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Quite near the bottom of this page:

https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb ... y+Warnings

the UK government has objected to 2 companies applying for the .rugby name and suggested it should go to the International Rugby Board as they are the only ones with a legitimate use of the word rugby...

OK, in fairness the RFL didn't apply for it, but still a little annoying that they just ignore Rugby League entirely and state, and I quote:

"One of the applicants is the International Rugby Board (IRB) which is the sole world governing body for the sport of rugby"

The problem is, if the IRB are awarded it they could, in theory, refuse to allow and RFL team to register a name.
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https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb ... y+Warnings

the UK government has objected to 2 companies applying for the .rugby name and suggested it should go to the International Rugby Board as they are the only ones with a legitimate use of the word rugby...

OK, in fairness the RFL didn't apply for it, but still a little annoying that they just ignore Rugby League entirely and state, and I quote:

"One of the applicants is the International Rugby Board (IRB) which is the sole world governing body for the sport of rugby"

The problem is, if the IRB are awarded it they could, in theory, refuse to allow and RFL team to register a name.
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This has been done many times on these boards, usually with people frothing at the mouth about the 'rugby' world cup.

They registered the word 'rugby', so have international rights to it or something.
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Every time anyone compares the off field activities of the governing bodies of either code of Rugby, one organisation begins to look very marginalised, ineffective, paranoid and amateurly run.......and it's not the IRB.
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Quote: gutterfax "Every time anyone compares the off field activities of the governing bodies of either code of Rugby, one organisation begins to look very marginalised, ineffective, paranoid and amateurly run.......and it's not the IRB.'"
Did you never notice that Rugby League was a small, regional sport that slightly punches above its weight when you started paying attention to it? You're acting like this is a stunning recent development.
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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow] [quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png
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Quote: MjM "Did you never notice that Rugby League was a small, regional sport that slightly punches above its weight when you started paying attention to it? You're acting like this is a stunning recent development.'"

I have spent the last couple of years gettting regular bans from TFC section of league unlimited for pointing out exactly how small and regional the sport is www.squadbuilder.co.uk:1883.jpg
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Quote: gutterfax "I have spent the last couple of years gettting regular bans from TFC section of league unlimited for pointing out exactly how small and regional the sport is icon_cool.gif
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Agree with every single word, post of the year. The only thing i'd add is all of the governing bodies pulling together with some sort of plan for the game.
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with reference back to the word "rugby" we chose as a sport to leave "Rugby" behind when we formed the "Northern Union", so from then on it was always difficult to get any kind of hold onto it and to be honest, it's just not worth the hassle/cost

We need to come up with a plan, the whole world of Rugby League can go forward with, with the ARL/NRL as the leader and that needs to be done sooner than later.
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Quote: gutterfax "......the OP asked why the IRB owned RUGBY....quote]

Actually thats not what I asked at all. I made a point that the UK government seems to think that the IRB is the governing body for all sportsmen involved in a sport of Rugby - this isn't true as there is a second sport called Rugby, and I would think that the Government should have picked up on this fact.
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Quote: gutterfax "ARLC stated they wanted revenues to double by 2017 to $300,000,000 a year, which is about 195,000,000 GBP..........in 5 years time.
RFU will turn over 195,000,000 THIS YEAR.........they will take 54,000,000 GBP in Gate receipts and TV cash alone from the 4 autumn internationals...that's the same amount of TV grant money that will be received by 11 of the 16 NRL clubs for an entire season.....for 4 MEANINGLESS INTERNATIONALS!

Don't give me the 'pointless" comparison debate......the OP asked why the IRB owned RUGBY....I explained one of the reasons why.

I get it...you don't like being shown that Union is a bigger sport than League. It's one eyed fans like you who do TGG no favours.....in many places, League is considered local, insular and unwelcoming....your defensive attitude goes a long way to explaining why that is.'"


Why go off on a tangent? Simply answer the question.
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Quote: Sadfish "with reference back to the word "rugby" we chose as a sport to leave "Rugby" behind when we formed the "Northern Union", so from then on it was always difficult to get any kind of hold onto it and to be honest, it's just not worth the hassle/cost.'"


Yet in reality we formed the 'Northern [iRugby[/i Football Union'.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Football_League
Quote: Sadfish "with reference back to the word "rugby" we chose as a sport to leave "Rugby" behind when we formed the "Northern Union", so from then on it was always difficult to get any kind of hold onto it and to be honest, it's just not worth the hassle/cost.'"


Yet in reality we formed the 'Northern [iRugby[/i Football Union'.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Football_League
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Quote: Michael_Ward "Yet in reality we formed the 'Northern [iRugby[/i Football Union'.

doesn't really matter we left Rugby when we split away.
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