agree I cant see the point of it

Let Wigan do it.

I thought when Saracens acquired Joel Tomkins that the deal included some form of cross code challenge match along the lines of the Dwyer hybrid - when's that occurring?

Union could learn a lot from league.....starting with 'how to score a try'

Absolutely. Much as I admire Hetherington this sham of a match would only serve to be a distraction from what this club and its fans are really interested in - winning Rugby League trophies.

This pointless exhibition may raise the club's profile, but playing it in the middle of our season will only serve to undermine the competition which pays the bills. I thought we learnt this a decade or more ago when we almost lost to easybeats Huddersfield-Sheffield after allowing our star player to play in the Middlesex Sevens.

I don't see how this will raise the profile of the game in other parts of the country. After Wigan blew Bath away, the whole episode was quickly swept under the Union carpet and forgotten.

(Repeat of my post on the VT thread) The rules are awful... thehybridcode.com/index.php?page_id=438 ...any League side would largely be restricted to going for long range scores. I'm not sure how Union sides would build any attacks with the 60s rule in place. As a Leeds fan I hope we go nowhere near this - do we really want to risk injuries in Scrums, Rucks and Mauls?

(Repeat of my post on the VT thread) The rules are awful... thehybridcode.com/index.php?page_id=438 ...any League side would largely be restricted to going for long range scores. I'm not sure how Union sides would build any attacks with the 60s rule in place. As a Leeds fan I hope we go nowhere near this - do we really want to risk injuries in Scrums, Rucks and Mauls?

I'd love to see it

I just can't get excited about this. Seems like a pointless way to pick up injuries and an extra game in a season where, if we get to finals again, we'll need all the fresh players we can.

'IF' (that that's a big if ...) half the South Stand bother to attend, who let's face it hate Union at the best of times, won't they just spend the whole 80 minutes giving out stick to fat Union wingers ?

Not to mention the Union coaches and scouts got a good look at many of Wigan's players close up and signed them.

Nothing good can come from this from the Rhinos or RL perspective. The only thing the inferior code can teach us is off the field.

Agreed. The only benefit would be some exposure (difficult to value) and potentially some cash (not massive amounts I suspect, and anyway to be shared). Obvious downsides include injury risk and some of our players becoming targets for poaching.

In addition, no hybrid game could be invented which didn't suit one team at the expense of the other. Make possession contested and the RL side would get hammered (and rightly penalised) out of sight if played fully to RU strengths. Make possession closer to RL rules and the RL side would run the RU boys off their feet, again particularly if reffed to true RL standards.

IIRC the Wigan-Bath RL game was dull as ditchwater, even with the ref trying to help Bath out as much as possible. There was some excitement at the RU version because Wigan were able to score some points despite very limited possession, and I think RL was very proud of that Wigan team and wanted to see them show the RU boys how good they were. But there's a reason its rarely been repeated.

I just see no benefits at all.

It's been said that, a good compromise is were neither party is happy.

For me, I want rugby to be as big as football. If the best way to get this to compromise some of the elements from league and incorporate some elements from union then I'd personally go for it.

If in 20 years time from now we had one rugby, with all current league and union teams in england playing one unified code, and we had an equivalent to the champions league in Europe, I personally, would be very happy

Whilst it may attract a more than normal amount of press coverage like others i fail to see what the Rhinos OR RL gain from this and i certainly wouldn't want to play it during our season.