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INDEPENDENT media services from Perpignan. English voices for Rugby League and tourism in the far south of France. Jeux sans frontières...
Les Albères, French Catalonia
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"No sky in all France is more blue than that of Collioure.”
Henri Matisse
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It's gone nuts... incredible scenes here at Stade Ernest Wallon. Toulouse 22 St Helens 20 final score.
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French Rugby League club Carcassonne have applied to join
@TheRFL
's League One from 2026 onwards.
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Leeds-born, honed in Wigan, fine-tuned in France, Irish blood, English heart (of a lion!) Can we have a big hand for Catalans Dragons' Player of the Year and Players' Player, Michael McIlorum. Chapeau Mick... ❤💛🔥🐉🏆⭐
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I don't do politics on here, there's no point, but I have to pay due respect to the leader of a nation whose clarity of message is so pure. This isn't political, it's critical.
French President Emmanuel Macron today...
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Ex
@nrl
@PenrithPanthers
star James Maloney: "French is a bit of a challenge, my wife and I went to the pharmacy to pick up a cold/flu remedy and I think we ended up with a packet of condoms, which is a bit late for us with four kids."
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The loneliest guy in Rugby League tonight... the one and only
@hullkrofficial
supporter in Perpignan... he's travelled from Portugal for this!
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The next person who asks me what French teams bring to
@SuperLeague
...THE NEXT PERSON 😤
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Here comes the fun... the last three planeloads from Perpignan are on their way, bringing a little sunshine to Old Trafford. Understand there will be 4k-plus Frenchies at the Grand Final today and quite a few more non-Frenchies backing Les Dracs.
❤️💛🐉☀️🥳
Ils arrivent 🛫
Les 3 derniers avions affrétés par le club sont en chemin vers Manchester
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If you don't love Rugby League, what's wrong with you?
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You have got to be kidding me !
That’s the best I’ve seen.
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Pinched this picture from
@DragonsOfficiel
... an incredible image from Anfield of a young
@WiganWarriorsRL
fan with Tony Gigot at
@SuperLeague
Magic Weekend ❤💛
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Great to see everybody's favourite Wigan fan Connah Campbell becoming a poster boy for the
@NRL
. If only we all enjoyed Rugby League as much as Connor does ❤💛😎👍
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I repeat... I cannot remember our game looking better than this on national television. Absolute class, top half-time punditry with THAT background. It's epic, game on.
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Cracking crowd at Elland Road. I've said it all my life... Rugby League is stronger than you think.
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The old lady of Rugby League... disrespected, sold out 😔
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Been around for a long time in Rugby League and I've seen a lot of milestones but what the
@NRL
is doing tonight in Las Vegas makes me so proud of my sport.
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Shot of the weekend pour moi, reppin' Palau Broncos, Catalans and French Rugby League in Vegas, my mate Loan and the Palau Massif... roll dem dice boys for the Treizistes!!
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Limoux Grizzlies, Rugby League champions of France 2023.
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It's on... Perpignan's Mayor approves a €15 million grant to transform Stade Gilbert Brutus.
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#Perpignan
: nouvelle pelouse à Aimé-Giral, construction d'une tribune à Gilbert-Brutus... ces projets pour 2024
#Politique
#rugby
@DragonsOfficiel
@usap_officiel
via
@lindependant
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What a wonderful idea... a
@SuperLeague
Grand Final en France.
@MartynSadler
in
@leagueexpress
.
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Rugby League in France was banned and its assets seized during WW2.
The ban in schools was only lifted in 2012.
Tomorrow, four universities from Toulouse, Lyon, Avignon and Marseille will hold a Rugby League tournament followed by an evening of fraternity.
We fight on.
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Watching wheelchair Rugby League live on the BBC I can't help feeling this is a pivotal moment for our game, for sport, and for life in general.
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Fantastic initiative from the French Rugby League... they have called off all fixtures on 18th May 2019 to enable all players and supporters to attend the historic
@DragonsOfficiel
v
@WiganWarriorsRL
@SuperLeague
clash at
@FCBarcelona
#CampNou2019
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Forget all those cheeky "Fatty" Smith comments, the former
@Saints1890
and
@WiganWarriorsRL
scrum-half has just beaten all of his team-mates in the dreaded pre-season bleep test! Allez Matty 💪💪❤💛🐉🏆⭐
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More great news for European Rugby League this morning, I'm hearing that the fabulous city of Nice has returned to Rugby League with a new club launched into the
@FFRXIII
Federal Division this season.
