the amount of euros overflowing their bank account each month.

well he can certainly put in the big hits - frowned upon in Union y'know chaps www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_rZvzDtDHw .......and has the Cardiff Blues signed his replacement ? www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynatio ... -26559511/

well he can certainly put in the big hits - frowned upon in Union y'know chaps www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_rZvzDtDHw .......and has the Cardiff Blues signed his replacement ? www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynatio ... -26559511/

I love how a big hit is illegal in Rugby union lol

the idea in Union was to stop players flying into rucks and just smashing people who are stuck in the middle and were a sitting duck.....which is fair enough

but to stop it in open play is just pathetic as is the fact you can no longer stamp on a cheap holding onto the ball at the bottom of a ruck. You have to leave it to the referee now......

What.. Union referees stamp on players who fail to release the ball?

Bit harsh?

What the hell are you on about,we all know that yawnion players are waaaay inferior to RL players,i thought that was pretty obvious.

They play an inferior game.
I agree with you on a lot of things but having seen first hand players coming through both youth systems, in the UK the union blokes are better athletes. Well, better's the wrong word, they're different but a few could DEFINATELY make the transition. A lad I played alongside who played for union england schoolboys was better than almost everyone i saw in league at my year. In fact many coming through some league academies were VERY ordinary.

Was he a forward or a back? Some of the forward "Athletes," playing for England in union are a joke, tubs of lard, who can barely run a metre.

Truth is quite a lot of union players could make it in league, SL at least. We just underestimate them cause their sport is a bit ridiculous.

Who is he?

Listen mate i agree with quite a lot of your points but i cannot agree with you with union players,i just don't rate them OR their crappy sport.

That's ridiculous, a lot of Union players and especially Welsh Union players would be better suited to RL, Powell is essentially an RL player who happens to play Union. There's massive potential in Union players, they just can't shine because their sport is so stupid and stifles their talent.

He dropped out of the game at a young age after not really making it so I doubt you'd have heard of him, he was a bit small in reality but great rugby talent.
Ash, he was an outside centre and probably didnt develop as his coaches were hoping. I lost touch with him a couple of years ago actually when I moved back up here

Isnt this guy the bloke who carries the ball like an 8 year old?

Yup! Or to quote any given Sunday " like a loaf of bread!"