OK GF, you have presented some facts, so what now? How can RL progress to the levels RU enjoys, or rather will it ever? What about the long aged political obstacles RL has always faced due to "influences" from its bigger rugby brother?

Of course it is......it was created specifically to promote "a history" other than the real one......ie, payments under the table, ruling class sport, life bans etc....which wouldn't have been a good way to sell RWC number one.



aw..shucks.

It's ' Rugby ' Jim , but not as we know it

Maybe ' rugby ' should go back to the original rules , no ' Trys ' , no kicks , be plenty of nil/nil draws that way

Re HIM's post. I disagree that we broke away from Rugby Football. We broke away from Rugby Union Football. They distinctly called themselves that to differentiate them from Association Football. That's why we incorporated the word Union into our original name for our sport as we were initially playing Rugby Union without being under the control of the RFU.

I though it was a "breakaway", which makes me wonder if we should approach McVities for sponsorship