T'Other Side: Toulouse Olympique

 

Head Coach: Sylvain Houles

 

Sylvain Houles began his tenure as head coach of Toulouse Olympique for the 2013 season so he is now in his 13th season in the post.

Most of his playing career was as a centre or winger although towards the end he moved to half back or loose forward. He started with XIII Catalans (the former name of Catalans Dragons) and then in 2000 entered Super League with the Huddersfield and Sheffield Giants and later London Broncos. Houles also played for Dewsbury Rams and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats before returning to France with Toulouse. He played 14 times for France.

 

Captain: Anthony Marion 

Anthony Marion took over the captaincy of Toulouse this year following on from Harrison Hansen who retired at the end of 2024.

Marion is a versatile player who has often played at hooker, halfback and loose forward.

His entire professional career has been at Toulouse, having made his début in 2016. He is also a French international.

Dual Reg and loans

 

Toulouse have usually had a dual registration agreement with Catalans Dragons, but we have seen no such announcement in 2025. They also have had no loan players appear for them this year this year, although in June it was announced that they had signed AJ Wallace on loan from Hull KR.

 

 

 

The Fev connection 

For obvious reasons there are only 10 who have played for both Fev and Toulouse, and, unusually, one of those has played for both teams this year!