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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bernard" data-source="post: 251679"><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Mar 16 2009, 05:08 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=384988" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div>Yep u are right . In your sentence , you bring a beginning of explanation . We are always delayed about that sort of things in France . British have found an agreement to not play during the 6N but frenchies no . Maybe next year.... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> When english were in a championship with 16 teams , we were at 20 , when we were at 16 , they were already at 12 ...it seems that we are improving this year  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> ...But the fact is that it is always 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 matches more to play each season ..and maybe it counts a little bit in the fact that you miss this little energy to be more clever to win some semi-finals of world cup  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes    :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />   ..smoking theory certainly sir ! My point is that we built our rugby tradition differently than british . it has always been a fight between clubs and federation in the past . Some great players have never played in The french team because of little fight between the player's club and the federation . I think British are making more conscensus than french and maybe english team is more important in england than french team in France . in Football we could say it the other way  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Obviously there is a lot more reasons and differences but it depends closely from this first point ....Maybe our latin nature makes us hard to be able to compromise  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> Rugby in France has more a fighting meaning , it was a fight between villages or town so fight of low social level population...as In England it came more from universities , educated people , high social level population...we have been excluded several times from the tournament because of our quite "violent" rugby   <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> ...in France , rugby is not a sport of gentlemen lol !For example , England team can call its players for some training even outside the 6N or other competition . In France , it does not happen , Clubs let go players only for matches (and obviously a training before ) ...And i think it comes from this french tradition .  i would say that all of that bring some difficulties in the internal life of the french rugby and make it very frustrating sometimes and charming some over times !</blockquote>

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