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<blockquote data-quote="FrenchFan" data-source="post: 654880" data-attributes="member: 70871"><p>but their importance is only very relative. </p><p></p><p>The media are telling you otherwise and you're buying it. The media circus around the national team is orchestrated by the FFR goons. They have Media relation officer paid to sell their BS in order to sell the game and support FFR.In real fact FFR does very little to promote the game inside the country, never mind outside. It's all left to the clubs to do it.</p><p></p><p>Toulon winning back to back Heineken Cups do far more to promote the game.</p><p></p><p>Toulouse and Clermont playing a game in Hong Kong last year has had far more impact to promote French rugby abroad and attract potential investors from Asia than anything the national side has done.</p><p>The WC only comes back every 4 years. The 6N accounts for a mere 5 games. That's 8 games in total if we scrap the June tests which we should.</p><p></p><p>You cannot seriously argue that our entire domestic league should be organised to suit those 8 games. That is the DAFEST thing I've ever heard. </p><p></p><p>None of the Top 14 clubs that I know of have agreed to nor signed the 30 Elite Group scheme.</p><p></p><p>You've got to stop listening to the media BS in this country about the national side, it's just BLAHBLAH and FFR attempt to regain some control over the professional game as clubs slowly take over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrenchFan, post: 654880, member: 70871"] but their importance is only very relative. The media are telling you otherwise and you're buying it. The media circus around the national team is orchestrated by the FFR goons. They have Media relation officer paid to sell their BS in order to sell the game and support FFR.In real fact FFR does very little to promote the game inside the country, never mind outside. It's all left to the clubs to do it. Toulon winning back to back Heineken Cups do far more to promote the game. Toulouse and Clermont playing a game in Hong Kong last year has had far more impact to promote French rugby abroad and attract potential investors from Asia than anything the national side has done. The WC only comes back every 4 years. The 6N accounts for a mere 5 games. That's 8 games in total if we scrap the June tests which we should. You cannot seriously argue that our entire domestic league should be organised to suit those 8 games. That is the DAFEST thing I've ever heard. None of the Top 14 clubs that I know of have agreed to nor signed the 30 Elite Group scheme. You've got to stop listening to the media BS in this country about the national side, it's just BLAHBLAH and FFR attempt to regain some control over the professional game as clubs slowly take over. [/QUOTE]
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