Re: Toulouse : Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:10 pm  

The club statement says they offered to play the games in reverse. Given Toulouse claim they had already chartered a plane for Broncos, I don't see why they wouldn't have agreed.

However I agree with Toulouse its a bit late in the day. Hughes should have told them when the p/t nonsense was raised that not level playing field & not going even without covid being an issue which of course it is.

Re: Toulouse : Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:22 pm  

wantawin wrote:

I fully support the club on this decision with the way covid is spreading in France. The top brass at the RFL do not have a clue.

Absolutely staggering. As much as I and several others have been bagging the club lately, this is on a different level. A truly mind boggling decision by the RFL.

Re: Toulouse : Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:57 pm  

I wonder if the RFL asked the London players how they felt about traveling to Toulouse for this game.
I would guess not!

Re: Toulouse : Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:54 pm  

Interesting Super League players taking to social media, saying how wrong the decision is!

Re: Toulouse : Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:10 pm  

Anyone seen Northernbloke?

Re: Toulouse : Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:14 pm  

I expect he has buried his head in the sand.

Re: Toulouse : Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:14 pm  

Well, points for no game, well if they miss out on promotion, I'll raise a glass and smirk!

Re: Toulouse : Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:27 pm  

atomic wrote:

Bernard SARRAZAIN

The President of Toulouse Olympique XIII Bernard SARRAZAIN
{Snip}I salute the firmness of the RFL, whose decision does not open the door to this type of drift. "

How very un-french. They were so welcoming before...well at least twice....maybe it's because we're not German?.

Re: Toulouse : Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:47 am  

If the club was doing this on safety grounds I'd be backing them 100% but they're not. Nowhere in the statement does it say this is because travelling to France is unsafe. They've stamped their feet, screamed "it's not fair", and refused to play a game. The RFL have no option but to award Toulouse the points. SL should have done the same when Leeds and St Helens refused to travel to Catalans last year, but Elstone was too weak to take on two of the biggest clubs in the game.

The much bigger question is what happens when Toulouse win all their away games but are denied promotion because no-one travelled to France and they were unable to meet the 70% threshold. This has got disaster written all over it.

Re: Toulouse : Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:25 am  

If the Broncos game is not counted as a game & if nobody else goes (not counted as games), would they just need to complete 70% of their away games to meet that particular criteria?