Quote Earl of Derby="Earl of Derby"Mateo, as he confesses himself, is acting as a "promoteur" - therefore he's got to spin it a bit - to say the least!
In 2006, the inaugural Simone Franchini tournament saw BARLA bringing 2 teams, South Africa Rhinos 3 teams, France brought 2 teams and 1/2:
XIII catalans U19s, Spain (Carpentras) and a handful of Parisians, Amici di simone 1 and 2 were 1 team really, mainly made up of French people former teammates of Simone in Chatillon. The day before the tounament saw BARLA play a full XIII a side encounter vs South Africa followed by Barla U19s playing an Italia RU select who put on a good performance.
In 2009 - there was only 3 teams at the IXs in Italy : Southgate college - XIII Catalans U19s - and Amici di Simone -
Catalancs, you kept mentionning you saw a game - can you remember who it was you saw playing?
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I'm pretty sure one of the teams was Padova, as I've previously said. The other team I can't help you with.
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