Stade Francais Bankrupcy

[daz]

There is further issues at hand a well, the fact the Stade France is largely the representative team for Paris and Northern France won't go unignored when they consider relegating the team.. It would be like relegating NSW for Adelaide...

And the concern is...?

Sorry, sorry...couldn't help myself. As you were, gentlemen...

 

[Tahfan]

Here is the current squad:

Laurent Sempéré Hooker France
Dimitri Szarzewski Hooker France
Rémi Bonfils Hooker France
Aled de Malmanche Hooker New Zealand
David Attoub Prop France
Olivier Milloud Prop France
Rayno Gerber Prop South Africa
Francisco Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro Prop Argentina
Stan Wright Prop Cook Islands
Rodrigo Roncero Prop Argentina
Rabah Slimani Prop France
Zura Zhvania Prop Georgia
Julien Turini Prop France
Alexandre Flanquart Lock France
Scott LaValla Lock United States
Tom Palmer Lock England
Pascal Papé Lock France
Antoine Burban Flanker France
Lei Tomiki Flanker Fiji
David Lyons Flanker Australia
Arthur Chollon Flanker France
Sergio Parisse (c) Number 8 Italy
Pierre Rabadan Number 8 France

Julien Dupuy Scrum-half France
Byron Kelleher Scrum-half New Zealand
Jérôme Fillol Scrum-half France
Aristide Barraud Fly-half France
Paul Warwick Fly-half Australia
Felipe Contepomi Fly-half Argentina
Jules Plisson Fly-half France
Mathieu Bastareaud Centre France
Morgan Turinui Centre Australia
Brian Liebenberg Centre France
Gonzalo Tiesi Centre Argentina
Quentin Valancon Centre France
Julien Arias Wing France
Djibril Camara Wing France
Francis Fainifo Wing Australia
Vilive Namosolo Aria Wing Fiji
Paul Sackey Wing England
Alexander Rokobaro Fullback Fiji
Hugo Bonneval Fullback France
Martín Rodríguez Fullback Argentina
Paul Williams Fullback Samoa

and here is the problem! 44 players and 22 non french! no wonder they need mega rich benefactors and the French national team is struggling. The reason Warwick is there as an example is he was made an offer Munster could not match, same with Contepomi & Leinster.

The only reason all the best Irish players are not there are the tax benefits in place to keep them in Ireland.

The French have been offering stupid money for too long now and having 2 and a half squads has become all the rage as they "rest" players for away legs in Heineken Cup (Toulouse are one of the exceptions to this general rule)

 

[centreman]

The large squads in the NH are needed as they play 30 or more games in a season. Also teams lose players during the 6 Nations but the domestic competitions continue.
Next season a lot of clubs will also be looking for additional cover during the World Cup as again their competitions will still be running in September/October.
Makes our proposed limit of a squad of 30 look pretty paltry.

 

[TOCC]

as expected, a benafactor was found and Stade Francais have avoided relegation, a few of there recruits for next season had there contracts cancelled but there were no mass cullings

 

[Nusadan]

Which recruits in question, TOCC, do you know?

 

[TOCC]

ahh i read the list earlier today, cant remember where, il try and find it.. it was only 3 or 4 players though