Re: Wolves Under 19s v Salford - Wednesday 6pm at Crosfields : Thu May 28, 2015 6:28 pm  

headhunter wrote:

Yeah, they're all strong prospects, Goudemand and Fabien Jullien were part of the France U18s team that beat England Academy last week.

Why aren't Catalans snapping these lads?

[Winslade's Offload]

Re: Wolves Under 19s v Salford - Wednesday 6pm at Crosfields : Thu May 28, 2015 7:00 pm  

nico wrote:

Why aren't Catalans snapping these lads?

I suspect mainly because the kids need to be tested in a more competitive environment. So I think Benjamin Jullien has been playing rugby in Oz, and of course we took Jouffret from Catalans last year in our own U19's. This year Catalans have only just really got their U19's team playing competitively in the UK ( although they did organise a mini tournament against Wigan and Leeds last year) and are playing friendlies against several of the SL clubs this year. I guess they will enter a full team next year.

With the news about Toulouse trying to enter SL / Championship plus all these new kids, it looks as though French rugby is really starting to take off. Hopefully Catalans will at some point start to ditch their Aussie imports and field their own home grown players, and in future France v England could be a much tougher game than in the past. That has to be good news for the game in general.

Re: Wolves Under 19s v Salford - Wednesday 6pm at Crosfields : Thu May 28, 2015 7:01 pm  

nico wrote:

Why aren't Catalans snapping these lads?

Most of these players are from the Avignon region, which is about 3 hours away from Perpignan, and they've been training/playing first-team in the French league which is a better standard than Catalan juniors. Catalans already have 11 of the France U18s squad under contract, they can't sign every player in France.

Re: Wolves Under 19s v Salford - Wednesday 6pm at Crosfields : Thu May 28, 2015 10:43 pm  

Match Report: http://warringtonwolves.com/young-lads- ... lford-8018

Match Report: http://warringtonwolves.com/young-lads- ... lford-8018

[Winslade's Offload]

Re: Wolves Under 19s v Salford - Wednesday 6pm at Crosfields : Fri May 29, 2015 4:44 pm  

According to the Avignon twitter account, their five young players are all looking for professional contracts over here. So as we are hosting them I assume we will get first pick if they impress. I wonder what the odds are of us signing the two Jullien brothers ?