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Apparently it's the topic of today's phone-in.
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'There's only one code of rugby.': |
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It certainly is - get involved people!
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why? have i missed something, or is it just a slow news day?
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Union is introducing new laws today, and Rachel Burdon is going to see her first game of League this weekend (at Salford)
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That's an hour of my life I'll never get back. 60 minutes on union fans slagging off League and League fans slagging off union.
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will that be on the iplayer?
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| Quote: EHW "why? have i missed something, or is it just a slow news day?'"
Football season finished on Sunday |
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| One of the Union tweets cracked me up - "Rugby League doesn't have tactical play"
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Don't bother listening to it back, just have the debate in your mind, with one half saying League is crap and the other saying Union is pants.
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I'd prefer it if someone like George Riley and John Inverdale were having the debate.
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Joking aside, you can see from some Twitter comments on this why the twain will never meet. One guy, annoyed that the League fans were knocking kicks, suggested that kicks are the best part of the game, so we should change the scoring to 5 points for a goal and just 1 point for a try!
What did come across from one or two authoritative figures ( including ex Sports Minister Andy Burnham ) is that, whichever code anyone prefers, there is undoubtedly an unjustified heavy media bias towards Union. You could argue ( as RU is the more international game ) that more coverage is justified, but the current ratio, probably ten RU columns to one for RL, is not reflective of the UK popularity of the two.
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| Quote: Horatio Yed "I'd prefer it if someone like George Riley and John Inverdale were having the debate.'"
I'd like to hear that. |
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What was the point of it?!
It wasn't a debate it was blinkered views a plenty
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I didn't listen to it but I saw a quote on the BBC site from Bobby Goulding?
I'd be interested in viewing the intricacies of the thought process which led to Mr Goulding's name being put forward as a viable contributor to an insightful debate...
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| Quote: TheUnassumingBadger "I didn't listen to it but I saw a quote on the BBC site from Bobby Goulding?
I'd be interested in viewing the intricacies of the thought process which led to Mr Goulding's name being put forward as a viable contributor to an insightful debate...'"
The views he expressed about a certain Sky pundit was spot on though |
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