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Toulon... wtf
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<blockquote data-quote="gaston le gaff" data-source="post: 650919" data-attributes="member: 61265"><p>This is all in agreement, young players are coming through the academies and leaving around 22/ 23 not many will get regular games in the TOP 14 for obvious reasons, but i have always said that a loan situation should happen between the 2 top divisions, this to my great joy is starting to happen, the players stay attached to the TOP 14 teams but the Pro D2 picks up the wage bills normally the time is 1/2 seasons, this gives the youngsters the game time which they would not get in the TOP 14 and also the great experience which is needed before you step up into the Elite....playing Espoirs week in week does not give you that expirience which is necessary for the Elite divisions. This gives you an all round better player than if he stayed with his TOP14 team. The players aged 22/23 are far and few who make it without this sort of experience, and believe you me the Pro D2 is a tough leaugue to operate in, far tougher than the TOP 14 but the quality and speed are not the same, (ask Tony after he experiences it a bit at BO.) so if groups of teams were to get together eg (Montpellier Narbonne, Beziers Carcassone this could happen very easily as they are all in the same areas and the youngsters would be always within reasonable disatance of their families, which is also important</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gaston le gaff, post: 650919, member: 61265"] This is all in agreement, young players are coming through the academies and leaving around 22/ 23 not many will get regular games in the TOP 14 for obvious reasons, but i have always said that a loan situation should happen between the 2 top divisions, this to my great joy is starting to happen, the players stay attached to the TOP 14 teams but the Pro D2 picks up the wage bills normally the time is 1/2 seasons, this gives the youngsters the game time which they would not get in the TOP 14 and also the great experience which is needed before you step up into the Elite....playing Espoirs week in week does not give you that expirience which is necessary for the Elite divisions. This gives you an all round better player than if he stayed with his TOP14 team. The players aged 22/23 are far and few who make it without this sort of experience, and believe you me the Pro D2 is a tough leaugue to operate in, far tougher than the TOP 14 but the quality and speed are not the same, (ask Tony after he experiences it a bit at BO.) so if groups of teams were to get together eg (Montpellier Narbonne, Beziers Carcassone this could happen very easily as they are all in the same areas and the youngsters would be always within reasonable disatance of their families, which is also important [/QUOTE]
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