People who make the argument that league continued in France after Vichy are just ignorant or union trollsThey never gave any of the money or assets back. The game remained banned in schools and they were restricted to the number of players they could have. It wasn't even allowed to be called Rugby League until the 90s ffs. Its a credit to the strength of French Rugby League that they could battle the war of attrition Union was waging on them for so long.
league in under five years of being formed had overtaken rugby union in France
the game never recovered from the banning
the only upside is union in France is paying wages nobody else can afford so it’s sending other union clubs broke