League v Union

[Joker's Wild]

Youll never get those 2 minutes back

 

[docbrown]

Given that the RFL have quickly and publicly distanced themselves from this it seems that the ARU were the ones that want (and need) the cash a lot more.

Oh well, more pay cuts on the way.

 

[roughyedspud]

Youll never get those 2 minutes back

ive watched oldham RLFC for 28 years...i'll never get those back either lol

 

[milton]

The only league vs union match that we should be aiming for is against South Africa, give there best a taste of the game.

 

[Tone83]

Yeah I really hate saffas, would love to see the roos trample them.

 

[roughyedspud]

i see steve mascord has thrown up this story again....this time its leeds v a super RU club..

do they,him&buzz, ever give up making stories up??

 

[hutch]

Mascord is in England for the challenge cup final and has probably spoken to his contacts over there.
Buzz doesn't even know rugby league is played in England. Don't use the two in the same sentence. If mascord has mentioned it, he would if heard it from a reliable source, he is not about starting rumours regarding rugby league.

 

[roughyedspud]

oh i dunno about that hutch i got him on twitter the other week admitting a GB tour next year is dead in the water but hes gonna keep bringing it up cos he,and only he,thinks its a good idea...

remember last year when he had a "network" style meltdown cos he gets things wrong because people don't tell him the truth!.....he could use his position as probably the highest profile RL journo in the world as a force for change but he doesn't,a afternoons work would get to tbe bottom of why feleti mateo was wrongly banned from the world cup,he likes jetting round the world ticking off international RL,taking in a little known bands gigs along the way but he doesn't give a rats ass about internationals on his own doorstep,hes gone on record as saying he holds international switching as less important as the amount of time the water carriers spend in back play.....but then he'll he'll get behind the idea that islanders should be allowed to play origin & a 2nd tier nation...hes very scattergun in his views..

the "gossip" in his set of 6 very rarely comes true....and he can't hide behind a " i believe it to be true so its not a lie" defense forever

 

[roughyedspud]

It appears that hybrid rugby game between English and Australian teams is still on the table and Challenge Cup winners Leeds are keen

NO ITS NOT AND NO LEEDS AREN'T

there were reports earlier this year that Great Britain rugby league and Australia rugby union were to clash at Wembley in December. Now it's more likely to be a Super League team against a Super Rugby franchise.

REPORTS WIDELY DISCREDITED EVEN THE RFL SAID IT WAS NONSENSE.....and the 2nd bit is absolute fiction!

"I've heard about that; it would be worth looking at," Rhinos coach Brian McDermott said, adding he had not been told of an opponent or venue.

do you know how he's heard about it? cos its been made up by the aussie press and the RFL have said its bollocks.....and do you know why he's not been told of an opponent or venue? COS IT DOES'NT F**KING EXIST

"The rugby union game is in great shape at the moment, they've got some fantastic athletes and it would be interesting if each game pits its best against the other."

the last bit is the only honest statement in the who piece on which a pyamid of lies is based....yeah it would be interesting and if leeds where keen they'd used their own RU team to develop a hybrid game!! but they have'nt have they!

 

[RoosTah]

Who is this designed to benefit exactly? I really love both sports, but I just don't get how you can reconcile the fundamentally different philosophies that underpin the games (Union at its core is almost entirely about the contest for possession, whilst League is about ball-in-hand hard running footy in which the contest for the ball has been almost entirely removed).

 

[Knownothing]

Who is this designed to benefit exactly? I really love both sports, but I just don't get how you can reconcile the fundamentally different philosophies that underpin the games (Union at its core is almost entirely about the contest for possession, whilst League is about ball-in-hand hard running footy in which the contest for the ball has been almost entirely removed).

Maybe there is a promoter somewhere who thinks some quick bucks can be made from an exhibition match.

There will never, ever be a serious game played along these lines, for the reasons you outline. They are two quite different games, with a fair bit of overlap, but huge differences as well.

If I were trying to promote something, it would be 13 players a side under modified rugby union rules (because that is the only way that any serious rugby union players would be willing to play).

No line-outs, quick throw ins only. No mauls, and especially no rolling mauls. No specialist props in the rugby union team (there wouldn't be any, anyway, if there are 13 a side).

Tackled player releases the ball, then it is open slather, but the ball must be picked up, not played with the foot.

I'd like to see that, and I reckon it would sell out Twickers for sure.

 

[RoosTah]

Maybe there is a promoter somewhere who thinks some quick bucks can be made from an exhibition match.

There will never, ever be a serious game played along these lines, for the reasons you outline. They are two quite different games, with a fair bit of overlap, but huge differences as well.

If I were trying to promote something, it would be 13 players a side under modified rugby union rules (because that is the only way that any serious rugby union players would be willing to play).

No line-outs, quick throw ins only. No mauls, and especially no rolling mauls. No specialist props in the rugby union team (there wouldn't be any, anyway, if there are 13 a side).

Tackled player releases the ball, then it is open slather, but the ball must be picked up, not played with the foot.

I'd like to see that, and I reckon it would sell out Twickers for sure.

That's actually not a bad idea. I'd go a tiny bit further and maybe allow for a modified ruck system where two players max can ruck, and after 8 phases you turn the ball over..

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

I like Rugby League.

 

[southwalesrabbitoh]

Players should be allowed to play Origin and for Tonga, Samoa, PNG, Cwc Islands or Fiji.

 

[deal.with.it]

Gay