Big crowd Wallabies v Samoa..why cant RL do that?

[Woods99]

Who is justifying it,of course there have been the odd blowouts in rugby when the Kangaroos played the Lions in the tri series in England?The point of the argument is we are talking about 2 recent union tests,Samoa and Fiji have gone backwards big time with cricket scores amassed against them with monotonous regularity.This with all the financial resources of the IRB and the fact that union has been the national codes of these countries for decades.
Obviously you dont listen to steady Eddie Jones(heard he coached the Wallabies) that this is not good for the game .

Who said it is good for rugby union? I was simply pointing out that blow-outs happen in league too, and it is surely also worth taking into consideration that tries are worth five points in rugby union when making comparisons.

It is hardly surprising that the fully professional nations like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa have benefitted greatly from our players being coached and trained full-time. We also have the advantage of having robust economies that can support a range of sports.

I know from first hand experience that Tonga, in particular, is a poor country, with most of its national income coming from overseas remittances. There is huge pressure on young men and women to emigrate to earn money for their families back home. A kid who can go to play rugby league or rugby union in Australia or New Zealand will do so. A similar situation applies, not to the same extent, in the other Pacific nations.

Some of the kids who go will still want to play for their nation, but will be at the mercy of their new employers as to whether they will be released.

A number of Fijian players were unavailable for the latest Test, apparently, for this and similar reasons.

The disparities are more due to the leading countries going ahead, rather than the popularity of rugby union decreasing. But, of course, ways have to be found to help the poorer countries improve their competitiveness.

Tonga beat Australia in 1973. Do you think that a similar result will ever happen in rugby league?

I recommend a good book for you"The Forbidden Game" just to keep you up to speed as to why rugby should be part of the name rugby league.When a govt(aka the French with a little prodding from union officialdom in 1946 ) bans rugby league from using the name rugby until the late 80s,thereby preventing govt grants ,preventing the game being taught in schools etc,and another reason for rugby league to fall into the doldrums in that country you may get the message,and it may sink in to a closed mind.

Mate,

I am sorry, I couldn't care less about this issue. If rugby league wants to bash its collective head against the wall, by continuing to confuse people with its name, that's okay by me.

I have simply pointed out the reality which is that, world-wide, "rugby" means rugby union. Believe it, or believe it not, that is a matter for you.

 

[LeagueXIII]

Didn't union use their influence to have league banned from universities, private schools, military etc for near on 100 years also used their influence in the media to promote stereotypes about league. Rugby League has done well in the face of such blatant descrimination.
Besides any sport that claims that childish clown "Fitzy" as one of their own deserves to rot.

 

[russ13]

Eoods99

..I have simply pointed out the reality which is that, world-wide, "rugby" means rugby union. Believe it, or believe it not, that is a matter for you.

Does not say that in the Oxford Dictionary. It defines 'rugby' as having two forms, league & union.

Also I think you vastly over estimate union's global reach. The vast majority of the population of the planet doesn't know (or care) for either rugby code.

 

[Graf Vynda-k]

That doesnt mean we shouldnt try to grow the game internationally.

yeah, it's coming along great in malta, beruit, singapore and russian......... soon well be able to match union and soccer as truely international sports and shrug off the tag of a small time provincial sport.

 

[Graf Vynda-k]

I tried watching the union but it was tooooooo complex and technical!!!

it's a sport designed for more discerning and intelligent people.

 

[kickback]

Dont talk about it, dont watch, dont give them anything, treat it like a losser it is! and it might go away

 

[Graf Vynda-k]

It's a great social occasion, I wouldn't go so far as to call it a sport.

As for knuckleheads in the north of england, those knuckleheads invented the machines which could process wool from marino sheep and thus financed a lot of the early progress in Australia.

If people wish to watch an obfuscated fumblefest full of stoppages and penalties then union is ok for that, if they wish to watch a game of speed, skill and strategy then they have rugby.

look pal, those northern english are dead set inbred cretins living in hovels.

their very insular and carry around an inferiority compex and as for the north being the heartland of the game.........where are all the fans?? apart from wigan, helens, leeds and warrington no other team can pull adecent crowd.

huddersfield was the birth place of the game, they have a magnificent stadium and yet noone bothers to go to the games.......it's a real thriving sport!!! just wait till the wigan soccer team starts playing in the premiership next season......it will spell the beginning of the end for rleague in that godforsaken town.

what's the strategy in league??.......run forward and hit a brick wall.....again and again and again, you dont need to be a rocket scientist to play this game and you can blame those northern knuckleheads for eliminating all the variety and skill from the game.......leaving us with a one dimensional, unskilled, repetitive and predictable grind.

 

[dontmakemeangry]

Rugby union is a c..t of a game played by gentleman, Rugby League is a gentlemans game played by c..ts.