Cote d'Azur Treizistes... fantastique!
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IT'S OFFICIAL... tonight's
@SuperLeague
semi-final in Perpignan is a sell-out. The signs are up... COMPLET!
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Don't want to put you off your breakfast but here's the latest on the Ben Garcia ear-watch.
It came off again last night during the Huddersfield game but it's been reattached at Perpignan Hospital and is still there this morning.
How tough are Rugby League players?
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Fair play Wire... great turnout at the HJ, buildup reminds me of Friday nights at Mr Smith’s.
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Did I just see Jodie Cunningham, Kate Middleton and Emily Rudge having a chat.
At a Rugby League game.
In the rain.
In Wigan?
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Catalans Dragons President Bernard Guasch says ticket sales for the Nou Camp game are heading towards 30,000 ...BEFORE Barcelona FC start to market them ❤💛
#SuperLeague
Bernard Guasch (
@DragonsOfficiel
) : "Franchir la barre des 30 000 places" vendues pour le match au
#CampNou
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Just in case Gus Gould and his fellow
@NRL
cavemen are having a sleepless night about us plague-hit europeans, please don't worry, we're double-jabbed and triple-chipped 🍕🍟😋😋. Bon soir... et bon weekend tout le monde!
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Catalans have already filled three aeroplanes and sold over a thousand tickets for the
@SuperLeague
Grand Final (and it's not even lunch time).
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À cinq jours de la finale de Super League au stade d'Old Trafford de Manchester, le club des Dragons Catalans a déjà vendu plus de 1.000 billets. Les trois avions affrétés spécialement pour les supporters au départ de Perpignan sont complets.
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Who'd be a coach? THE most thankless job in the game. Anybody who suggests Darryl Powell hasn't given everything he has to this sport hasn't got a clue. Bringing the game into disrepute? Not a chance. I wish others had such passion for Rugby League.
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Hats off T! ...momentum growing down here to have St Helens scrum-half Theo Fages named French Sportsman Of The Year 2020. Chapeau mon brave!
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@Saints1890
@SuperLeague
Trophée des sports - Sportif de l'année 2020 (Pyrénées-Orientales) : Théo Fages au milieu des plus grands via
@lindependant
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To all the prophets of doom and gloom for the greatest game... you're miles off. To the players and the supporters and the backers and the believers... keep on keeping on ❤💛
@SuperLeague
@RFL
@NRL
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It's a mad little whirlwind of selfish small-mindedness that sees an historic club from the fourth largest city in France reach the zenith of a successful ten year business plan, and then get chucked out on its ear in just over six months.
That's more Stupid than Super.
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For the first time ever, all Catalans Dragons'
@SuperLeague
fixtures home and away will be broadcast live and free to view online all over France by
@lequipe
in 2024.
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Rugby à XIII : L'Equipe live diffusera également les 27 rencontres des
@DragonsOfficiel
en 2024 en
@SuperLeague
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If you love Rugby League, doesn't matter where you're from, this is what it's all about... ❤💛😎👍
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Limoux's not a big town and it was bursting at the seams last night when the new French Rugby League champions returned for a party that probably hasn't finished by now.
Pictures by the Mairie of Limoux.
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Limoux Grizzlies, Rugby League champions of France 2023.
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Fourth aeroplane added to the chartered fleet for Catalans Dragons supporters heading to Old Trafford.
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✈ Un 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲̀𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗻 supporters a été affrété par le club pour aller à Old Trafford.
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Photograph of the year right here. John Bateman's last look at the DW Stadium last night. And taken by a humble scribbler... Bravo
@PWilkinsonWIG
of the Wigan Observer 👏👏👏
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What a great picture of
@wolvesrl
full-back Stefan Ratchford chatting with a young Catalans Dragons supporter on Saturday ❤💛😎👌
@SuperLeague
#NouBeginnings
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Smallest budget, biggest heart, allez les Diables Rouges!
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It's a tale of two cities!
Toulouse v London in the Rugby League championship Grand Final... if that doesn't give you a shuddering thrill of potential, try another sport.
