They need to alter the rules, the play the ball was just way too quick to make it meaningful. Maybe drop to knees after tagging, or even use some tag tape things to make it obvious people had actually been tagged.

It's touch rugby, not tag. They were using the proper touch rugby rules.

I think we should definitely attempt more events like this but agree that some of the rules should be changed whether they are official rules or not.

It was too hard to score and there seemed to be quite a lot of confusion. Tries were scored off quick play the balls often rather than skill. They should have made it 5 a side and maybe introduced those things that you have in Oztag where you rip it off a belt.

I thought the standard was shocking seeing as though some of them are still professionals. It was certainly an argument for old-timers being more skilful with the hands than nowadays! I think it would take a couple of events of getting used to and we would see a more exciting version of the game.

That's what I was getting at. Only has to be 2-3 weeks long, just to shorten the off-season a bit!

Although I'd go with some different groups as you've missed out a few teams there. Maybe...

Western Masters: St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, Barrow, Whitehaven, Workington
Manchester Masters: Wigan, Leigh, Salford, Swinton, Rochdale, Oldham
Eastern Masters: Hull FC, Hull KR, Sheffield, Doncaster, Gateshead, London
West Yorkshire Masters: Leeds, Hunslet, Featherstone, Wakefield, Castleford, York
Pennine Masters: Huddersfield, Batley, Dewsbury, Halifax, Bradford, Keighley
European Masters: Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France

All split into two groups of three like in Masters Football (apart from Euro group). Winners of each group play each other to be the winners of that competition. Winners of each competition go to national final, split into two groups of three again with a grand final.

Only problem with your idea Wells is that Western Masters would walk it quite easily.

Widnes and Saints legends with the ugliness of Wire players to put others off? Unbeatable.

So it was like watching Super League then?

Where've you been?
Welcome to 2005

Nah, I reckon they'd bottle it and the Barrow legends would go through personally!

OMG just seen this today. That is not Iestyn Harris!!

Then they need tighten the rules up and say that when you are touched by a defender not like what was happening last night with the attacker touching the defender.

You're allowed to do that in touch rugby. It's part of the game and has been for years. I think they call it a dump play. They do it to basically force the defenders to move back and force a quick PTB.

If you took another player out, (like people are suggesting) I don't see how this would make it less a running game? If the ball is in the middle, and you're going right, it can only go to two players so it's just as easy to mark.

I totally disagree with the point anyway that it's too hard to score. How long are these games?! And how many tries were scored in that time period?!

GAMES WHERE

GAMES WHERE 6MINS PER HALF 12 MINS IN TOTAL PER GAME AND I THINK THE MOST TRYS IN A GAME WAS 3 COULD BE WRONG

Masters is the 13-a-side over 35's version of the game.

Think he's on about in the sense of Masters Football, but if we want to be PC we can always change it to Legends.

I'd have it so players must be retired from playing and must have played for their legends club for more than 3 seasons to be eligible for selection. Invite every club to enter a team then pick groups accordingly. I'm sure there are plenty of venues that could take on such an event for each group stage.

No offence but if it was like that from t'other night then no one will watch it.
Same with the Masters stuff that's been played i've no idea how you watched that, nostalgia can't make you high...can it?