Cracking game if I recall @ KFC…!!!!

Surrounded by Hull fans, in fact the most one sided support I’ve ever witness at a Leeds match.

Which reminds me of the last time I went to Hull – I was on the telly you know? Have I mentioned it before?

Surely it can't have been that bad. I've seen loads!

i think two years a ago there was a game at the willows between harlequins vs salford that fhinished without a try and a final score of 5-2.

Didn't we beat Cas a few years back, in a night game (pre SL) and there were no tries.

There was also Wigan's defeat of maly in the World Club Challenge (IIRC 8-4) and again no tries.

Because of the pathetic rules of Union, a game with no tries is usually as dull-as-ditchwater, but in League it is usually a tight, close and really entertaining game. You could tell how cr*p the Union 1st half was by their highlights package lasting about 10 seconds at the break and that included both kicks.

I wasn't long before I remembered Quins Vs Pies on Sky shortly afterwards ...

i remember a game between leeds and widnes i think it was a rl cup quarter final and we won 5-1 and i dont think a try was scored.
the date was circa 1983 i think, and it was a great exciting game we all thought old jeff grayshon was going to do it at last and get to wembley , but the rest is history

You know its a bad game when even the commentators describe it as 'turgid'.

The funny thing with union is that often a poor game ends up with an exciting finish though.

The Leeds / Cas game was 8-4.

Aye!

One of the best academy games I have ever seen. Have it on DVD too. The defence from both teams was brutal and there was a Thunder storm in the background.

BTW the last time I went to Hull I caught Sinfields drop goal (bloody TV cameras swithched to Sinnys face before it landed)

anyone who thinks union is good should check out the bbc highlights of wales v france friday night. highlights last 5(ish) minutes of which you see 3 tries ,no replays or anything(even tho one of them is actually a cracking ball of the wales stand off), lasting 25 seconds. lots of kicks in at goal (including all the missed penalties ) which last about 2.5/3 minutes, and then rest is a group of bloke hugging.


the best part of the highlights, is the 40 seconds they spend showing & commenting on the ball hitting the over-head camera

great sport is union

Cracking game that, strong defence is the 'Key To Success' right ?

To be moderately fair to the Union guys, tye do at least try to score try's these days. Worst games in history must be Calcutta Cup matches from the 1980's. There was an old joke at the time where someone at the after match dinner asked Dusty Hare to pass the salt and he kicked it.
This is what you can get though when you have RL defensive coaches, 2 extra forwards in the defensive line and you only have to retire the the back foot of the ruck (imagine how many tries would be scored in league under thos conditions?). I guess that's why RL evolved the way it did.
Ireland were made to look very ordinary by a solid English defense, shame that another South African ref again decided that England had too many players on the pitch to make it fair.