Agreed Eerlee Berd. One or two posters seem intent on bringing their warped or blinkered view to bear on every thread.

Roopy's contribution is factually correct which to me reflects an amazing development of RL around the world at grass roots level made to happen by enthusiastic hard-working and pioneerng people of many nationalities.

Can't gutterfax just be banned for being terminally boring?

No he cannot be: a PUB side in the UAE : say no more.
I assume (he said "pub"icon_wink.gif that all games will be in Dubai only. And they're bars. And for tourists.

He's Irish you know. They kick up a bit of a fuss when the English try to put them down.

On the other hand most Irish people I know aren't as boring as him, so maybe a precedent could be set in his case, that he could be banned for bringing the great Irish nation into disrepute by being incredibly boring.

I have no doubt the most intelligent part of you was left as a stain on the matress

RL has actually been played in UAE for several years, although up until last year they only played occasional international matches or one-off fixtures. I believe former Leeds and Huddersfield player Wayne McDonald was involved at one stage and former London Broncos player Ben Bolger captains one of the domestic teams.

They aren't particularly organized compared to many other nations which is why they don't have any official international recognition yet, they always seemed more interested in playing international matches and entering the World Cup than actual domestic progress but I guess that's just the nature of the sport in UAE.

Most of you people would be amazed if you knew what goes on in various countries, the first organized RL matches were played in Ethiopia last week.