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I'm sure you knew this already, but of course when rugby was first developed there were NO points for a try. Getting the ball over the line simply entitled you to a 'try' at kicking the goal, hence the word, try.

League puts a product on the field that I genuinely believe ( impossible to be impartial of course ) the proverbial 'martian', who'd never seen any sport in his life, would rate as one of the best. However, the 'product' is second to what you grow up with and what the media bombard you with day in day out. Basketball, I mean, come on...its a *ridiculous* spectacle, and baseball, well, it's just cricket with all the good bits taken out - but they're loved by millions.

For most people, sport is *way* more than what's on the field, it's about the back stories, the rivalaries, comebacks, feuds, tantrums, etc. etc. Sometimes I think the RFL, etc. are almost too 'Olympian' ,if you like, about the game. Some may admire that, but I agree with that player last year (who for the life of me I can't remember) who said that perhaps the RFL should focus more on marketing the players rather than the game per-se. I couldn't agree more. Papers need stories, rivalries, etc. to get their teeth into.

.There are a couple things that would help rugby league come even better

1 referees to being so helpful to the big clubs (having a vested instead in the result

2 clamp down on forward passing

3 scrums to be completive again (instead of having players pushing each other to win the play, just have the two hookers striking for the ball when the scrum half throws the in the middle of the scrum

4 vastly reduce the number of overseas player maybe 3 overseas the most

I genuinely tried to watch international union once. It appeared to be a penalty-ridden game of fatty-pile-on, with no-one carrying the ball forward, and then just randomly kicking at goal. My brother-in-law tells me that there is no limit to how many times you can be at the bottom of the fatty-pile-on heap before having to give the other team a go.
I didn't get it at all. Thanks for the link to the show