French Rugby League Biff - Lezignan vs. UTC

So before the main event was the Juniors UTC vs. Lezignan... and what ensued after the match was pretty spectacular... it harked back to the days of the 70's and early 80's in Oz.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• French
• Rugby
• League
• Biff
• Lezignan
• UTC

[MYLOVELYLONGNECK]

man this is what i love about french rugby(both codes) its all fights LOL :P

[druzik01]

mate you should have see the one in Padua a couple of weeks ago a french club team against BARLA... made this one look like a pillow fight... not a good look that's for sure.

[dragons4eva]

Is rugby League Popular in France..because im aussie so i wouldn't have a clue lol

[druzik01]

Hell yeah, they are one of the original big 4countries, they started the RL world cup in 54 and were world champions the 50s regularly beating Aus NZ and GB, in fact 1979 was the last time Australia lost a series before 2005, and it was to the French!

They went down in th 90's due to internal politics but are making a resurgence with the Catalan dragons in the super league and also a secong team in Toulouse is bidding to get in next year.

[druzik01]

The thing about french Rugby league is that its power base is in small towns of like 10,000 people. So their home crowds tend to be 2-3,000 but that is like 30% of the towns population! A few larger towns like Toulouse Perpignan and Carcassonne also have teams and so they get bigger crowds. Catalans Dragons based in Perpignan near the spanish border in the super league average about 9-10,000 which is decent. Toulouses bid for next year will be interesting.

[druzik01]

Keep an eye out on June 27th this year for the France vs. England test match in Toulouse. Should be broadcast on Fox at some stage. This will be a test on two fronts:

1. A WC warm up for both teams since they havent played since the NY tour last year

2. Be interesting to see the support for big RL in Toulouse and their bid for Super league next year.

Toulouse is a massive RU town, their Heniken Cup team (its the european equivalent of super 14) regularly get like 20,000.

[ComboMaX]

the french fighting.. thats a phase i thought id never say :P

[bundgnan]

lol the frenchies are fucking mad in rugby fights, when they start you can't stop them ! they're crazy ! and the supporters love it !

[tdavies456]

thats the french for you, they love a riot, if anything they're even worse in union, every fucker just flies in and lets 'em go, fucking loonies lol

[macphersonleedsunite]

If Leeds Rhinos go there we will hammer the home time like 100-0. If there is the same number of people 5,000 plus the available Leeds Rhinos fans there will be like 6,000-6,500 with 1,000-1,500 Leeds Rhinos fans.

[hitcho32]

bouffon

[lapalad]

That would've saved the country money on sleeping pills,fancy 1/3 of the country bored shitless all at the same time zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[jesus393993844844444]

HAIL HITLER!!! HAHAHAHA