NRLandSL

Honourable Mentions

Updated this list a bit, thought I’d post on this thread why not. FB- 1-Arthur Mourge 2-Morgan Escare 3-Robin Brochon 4-Baptiste Fabre 5-Thomas Lasvens HM-Tony Maurel, Pierre Monteil, Quinten Crunel, Christopher Hellec, Alan Baby, Bruno Castany WG- 1-Fouad Yaha 2-Tanguy Zenon 3-Paul Marcon 4-Benjamin Laguerre 5-Nittim Pedrero 6-Georgy Gambaro 7-Romain Franco 8-Ilias Bergal 9-Corentin Rey 10-Benoit Jasmin HM-Mathieu Pons, Elie Sastre, Alexis Escamilla, Baptiste Pourchi, Kylian Benavent, Jordan Flovie CE- 1-Arthur Romano 2-Matthieu Laguerre 3-Hakim Miloudi 4-Vincent Albert 5-Matthieu Jussaume 6-Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet 7-Louis Carre 8-Enzo Griffier 9-Pierre Jean-Lima 10-Hugo Pezet HM-Maxime Grosson, Thibault Marty, Paul Marty, Adrien Salies, Clement Martin, Thomas Ambert HA- 1-Theo Fages 2-Cesar Rougé 3-Louis Jouffret 4-Thomas Lacans 5-Clement Herrero 6-Tony Gigot 7-Lucas Albert 8-Allan Torreilles 9-Mathis Dall’asta 10-Maxime Rostang HM-Alexis Alberola, Julien Laporte, Joan Guasch PR- 1-Julian Bousquet 2-Romain Navarette 3-Justin Sangaré 4-Jordan Dezaria 5-Gadwin Springer 6-Lambert Belmas 7-Hugo Salabio 8-Mattthieu Cozza 9-Dimitri Biscarro 10-Tiaki Chan HM- Clement Boyer, Franck Maria, Mathias Leveille, Bastien Scimone, Axel Rodrigues, Damel Diakhate HK- 1-Alrix Da Costa 2-Ugo Tison 3-Justin Bouscayrol 4-Eloi Pellesier 5-Valentin Fernandez HM-Yacine Ben Abdeslem, Mathieu Liauzun, Nolan Lopez-Buttignol, Lucas Ribas ?-Amir Bourouh SR- 1-Paul Seguier 2-Mickael Goudemand 3-Maxime Stefani 4-Yann Belmaaziz 5-Benjamin Jullien 6-Corentin Le Cam 7-Jayson Goffin 8-Walid Bouregba 9-Lucas Vergniol 10-Hnaloan Budden HM-Leo Llong, Luc Brocas, Tristan Dupuy, Leo Laurent, Audric Le Cam, Leandre Torres LK- 1-Benjamin Garcia 2-Anthony Marion 3-Loan Castano 4-Anthony Ors 5-Wail Skoundri HM-Jason Baitieri, Djibryl Dauliac, Louis Grossmey, Paolo Dall’asta

Yes, playing for St Esteve (Catalans Reserves). Seems to have put a bit of size and has being playing in the front row, he has looked fantastic the few times I watched him play. Still no signs of him getting called back into the first team yet though I think.

Didn’t know that, only watched him play a few times this year and he looked alright, definitely looks out of place at fullback though.

If you mean best 17, here’s mine. 1.Arthur Mourge 2.Fouad Yaha 3.Arthur Romano 4.Matthieu Laguerre 5.Zenon, Miloudi, Escaré 6.Theo Fages 7.Cesar Rougé 8.Romain Navarette 9.Alrix Da Costa 10.Julian Bousquet 11.Paul Seguier 12.Mickael Goudemand 13.Benjamin Garcia 14.Tison, Marion, Lacans 15.Justin Sangaré 16.Jordan Dezaria 17.Maxime Stefani Don’t know if Amir Borouh will play for France but he would a good player to have. Pretty strong 17, defenintly needs work in the outside backs but spine looks strong and middle looks very solid aswell. I highly doubt the England test will be anything like last year, I think France have a decent shot at this game. Still would be a miracle if they won but I think there’s a chance.

I wonder Broadbent is going to slot into the Hull KR 17. Also Castleford losing one of their best players. Seems a strange signing for both teams.

No Will Pryce, Worst coach of the year award goes to Adam O’Brein. Can’t wait till this bloke gets sacked, not long now.

@welshmagpie I believe I’m correct in saying you run HeCanPlayFor. Big fan of your work, wondering if there are any Welsh heritage players I am unaware of.

