Another Union bashing thread. You lot are a bunch of morons.
First of all, something I found entertaining was someone referring to Mat (ONE T) Rogers as a "discrace". I took the liberty of researching what a "discrace" was. Unfortunately, my research came up with zero results.
People try extremely hard to compare the gameplay of each sport. The principles are practically the same, but everything else is totally different.
If we want to get into the discussion of Union forwards, I will add my own input, from a Flanker's point of view.
The primary role of a forward in Rugby is not to make meters in attack and in defence it is not to put on huge hits. In League the role of a forward is simple, run straight hit, hit hard.
To go into great detail, a Union forward requires a vaster array of skills and has to master more techniques than the League counterpart, regardless of what you idiots think.
The front row in Rugby's main role is to clean out and to make the set piece work for the team. There is a huge amount of dependance on these three players from the whole team. They run from ruck to ruck to maul and then to the lineout or scrum, to say they are totally unfit is stupid.
Combine this with the fact that a front row player cannot be interchanged 3 or 4 times in a match like in League.
The second row share a similar role to the front row.
WHich moves onto 6,7,8. The backrow do the most work out of any position in Rugby Union. Their role on the team is to be a terror for the opposition, getting to every ruck, slowing down the ball, stealing the ball, hitting the fly half late and basically putting pressure on the opposition in the hope that their game plan gets put into the trash. The likes of Phil Waugh and Richie McCaw would be much more fitter than someone like Jason Stevens, O'Meley, Price, Cayless, Webcke.
There is no doubt there are the odd super-fit League players such as Fitzgibbon and Hindmarsh, but they are few.
Dragon Fanatic is a prop in Rugby, and has too much League bias. As I watched him play in the season he lagged behind in some plays, so if League requires much more fitness, I would love to watch him play League.
To say no Union players would make it in the NRL is another stupid statement. Rupeni Caucaunibuca, Joe Rockokoco, Doug Howlett, Aaron Mauger, Carlos Spencer, Richie McCaw, Jerry Collins, Roger Randle, Mils Muliaina, Chris Latham, Ben Tune, Scott Staniforth, Nathan Grey, Morgan Turinui, Tim Clark, Jonny Wilkinson, Will Greenwood, Brian O'Driscoll and Tana Umaga are all players that would walk into NRL First Grade teams.
You will see an example of a Union forward making it in League once you see Tim McGann play for the Tigers next season.
I will make a bold prediction that a vast majority of people that enter this topic from now on, will not read this post fully, maybe its because some lack intelligence, but it is because a lot of people on this forum cannot come up with original ideas and cry whenever the smallest thing happens, this article was a mere publicity stunt, you have been fooled and taken seriously, I will finish with a line that I hope will piss off those I am talking about, "Go You Roosters".
