With all due respect to the RL World Cup, compared to the RU World Cup it is a minnow next to a shark. The RU World Cup is probably the second biggest single sport international event on the planet behind its football counterpart.

Listen, I know the RU world cup is a bigger event and I watch it, but they have to be careful because we are talking about two games reasonably similar in nature and choosing one over the other! We had 100 years of that sort of rubbish go on and not sure I like the government appearing to do something similar. I would be happy for them to say RL internationals when played in the UK and restricted based on the home nations (if we are serious about RL in Scotland and Wales and Ireland) and the RL world cup final and games including the home nations. We don't have that many games and don't think that is too much to ask do you!

BTW. You are very wrong about the RU world cup. The two biggest sporting events on the planet are the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics, which are 4 yearly events. The worlds biggest annual event (by miles) is the Tour-de-France. This coupled with European and other areas soccer championships, Winter Olympics (just cos we are rubbish at it), Wimbledon and the other Tennis grand-slams and US sport such as Super-bowl, World Series and NHL the RU will be nowhere near the top ten or possible 20 events! Which means RL is way, way, way down the list!

Bigger than the Olympics?

Sorry, and how could I forget F1 and Moto GP etc!

Last time I looked that featured slightly more than a single sport.

Thank you tvoc. Nice to see someone picked up on the distinction I went to great trouble to make.

No it isn't.

Olympics.

You'll never know how close I came to making the same mistake Serge made though.

Ye gods, even the legal professionals who are trained to split hairs are missing it. I must stop being so cryptic.

I did, I just pointed out the general hierarchy of global sporting events. Other the the Olympics every other event I listed, which are all bigger than the RU world cup, were single sporting events!

You are still way wrong!

If I at least got close to Gilder's intention I'm making progress.

I would remind you of the conditions of the restraining order and ask that you refrain from poking, lest I be required to fetch the garden shears again.

A single sport event, i.e. an event featuring a single sport. As opposed to a single sporting event, i.e. one event in isolation from others.

I'm disappointed you would think my grammar would be so sloppy as to use a phrase like "sport" where "sports" or "sporting" would have been more appropriate.