[John_D]

Domestic off-season news : Tue May 26, 2009 3:24 pm  

Dean Bosnich has quit Pia and is off back home. Benoit Albert takes over as coach and Neale Wyatt has signed on for two more years.

Lyon have taken the drop down to Élite 2, as expected. No word on bringing another side in to replace them. I doubt there's a club strong enough to stomach it.

: Wed May 27, 2009 10:30 pm  

and apparently Seb Martins has re-signed with Dragons

: Fri May 29, 2009 8:15 am  

So 10 teams next year? Or 11 if TO come back ...

[John_D]

: Fri May 29, 2009 6:23 pm  

belgianxiii wrote:

So 10 teams next year? Or 11 if TO come back ...

It's down to nine at present.

: Fri May 29, 2009 7:24 pm  

John_D wrote:

It's down to nine at present.

Must .. learn ... to .... count.
10 teams with TO should be okay.

[John_D]

: Fri May 29, 2009 10:00 pm  

belgianxiii wrote:

Must .. learn ... to .... count.
10 teams with TO should be okay.

Not sure what TO's plans are in regard to this. I shall endeavour to find out.

: Fri May 29, 2009 10:02 pm  

phil4.13 wrote:

and apparently Seb Martins has re-signed with Dragons

and Una Lamelagi to Pia from Villeneuve

[John_D]

: Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:00 am  

James Wynne steps down as FCL coach, but will continue as a player and captain. Aurélien Cologni is the new player/coach with Chris Beattie his assisstant.
I suppose Wynne figures that after two successive championships in his first two years, he can't really top that.

: Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:27 pm  

TO looks unlikely to put up a team. They are trying to have a deal with St Gaudens for them to act as reserve (but without being a "reserve"...).

: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:20 am  

lpage wrote:

TO looks unlikely to put up a team. They are trying to have a deal with St Gaudens for them to act as reserve (but without being a "reserve"...).

Not a bad first step for them and a way to save a team in trouble. Ideally they would have their own team in the LER, but possibly this cannot be done while they are in the Championship.