Yes definitely not many. The flags next to there names show were they were born and raised. In fact there’s only 13 Welsh born and raised players in the top 3 English leagues and 5 of them are from the 2011 crusaders team and close to retirement. Not great stuff. Though some of the youth does look exciting. Billy Walkely is only 20 years old and already has 9 tries in league 1 this season for keighley, he has heaps of potential and could go on to be a great player. Youngsters Coope-Franklin, Huish and Jenkins all born 2003+ have all been signed to L1 teams. Also from what I hear Charlie Glover is a serious talent, born in 2005, playing consistently in the front row for Salford reserves and already called up to the wales squad. He is a player who could debut in SL. Also a few other Welsh boys in the Salford Reserves and other SL academies.

I thought Josh Lynch was born in Colwyn Bay Wales but it says on the Warrington wesbsite he is born in Liverpool and raised in Preston so I’m not sure.

Yes I haven’t included Knowles and Harry Smith because they are nailed on England players. But I put Best and Frizell at the bottom because there’s a chance they could play for Wales.

My best Fiji 17- 1.Jahream Bula 2.Maika Sivo 3.Waqa Blake 4.Sunia Turuva 5.Miakele Ravalawa 6.Kevin Naiqama 7.Brandon Wakeham 8.Tui Kamikamica 9.Apisai Korisau 10.King Vuniyayawa 11.Viliame Kikau 12.Kitione Kautoga 13.Taane Milne 14.Kurt Donoghe 15.Ben Nakubuwai 16.Gordon Whippy 17.Caleb Navale

This is my wales best 17- 1.Owen Restall 2.Rhys Williams 3.Elliot Kear 4.Luis Roberts 5.Billy Walkely 6.Caleb Aekins 7.Josh Ralph 8.Gil Dudson 9.Matty Fozard 10.Sam Hughes 11.Chester Butler 12.Rhodri Lloyd 13.Connor Davies 14.Curtis Davies 15.Luke Thomas 16.Ben Evans 17.Harry Hayes

This time I’ve made a list of all the Welsh Rugby league players (Pro and semi-pro) in the world. Please let me know if there is anyone I have missed or any heritage players I am unaware of. NRL- Sam Hughes PR Canterbury Harry Hayes SR Canterbury SL- Luis Roberts CE/WG Leeds Josh Lynch WG Warrington Gil Dudson PR Salford Luke Thomas PR Warrington Championship- Max Clarke CE Barrow Elliot Kear FB Batley Chester Butler SR Bradford Owen Restall FB Dewsbury Curtis Davies HK Dewsbury Caleb Aekins FB Featherstone Connor Davies LK Halifax Rhys Williams WG Swinton Gavin Bennion PR Swinton Will Evans CE Whitehaven Matty Fozard HK Widnes Rhodri Lloyd SR Widnes Mike Butt WG/FB Widnes Ant Walker PR Widnes Bailey Antrobus SR York NSW/QLD CUP- Josh Ralph HB Dragons League 1- George Mitchell WG Cornwall Matt Ross LK Cornwall Harry Boots PR Cornwall David Weetman LK Cornwall Jake Lloyd LK Cornwall Jude Ferreira CE Hunslet Ben Sheils CE Hunslet Rhys Davies SR Hunslet Billy Walkely WG/FB Keighley Sam Bowring SR Midlands George Birch WG/CE Newcastle Ben Evans PR/LK North Wales Owain Abel FB North Wales Jamie Jenkins SR North Wales Craig Kopzack PR Oldham Joseph Coope-Franklin CE Rochdale Kyle Huish SR Rochdale A-Grade Australia- Lewis Hall CE Coffs Harbour Ryan Wescombe CE Burleigh Amateur British teams- Ieuan Badham PR South Wales Jets Ewan Badham PR South Wales Jets Elite 2- Kieran Lewis HK Lescure SL Reserves- Mason Phillips CE/SR Salford Finley Yates HK Salford Charlie Glover PR/LK Salford Alex Banks SR London Dylan Morgan WG London Dafydd Morgan HK London Huw Worthington PR London Academy- Jake Nottingham CE Warrington Kaden Johnson SR Warrington Junior Westwood HB Warrington Sam Grice SR Castleford Not sure where there playing- Jake Lee PR Ieuan Roberts PR Scott Pritchard SR/LK Lewis Pinder HB Jemarie Chatham WG Fraser Stroud HB Paddy Jones PR Will Odgers SR Calvin Wellington CE Lewis Hulme HK Sion Jones SR Ben Morris CE Lachlan Hughes SR ?- Tyson Frizell SR Newcastle Bradman Best CE Newcastle Suspended- Rowland Kaye CE Charley Bodman SR

It’s alright considering he’s playing for a pretty average team. Also from what I hear O’Brien doesn’t want Pryce to play structured footy rather play instinctive, and he’s definitely running the ball a lot more than passing.