Fair enough, it was your choice.
Comparing the NRL to English Union Competition is like comparing the NFL to High School American Football in terms of professionalism.
Surely that's an exaggeration. I know the talent in English club rugby is more spread out, as Yankeeboy has pointed out, but they are still professional clubs. I know England RU has fallen a lot since their WC win, but still the best English union players play in the Zurich Premiership.
Club Union is, and even Union people would probably agree, far below the next level up.
Just because the NRL and club Union in England are the highest club level either has doesn't mean they are comparable in terms of skill, fitness levels etc.
You see the similarity between Union and American Football, both are technical games that get bogged down in the technical aspects rather than just getting on with it.
League is as tough as Union to learn. In fact,I found League a hell of a lot harder to learn and play than Union. Yes, I played both, a long time ago.
I thought union would be harder to learn (not harder to play) becuse it is a more technical game as you say.
We have 4 major Winter ball sports here Steve, Rugby League, Australian Rules Football, Rugby Union and Soccer. How many does Canada have?
In our winter, hockey is by far the main sport, and in our summer, Canadian football, baseball, and soccer are the main ones, though far behind hockey. RU is a minor sport, and RL is not on the radar. Of course we do have those few amateur Aussie Rules clubs which you posted pictures of a while back. 
Did I warn you that you'd f**k it up? lol
You're confusing the words "able to" for the words "that did".
Three high-profile Australian League players went to Union, all poached by the way, and all three represented in their first season.
I'm sure more NRL players could switch successfully if they chose to. But the 2 games are fairly close to each other compared to "gridiron", and still there is a big adjustment for league players to pick up the technical aspects of union.
The last player who came to League from Union and represented in the same year was a bloke named Thornett and that was in the 1960's.
But now high-profile union players don't switch to league because there's more money in union, right? Maybe not in Aus, but hypothetically I bet a number of All Blacks could switch to league and play for the Kiwis within a year.
Wendell is still playing representative Rugby Union. Your opinion on him obviously isn't shared by Union selectors...
I know, and I like Wendell. But recently Eddie Jones was quoted saying something like Wendell doesn't have the "magic feel" for the game that Rogers does. I think Wendell gets by more on his physical ability and size.
A chance?
sh*t, I've got a chance so he definately has a chance. Nothing's impossible.
In reality, probably no, for both of us.
Well, I'm sure you could stand on the sidelines and insult the opposition very well. But hypothetically, let's take Michael Vick, a big QB who runs as well as a running back. Or some other NFL star who's bigger, faster and more agile than Wendell or Lote. Say he was willing to give up the NFL fame and money and go to Aus to train with a club. Maybe play Jersey Flegg for a year. Don't you think someone like that could make it to the NRL club as a wing eventually? (I agree that no player could just walk in to the NRL in a month.)
Send him an email and ask him to try. His massive jump and exquisite timing at the kick-offs would be a boon to our game. Hell, tell him I'll have a word to Tim Sheens about swapping Benji for him....
Not.