 

[NPK]

it's a sport designed for more discerning and intelligent people.

haha and you think Justin Harrison is discerning and intelligent?! :lol:

 

[Green Machine]

it's a sport designed for more discerning and intelligent people.

So true. 100% agree. But you forget to mention also designed for the (future) paraplegic and quadriplegic people as well

 

[number8]

Union thinks it's Soccer. It calls itself the international footy code.

For discerning and intelligent people you lot are awful ignorant. Suffering delusions of superiority does not meke you the world game. RU has simply been around longer to grow it's code & what a bang up job you've done..........Sa~mo~a ....Sa~mo~a ....Sa~mo~a ....

 

[Woods99]

Union thinks it's Soccer. It calls itself the international footy code.

For discerning and intelligent people you lot are awful ignorant. Suffering delusions of superiority does not meke you the world game. RU has simply been around longer to grow it's code & what a bang up job you've done..........Sa~mo~a ....Sa~mo~a ....Sa~mo~a ....

Number8,

I have worked out what your name is, it's based on your IQ, isn't it?

 

[Woods99]

Union thinks it's Soccer. It calls itself the international footy code.

For discerning and intelligent people you lot are awful ignorant. Suffering delusions of superiority does not meke you the world game. RU has simply been around longer to grow it's code & what a bang up job you've done..........Sa~mo~a ....Sa~mo~a ....Sa~mo~a ....

News Flash. Wales just beat Scotland 70-8 in front of a crowd of 700. Guess which sport? Couldn't be rugby league, surely?

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Number8,

I have worked out what your name is, it's based on your IQ, isn't it?

Well, we've taken a count, had it checked by a Maths Professor and signed by a JP on the correct forms.

Apparently it's still 8 more than you can claim to have..

 

[Copa]

News Flash. Wales just beat Scotland 70-8 in front of a crowd of 700. Guess which sport? Couldn't be rugby league, surely?

Planet-Rugby scumbag troll.

 

[Graf Vynda-k]

So true. 100% agree. But you forget to mention also designed for the (future) paraplegic and quadriplegic people as well

well you really have to be brave to play union........unlike league which is all show and no go.

 

[DIEHARD]

What is with all the feeble Smugby invaders?

I can understand that their code is so friggin boring that it doesn't captivate their attention at any capacity, so they need to come here.

 

[Woods99]

Planet-Rugby scumbag troll.

Oooh, that hurts.

Copa, what have I done to offend you so much?

Surely a bit of publicity for international rugby league, and its progress, is not trolling, is it?

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Who said it is good for rugby union? I was simply pointing out that blow-outs happen in league too, and it is surely also worth taking into consideration that tries are worth five points in rugby union when making comparisons.

Blow outs happen in League occasionally...

Why?

Because the League powerhouses don't play regularly against the minnows. Getting thrashed by 100 regularly doesn't actually help them. We understand that.

In International Union, they're commonplace because Union is so desperate to be considered a true world game they'll happily throw together a game that has 100-0 writtien all over it just so they can claim Union to be a "world game".

That's the point.

It is hardly surprising that the fully professional nations like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa have benefitted greatly from our players being coached and trained full-time. We also have the advantage of having robust economies that can support a range of sports.

So, in essence you're saying that Union "powerhouses" don't assist the minnow nations....

The disparities are more due to the leading countries going ahead, rather than the popularity of rugby union decreasing. But, of course, ways have to be found to help the poorer countries improve their competitiveness.

Which hasn't happened and won't happen.

Tonga beat Australia in 1973. Do you think that a similar result will ever happen in rugby league?

No.

Nor do I think it will ever happen again in Union.

Picking one test from 32 years ago is a bit of a stretch isn't it?

Union was an amateur game in Australia in 1973.

I am sorry, I couldn't care less about this issue. If rugby league wants to bash its collective head against the wall, by continuing to confuse people with its name, that's okay by me.

Yeah, we believe you, you keep pissing up the wall because you couldn't care less.....

I have simply pointed out the reality which is that, world-wide, "rugby" means rugby union. Believe it, or believe it not, that is a matter for you.

You're not on a world site, you're on an Australian site.

One is Rugby League or League, the other is Rugby Union or Union.

It's only complete morons that come to this site and call Union Rugby...

 

[Woods99]

What is with all the feeble Smugby invaders?

I can understand that their code is so friggin boring that it doesn't captivate their attention at any capacity, so they need to come here.

Whereas league fans that read and respond to our posts are....well, captivated by our opinions, apparently.

I haven't been threatened with being banned yet, which says something good for the outfit that runs this operation. Are you afraid of a bit of debate? Is rugby league such a delicate flower that only people who praise it uncritically should be allowed here?