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The ALFA Lions have added an extra ingredient of interest in the opening CNFA match in Lyon yesterday. In a season that has already shown a welcome evenness, the Lions big win over the Toulouse Hawks has added further intrigue.

Distance, time, travelling arrangements and a host of other factors can impact on a team’s performance and sometimes a hosting team can get a seriously large home ground advantage. But recognition of that alone does not do justice to the performances of host teams. The Lions’ score of 26 19 175 to the Hawks 5 10 40 says that even if the Hawks were down on the day, there is some very serious talent and fire power growing in Lyon.


Over in Bordeaux, the visiting Paris Cockerels proved too strong in the end against a very competitive Bombers team. The final margin of 31 points can say many things, but one of them is that whilst the Cockerels won the match, the Bordeaux Bombers have what it takes to stand up to the best. The final score saw the Cockerels down the Bombers 90 to 59.

With just one more match to play to complete Round Two, five teams share the lead with a win each, with last year’s premiers, the Paris Cockatoos, yet to record a win as well as the Toulouse Hawks. The winner of next weekend’s remaining Round Two match between the Cergy-Pontoise Coyotes and the Perpignan Tigers will sit atop the ladder as the only team with two wins after two rounds.

Round Three will be played over the first two weekends of November with games in Paris when the Cockatoos host the Bombers, Lyon where the ALFA Lions can stand up to the Paris Cockarels and the Toulouse derby when the Hawks take on their new cross-town rivals, the Blagnac Aviators.