European Championship - Ireland v France

[morningstar]

18 Oct - Ireland v France, 2pm. Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

France 18 Man squad....

http://ffr13.fr/championnat-europeen-irlande-vs-france-les-18-tricolores/

Jean Philippe Baile - St Esteve XIII Catalan
Jason Baitieri - Dragons Catalans
William Barthau - St Esteve XIII Catalan
Julian Bousquet - Dragons Catalans
Damien Cardace - Dragons Catalans
Theo Fages - Salford
Jamal Fakir - FC Lezignan
Benjamin Garcia - Dragons Catalans
Kevin Larroyer - Hull KR
Thibaud Margalet - St Esteve XIII Catalan
Remy Marginet - Palau
Antoni Maria - Dragons Catalans
Tony Maurel - Toulouse Olympique
Mathias Pala - St Esteve XIII Catalan
Eloi Pelissier - Dragons Catalans
Mickael Simon - St Esteve XIII Catalan
Frederic Vaccari - Palau
Aaron Wood - Toulouse Olympique

 

[The Partisan]

Mmmm....torn on what outcomes i want for this tournament. Would like to see ALL the Celtic teams improve (especially Wales) but also want France to show they are improving as well.

For this one I'll disregard the Irish heritage and predict a 20+ points win to the French.

(As a side issue, France must go close to the RL nation who has played the most number of international teams)

 

[hutch]

Will this be telecast anywhere in the world? UK, France, online?

 

[miguel de cervantes]

(As a side issue, France must go close to the RL nation who has played the most number of international teams)

Probably. Off the top of my head:

Aus
NZ
PNG
Samoa
Fiji
Tonga
England
Ireland
Wales
Great Britain
USA
South Africa
Italy
Morocco
Lebanon
Serbia
Georgia
Russia
Canada

so anyone worth playing has played France. Along with creating the World Cup, true pioneers of international rugby league.

 

[biggestbroncosfan]

I dont think BBC or SkySports is going to cover these matches so unlikely there will be a stream but hope so..

 

[RedVee]

Mmmm....torn on what outcomes i want for this tournament. Would like to see ALL the Celtic teams improve (especially Wales) but also want France to show they are improving as well.

For this one I'll disregard the Irish heritage and predict a 20+ points win to the French.

(As a side issue, France must go close to the RL nation who has played the most number of international teams)

Ha. I won't disregard my Irish heritage (with a soupçon of French) and will wish and hope for an Irish victory.

 

[paulmac]

Premier sports want the RLEF to give them £30,000 to televise the tournament.£30000 after a multi million pound profit from the RLWC sounds like small change.

 

[Evil Homer]

^ Much better ways to spend £30,000 than paying someone to televise matches that will probably only be viewed by a handful of die-hard RL fans. RLEF could probably set up live streams and reach a similar audience for a fraction of the cost.

 

[hutch]

For this tournament to grow and receive mainstream publicity, it needs to be televised!

 

[Foreign Legion]

premier sports should pay

 

[Evil Homer]

Match preview: http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/920/european-championship-game-2-–

 

[miguel de cervantes]

france in a canter

 

[marv]

France should do this you would think, not sure how much home advantage will help the Irish.

 

[Storm13]

France apparently are getting a bit of a schooling from the Irish.

 

[Storm13]

Ireland win 22-12

 

[miguel de cervantes]

:crazy:

 

[miguel de cervantes]

then again, no Elima, Gréseque, Escaré, Duport, Casty, Mounis, Bosc or Bentley brothers, so...

 

[deluded pom?]

then again, no Elima, Gréseque, Escaré, Duport, Casty, Mounis, Bosc or Bentley brothers, so...

Come on mig, the Irish team was predominantly amateur. The Frogs should still have won at a canter.

 

[Foreign Legion]

Ireland wins, really didn't say that coming

 

[winnyason]

Hopeless, what was crowd