Potential expansion to Monaco?

[yakstorm]

https://treizemondial.fr/monaco-future-terre-de-xiii/

"Si le Rocher n’est pas réputé pour la pratique du rugby à XIII, la récente expérience en Super Seven pourrait inverser la tendance et Monaco s’éveiller à une nouvelle discipline.

Àinitiative d’Anne-Marie Tremousaygue Van Klaveren nouvellement élue à la FFR XIII sur la liste de Luc Lacoste, le rugby à XIII pourrait s’implanter à Monaco selon Nice Matin. Après l’expérience réussie en rugby à 7 avec la création d’une équipe qui participe au Super Seven, la nouvelle élue pense que le XIII y aurait toute sa place. Avec l’objectif de ramener et développer le XIII dans le sud-est, Monaco aurait un rôle central dans ce développement avec pas loin le club de Toulon et pourquoi pas la renaissance de Cannes XIII. Anne-Marie Tremousaygue Van Klaveren va se mettre en relation avec la fédération de rugby monégasque avec qui elle pense pouvoir travailler afin de mettre en place un projet cohérent qui profiterait autant à la Principauté qu’au XIII Français."

My French is pretty basic, but from what I can read, Monaco is viewed as a strategic target for helping grow Rugby League across the South East.

 

[cumbrian Mackem]

Monaco has a population of just under 40k. Maybe they are targeting investment from the principality?

Now a RL team from Nice would be great and exciting news.

 

[Foreign Legion]

Translation

https://treizemondial.fr/monaco-future-terre-de-xiii/

At the initiative of Anne-Marie Tremousaygue Van Klaveren, newly elected to the FFR XIII on Luc Lacoste's list, rugby union could take root in Monaco according to Nice Matin . After the successful experience in rugby 7 with the creation of a team that participates in the Super Seven, the newly elected thinks that the XIII would have its place. With the objective of bringing back and developing the XIII in the south-east, Monaco would have a central role in this development with not far away the Toulon club and why not the rebirth of Cannes XIII. Anne-Marie Tremousaygue Van Klaveren will get in touch with the Monegasque rugby federation with whom she thinks she can work in order to set up a coherent project that would benefit both the Principality and the 13th French.

 

[miguel de cervantes]

forget Cannes, forget Monaco, it's Marseille then maybe Nice they need.

And how can anyone with a name like Anne-Marie Tremousaygue Van Klaveren be taken too seriously? What is this, private school boys union?

 

[Foreign Legion]

[QUOTE = "miguel de cervantes, post: 14559431, member: 12710"] forget Cannes, forget Monaco, it's Marseille then maybe Nice they need.

And how can anyone with a name like Anne-Marie Tremousaygue Van Klaveren be taken too seriously? What is this, private school boys union? [/ QUOTE]
Here's the jersey.

 

[RedVee]

Any rugby in Sanremo?

 

[adamkungl]

We'll take over the world one micro-nation at a time
Monaco, Andorra, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, San Marino, Vatican City

 

[The Partisan]

We'll take over the world one micro-nation at a time
Monaco, Andorra, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, San Marino, Vatican City

The Vatican City Cardinals will give those San Marino Saints a thrashing when we have got them playing

 

[DIOGENES]

John Cootes has been signed as Captain Coach for Vatican City (even though he is is 81 and not that much into little boys)

 

[DIOGENES]

Monaco's Embassy celebrated anniversary of enthronement of Albert II

On the occasion of the anniversary of Prince Albert II of Monaco, its ambassador to Spain, Jean-Luc Van Klaveren, offered a reception on 11 July.

thediplomatinspain.com

Anne-Marie Tremousaygue Van Klaveren is the wife of the Monaquesque ambassador to Spain - so not a nobody.
Monaco is the playground of the elite, so a significant move away from the game’s origins. It would be something to see billionaires cheering on a Rugby au XIII team.

However the Tremousaygue Van Klaverens may have fallen on hard times as they are offering the Chateau in Moussolens for B&B stays.
The chateau is near Carcassone the home team of Puig Albert

 

[Foreign Legion]

i think it would be better to just buy the Monaco Rugby

 

[LeagueXIII]

forget Cannes, forget Monaco, it's Marseille then maybe Nice they need.

And how can anyone with a name like Anne-Marie Tremousaygue Van Klaveren be taken too seriously? What is this, private school boys union?

There have previously been teams in Cannes and Marseille (they made a couple of cup finals in the 70s).

Former Australian international Wally Fullerton-Smith played a season or two with Cannes in the early 90s and the club had two seasons in the top flight during this decade.

Sadly not sure if these clubs are still around today.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Would produce exactly zero local juniors, haha. But in reality a Monaco based club would really just be a club for players/fans from Nice, which is 25km or so away. Monaco would just provide a glamorous setting.