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<blockquote data-quote="FrenchFan" data-source="post: 669035" data-attributes="member: 70871">It&#039;s down to their president and the business and sporting modele he is following. They probably have had the 2nd best academy in the country for a while. We have the budget to go the Toulon way but Bouscatel is not Boudjelal and he won&#039;t allow the club to follow Toulon&#039;s way. We have a different model of 1/3 academy 1/3 foreign 1/3 internationals which has worked brilliantly but this is under threat more than ever with the stupidity of the agreement btw the clubs and FFR (the 30 Elite group I&#039;ve been ranting about). It&#039;s forced Toulouse to go after a foreign star where they might have gone for a French player a few years ago in order to circumvent the effect of the agreement. This agreement is already impacting on the Top 14, did you find actual comments from a coach or a player that said it was good? i have not. If it is not rescinded after the WC it will increase the influx of foreigners in our league. But the biggest irony is it will backfire on the national side in the end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrenchFan, post: 669035, member: 70871"] It's down to their president and the business and sporting modele he is following. They probably have had the 2nd best academy in the country for a while. We have the budget to go the Toulon way but Bouscatel is not Boudjelal and he won't allow the club to follow Toulon's way. We have a different model of 1/3 academy 1/3 foreign 1/3 internationals which has worked brilliantly but this is under threat more than ever with the stupidity of the agreement btw the clubs and FFR (the 30 Elite group I've been ranting about). It's forced Toulouse to go after a foreign star where they might have gone for a French player a few years ago in order to circumvent the effect of the agreement. This agreement is already impacting on the Top 14, did you find actual comments from a coach or a player that said it was good? i have not. If it is not rescinded after the WC it will increase the influx of foreigners in our league. But the biggest irony is it will backfire on the national side in the end. [/QUOTE]

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