BELIEVE in our game.
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@TOXIII
@LondonBroncosRL
@SuperLeague
@TheRFL
@IntRL
@IMG
@VisitToulouse
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Just had it confirmed... official attendance at yesterday's
@FFRXIII
Grand Final in Narbonne between Carcassonne and Limoux was 8,221.
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Jackson Hastings is doing more to promote Super League than all the game's chiefs put together. And the best thing of all is it comes naturally to him, he's enjoying it. Brilliant, brilliant signing for Salford - and for our sport ❤💛😎👍 Allez Jacko!
Promised my man I’d come play him in Fifa, Man of my word. And yes that’s right I got the W! 🙌🏼 3 - 2 thanks
@LFC
and thanks Cael
@Andyjc7
for the hospitality. I’ll be back for the rematch 😜
#SquadBuilder
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Hey
@PhilGould15
, Willie Mason, Gorden Taillis, Kylie Minogue and Dame Edna Everage... your guys just took one hell of a beating.
Allez
@Saints1890
, Allez
@SuperLeague
.
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Hey up Yorkshire... New direct
@Ryanair
flights from Leeds Bradford to Perpignan starting next June.... great news for your trip to Perps!
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When a 7-yr-old English boy takes extra lessons to learn how to cheer his favourite team in French (and write a good luck card for the players) he deserves the love and support of the entire Rugby League family.
Allez Steeley!
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OFFICIAL APPEAL... Would any English supporter who has enjoyed the hospitality here at Stade Gilbert Brutus in the past please consider wearing the blood and gold at Old Trafford next week? Your support would be massively appreciated. Go on, be Catalan For A Day.
❤💛🐉
.
@DragonsOfficiel
, you're going to Old Trafford 🐲
Back the Dragons in the East stand at the
#GrandFinal
👇
#SuperLeague
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Ground-breaking moment... if C4 can do for Rugby League what it did for cricket and F1 this is the best news we've had for decades. Please come to France.
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Hungry for some Rugby League? Come and have a lobster at Stade Gilbert Brutus ❤💛🐉🏆⭐ Building up nicely here in Perpignan
@DragonsOfficiel
v
@Giantsrl
@SuperLeague
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If you don't understand why London Broncos v Catalans Dragons is a good thing, I will never understand you.
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Getting flooded with questions about lack of tv and radio coverage of today's games in France.
Two games with huge influence at the top and bottom of
@SuperLeague
and it's like they have fallen into a broadcast Black Hole.
Madness 🙃
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Top shelf goods.... the Nou Camp gear is unveiled in the Catalans club shop this morning
@DragonsOfficiel
v
@WiganWarriorsRL
@SuperLeague
@FCBarcelona
18th May ❤💛🐉🏆⭐
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Sad news from Perpignan. Catalans Dragons' number one supporter and a massive hero of ours, Robert Mourgues, has passed away after a short illness.
Our deepest sympathies and sincere condolences to his family.
It won't be the same without him 😥😥
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I grew up watching Kangaroos against the Lions and Wally Lewis, Brett Kenny, Mal Meninga and Garry Jack were like Green And Gold gods to me. What will this generation of Aussie players be remembered for? Wimps who couldn't stand up to the
@NRL
's greedy and arrogant leaders?
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IT'S OFFICIAL... It's Coming Home.
The Rugby League World Cup 2025 will take place in France after receiving formal government approval.
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Reasons to be cheerful... this is going to be very, very special in so many ways for our game.
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@9_Moley
Catalans took a huge risk on giving Israel a second chance, losing sponsors and revenue, it's only right that they recoup some of those losses. Especially after they allow him to go home for family reasons and the next thing he turns up on TV wearing another club's shirt.
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No curfew tonight in Collioure... happy Christmas everyone from Mr and Mrs Catalan Media🎅🤶
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Catalans Dragons President Bernard Guasch will show off the Challenge Cup to supporters at the Barcelona v Girona soccer match on September 23. Allez les Dracs ❤💛🔥🐉🏆
#Catalanscomingtogether
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Catalans Dragons didn't win at Old Trafford but they won the weekend.
The atmosphere in+around the Grand Final, the bond that French supporters now have with fans in the UK is a landmark moment for
@SuperLeague
's youngest club.
They won so many people over. It was a big win.
