ARLC be in their own bubble not playing tests the rest of the world can keep going

 

[roughyedspud]

according to a interview posted on TRL..

france 'A' are going to be touring south africa in may 2015

and france will be playing wales,scotland & ireland in the 2015 european cup,2 away games & 1 home game

 

[paulmac]

whens the anzac test next year?? 22-23rd april??


id like there to be a worldwide mid season test date so everyone could play the same day/weekend...but the end of april is abit early for us up here...


a france v england test on or around bastille day (july 14th) held in france could be massive...we should be aiming for that date imo

Anzac test is always first Friday in May.From what I've heard PNG will play Fiji and Samoa will play Tonga on the same weekend.Would be good if France v England was held also on this weekend to make it a showcase of international RL.

 

[hutch]

Wales should play Scotland on the same weekend, and Ireland v Italy. Make it full blown rep weekends across the globe.

 

[roughyedspud]

two options for the france v england game..

the 20k capacity stade jane-bouin in paris

or the 34k stade municiple in toulouse

 

[roughyedspud]

Wales should play Scotland on the same weekend, and Ireland v Italy. Make it full blown rep weekends across the globe.

hopefully....im gonna pester them on twitter to make it happen lol

 

[franklin2323]

Wales should play Scotland on the same weekend, and Ireland v Italy. Make it full blown rep weekends across the globe.

Make it an annual thing as well get the prestige back in test match RL

 

[miguel de cervantes]

not sure how the first test will fit in with the SL season. france ~= dragons catalans.

 

[roughyedspud]

thats exactly way france backed out of the mid season tests a few years ago and why we went on to play the exiles instead...

 

[winnyason]

Yeah not sure on this report if it is indeed accurate. Carlos z stated in a article while in oz.
* France will be playing england in 2016 in home and away, same year as 2016 four nations.
* there will be another euro cup 2015 with ireland, wales, scots and france, french to host 2 games lets hope a tv deal for series can be struck.
Nothng about 2015 match v england.
* so far we really only have confirmed anzac test, england v kiwis test series, pm xiii v png.
Rumoured pacific test double header fiji v png and samoa v tonga, other rumours include france v kiwis one off test, samoa v kiwis and england v france 2015 mid season.