Young French players get chance at Melbourne Storm training camp

James Gordon

Young French players Baptiste Fabre (Albi) and Cesar Rouge (Limoux) will fly to Melbourne to participate in a training camp with the Storm.

Former French Elite coach Laurent Garnier works for the Storm, and the young French players will be hoping to earn a deal and get the chance to play in Australia.

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Elite 1 Championship

Two games were cancelled due to bad weather in the south west of France – Villeneuve against Lezignan and Albi’s game with Palau.

Carcassonne got revenge on St Esteve in a repeat of last season’s Grand Final. Garry Lo and Tony Pellow scored a hat-trick apiece as Carcassonne won 38-30, to reverse the defeat they suffered in the Magic Weekend opener last month.

Avignon’s strong start to the season continued as they thumped Toulouse, who suffer another heavy loss.

Limoux made it five straight wins with a 50-12 victory over St Gaudens.

Saturday 14 December 2019
VILLENEUVE XIII RL Reporté
Détails
FC LEZIGNAN XIII
ST ESTEVE XIII CATALAN 30 – 38
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CARCASSONNE XIII
ALBI RUGBY LEAGUE Reporté
Détails
PALAU XIII
Sunday 15 December 2019
TOULOUSE OLYMPIQUE 10 – 56
Détails
SO AVIGNON XIII
XIII LIMOUXIN 50 – 12
Détails
RC ST GAUDENS XIII

Elite 2 Cup

VARL and Carpentras progressed in the cup competition past Lyon and Toulon respectively.

Entraigues pulled clear late on to beat Salon, after they were locked at 14-all with 10 minutes to go.

The other quarter-final between Villefranche and Ille was off.

Saturday 14 December 2019
VILLEFRANCHE XIII Reporté PIA XIII
LYON-VILLEURBANNE XIII 8 – 44 VILLEGAILHENC XIII
Sunday 15 December 2019
CARPENTRAS XIII 42 – 12 TOULON XIII
ENTRAIGUES XIII 24 – 14 SALON XIII