Not sure about this

[RL The greatest game]

Lebanon eye up Test matches against France and England – Total Rugby League

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[Brian potter]

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Can’t see them playing any home tests.

and I mean in Lebanon and not Sydney.

 

[yakstorm]

It's been proposed as end of season Tests, and for them to be played in addition to England v Samoa Test Series & France's World Cup Qualification commitments.

Honestly, the more matches the better. Lebanon can pull together a competitive squad with their NRL players, so will put up good opposition for England and will be a big test for France. There is a reasonable Lebanese population in the UK, with about 15K born and another 90K descendants.

 

[Brian potter]

It's been proposed as end of season Tests, and for them to be played in addition to England v Samoa Test Series & France's World Cup Qualification commitments.

Honestly, the more matches the better. Lebanon can pull together a competitive squad with their NRL players, so will put up good opposition for England and will be a big test for France. There is a reasonable Lebanese population in the UK, with about 15K born and another 90K descendants.

France v Lebanon would be a great tussle and the kind of tests that the French should be playing on home soil as well as the likes of Fiji and PNG.

 

[RL The greatest game]

It's been proposed as end of season Tests, and for them to be played in addition to England v Samoa Test Series & France's World Cup Qualification commitments.

Honestly, the more matches the better. Lebanon can pull together a competitive squad with their NRL players, so will put up good opposition for England and will be a big test for France. There is a reasonable Lebanese population in the UK, with about 15K born and another 90K descendants.

How will a squad of NRL players help grow the game in Lebanon?

 

[Perth Red]

Lebanon v France will be a great series. 300k Lebanese live in France (more than Australia). Make it happen!

 

[Foreign Legion]

Lebanon v France will be a great series. 300k Lebanese live in France (more than Australia). Make it happen!

You haven't been to Guildford

 

[Brian potter]

Lebanon v France will be a great series. 300k Lebanese live in France (more than Australia). Make it happen!

Are they mostly living in the Paris region or in the southern regions?

 

[Perth Red]

Are they mostly living in the Paris region or in the southern regions?

Wiki has them mostly in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux , Strasbourg, Nice.

Taking a France v Lebanon game to Nice or Marseille could work. Both are in driving distance from Perpignan

 

[Brian potter]

Wiki has them mostly in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux , Strasbourg, Nice.

Taking a France v Lebanon game to Nice or Marseille could work. Both are in driving distance from Perpignan

Personally I can’t see it being played anywhere other than Perpignan or carcassonne but every now and then the French RL will surprise you by playing in Paris, Bordeaux and lens etc.

 

[Perth Red]

Personally I can’t see it being played anywhere other than Perpignan or carcassonne but every now and then the French RL will surprise you by playing in Paris, Bordeaux and lens etc.

Why they need a 3 match series not a one off. Perpignan, Toulouse and Marseille should be the venues.

 

[yakstorm]

How will a squad of NRL players help grow the game in Lebanon?

I guess the same way that a squad of NRL players helps grow the game in Samoa or Tonga, through awareness and revenue generation.

If the LRLF continue doing what they've done their last few appearances, there will be 2-4 local players in the squad.

They'll be the away team on the tour, so the bigger benefits they bring are to England & France by providing them with more quality opposition plus an opportunity to introduce the sport to the 90K people who identify as Lebanese in England & 300K in France.

 

[siv]

Can’t see them playing any home tests.

and I mean in Lebanon and not Sydney.

Soccer do why not RL

 

[blue bags]

You haven't been to Guildford

Or Arncliffe. Lakemba. Greenacres. Bankstown
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