i know this may sound silly, but.. What if the NRL gave a $1million grant to each club to buy a marquee rugby union player...
Sure those rah rah pansies wouldnt handle league, but taking the best talent out of union and into league will attract a lot more interest in the game of league and NRL.. It wouldnt take much for those fickle union supporters to see a few games of league to realize what they are missing out on.. And this would be the quickest way for it to happen on mass..
Just imagine, Dan Carter next to Scott Prince, or Matt Giteau setting up Learoyd Lahrs, that caveman from france next to Anthony Watmough...
fire away
Actually, I'd say as a group us League fans are more fickle than that lot.
Face it, you'd have to be a rabid fanatic to find Union more entertaining than League, yet I know scores of blokes (and a fair few women) who are Union fans but won't even give us a second look.
They call League predictable because each set is six tackles ... but ruck, ruck, ruck, penalty, goal, scrum, scrum, line out, penalty, goal, ruck, ruck, ruck, drop goal, scrum, scrum, line out, line break, try, ruck, ruck, scrum, penalty, goal, full time is apparently engaging and entertaining.
Even with all the bonus points for tries they offer, most games still end up being penalty goal shoot outs!
