French Rugby article - Worsley comments

[Neils]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-9343691/amp/French-club-rugby-gold-standard-offer-lessons-English-game.html?__twitter_impression=true

[Bloke in North Dorset]

Thanks, an interesting read between the DoS attacks that are the MoL site

For an article praising French rugby there was an awful lot from Brit coaches talking about Brit players going over there. A bit of lazy reporting giving a false impression?

This bit made me thin:

Abendanon insisted that it is not all ‘sunshine and rainbows’ in French rugby. Problems remain. The system is not perfect. The national team are still not given the same time with their players as England’s coaches have – or anything like the central control that exists in Ireland or New Zealand.

Perhaps not having so much time with international coaches is a good thing looking at what's happened here?

[hookender]

Seems the one big difference is the premiership P shares that has divided our leagues into a them and us situation. This plus the rfu funding because of the England players rule, means it will always be a struggle to get a second division functioning properly.

[hookender]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/english-system-stifles-joyous-scenes-like-giant-slaying-of-saracens-by-cornish-pirates-96xk8zh0r?shareToken=95b255cbe50b5ce807c86cbcd930f633