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Ce n'était évidemment pas le résultat espéré mais je reste fier de la saison, de mon équipe et de mon club. Merci à tous!
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If you want to know what the essence of Rugby League is, the mental and physical toughness, the fierce resolve, the refusal to accept overwhelming odds, just look at Dom Manfredi's performance for
@WiganWarriorsRL
tonight 👏👏👏👏
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Two and a half hours to kick-off on an historic night when Catalans Dragons lift the League Leaders' Shield and not a Tweet today from
@SuperLeague
or
@TheRFL
to mention it. Something for the all-English Strategic Working Party to think about, non?
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Remember this loyal supporter... Colin Riley who was the only
@hullkrofficial
fan in Perpignan this time last year... well he's back this week for the
@SuperLeague
semi-final. Bravo Colin!
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The loneliest guy in Rugby League tonight... the one and only
@hullkrofficial
supporter in Perpignan... he's travelled from Portugal for this!
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Regular followers (those who haven't left or blocked me) know I like to rattle cages back in the UK with wind-up pictures of sunny beaches and incredible sunsets over Canigou and Collioure.
Here's another after a lunchtime trip to our local Carrefour Express.
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@derek_beaumont
Mate, arguing with you would be like playing chess with a pigeon.
I'd make carefully considered moves while you'd strut around the board knocking pieces over, shitting everywhere and claiming you've won.
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BREAKING... Catalan Media can exclusively reveal that the the new chairman of International Rugby League Troy Grant and
@FFRXIII
President Luc Lacoste are lobbying the French Government to hold the 2025 World Cup in France.
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"We need to play more Rugby League on television in France..."
Trent Robinson knows.
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Who knew Rugby League could do this to you... in bits here in the south of France. Simply beautiful.
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Of all the wonderful things the Grand Final has thrown up, the emotion, the agony, the ecstasy, this picture makes me the happiest. Perhaps the best bunch of wingers you'll ever see together ❤💛
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Just wading through last night's events and a line from Steve McNamara struck me... "This club provides something special, these nights in the south of France are rare and unique, it's everyone's favourite away trip. It's a great event and win or lose everyone leaves happy."
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We asked some
@hullfcofficial
supporters here in Toulouse the big
@SuperLeague
question of le moment...
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The legacy goes on... Catalans Dragons have been invited to appear on BBC TV's Sports Personality of the Year Award... ❤💛🐉🏆⭐ Allez les Dracs
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Fantastic send-off yesterday for Vinnie Anderson who played his last game of RL at Villegailhenc in France's Elite 2.
The 44-yr-old Kiwi international has retired after a great career at St Helens, Warrington, Salford, NZ Warriors and Carcassonne.
Bravo Vinnie!
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Spent half of our lives living in Wigan supporting Wigan, and the second half (hopefully🤞🤞) living near Perpignan supporting Catalans.
We thought Nou Camp 2019 was strange but next week at Old Trafford is going to be even stranger...
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At the coldest time of the year, there is still something heartwarming about these castle walls.
Bonjour from the Rugby League-loving Cité de Carcassonne.
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That was a great advert for Rugby League tonight on
@SkySportsRL
.
Great game, great crowd at a great venue. It's the future... the feelgood factor is back!
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Mate of mine down under just texted: "What language is Jack Welsby speaking?" 😂😂😂
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"Over 40 towns, villages and cities all over France will host games in the 2025 World Cup..."
Live from the RLWC Press conference.
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Just emerging from an incredible pile of reports and recaps but I have to pause and raise a big chapeau to
@WiganWarriorsRL
fans who were brilliant at the Brutus last night and on great form in the streets of Perpignan 🥳🍒
Such a classy club. Bravo Les Cerises et blancs!
❤️💛
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Tony Smith made a beeline for him before kick-off, thanked him for his support and had a good chat. Top bloke Smithy.
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This is for anybody still undecided about admitting Carcassonne to the English Rugby League structure...
❤️💛
[✨À (re)découvrir] Notre belle Cité de Carcassonne de nuit…. Un spectacle qui rend l'ambiance de la Cité Médiévale encore plus mystique 😍
#VoyageOccitanie
🚂 Préférez le train ! Un voyage en mode slow et à prix tout doux avec le Pass
#OccitanieRailTour
!
#OccitanieDurable
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