Quote: Durham Giant "I disagree. Some of the skills. Now on show particularly among the backs is a lot closer to RL than it was 10 years ago let alone 20 years ago.
Their short kicking game has got better , they are more able to break down defences. The massive number of ex league players now coaching RU is leading to massive improvements. In another few years there will not be as much difference.
If they dropped down to 13 players the handling skills would be as good as in RL even quicker.
Not necessarily at club level but at the highest club level and international level the passing moves are a lot slicker than it was.
You can stick your head in the sand like a lot of diehard rl fans but you are wrong'"
My heads not in the sand, i watched some of the Autumn games, and while i will agree the standard from 10-15 years ago has improved, its stilk nowhere near RL standard, maybe league one or top end national conferenc in terms of handling passing etc.
All those league coaches have imroved it, but does that not prove the point, if union so much on par then why do they still raid league.
as for snowie, it's hard to describe his accent as he mumbles quite a lot 
