A northern hobby?

Does anyone seriously believe that if pro rugby league was concentrated in the South of England, rather than the North, people would be talking about the 'M4 corridor' or a 'southern hobby'?

24 Top Tier Rugby League teams, 1 in France, 1 in London and 22 in the North. This isn't an "if" scenario....or even a "what if" suggestion, it is a cold hard fact......22 of the top 24 sides are located between Sheffield in the south to Workington in the north and Widnes in the west to Hull in the East.......sorry buddy but that aint the midlands, it ain't the south, it ain't the west country and it ain't scotland or wales either...it's the North!

Wakefield - Salford - Hull FC - Hull Kingston Rovers - Widnes - Huddersfield - Leeds - Wigan - Warrington - St Helens - Castleford - Oldham - Bradford - Leigh - Halifax - Sheffield - Featherstone - Dewsbury - Batley - Whitehaven - Workington - Keighley or Swinton.....all of these towns and cities are Northern Town and Cities.

22 of the top 23 teams in England are inside that red area

Not that I am aware, but then again I have no doubt they have less heritage players than league too.

Edit: Just checked....8 sides all genuine locals playing for their countries. No attempt to fill Irish or scots teams with 2nd grade Anzac's and English to "make it bigger".
Edit Edit: there were countless posts after the op from people wishing to compare the two codes so I'll take it you'llcomplain to them as well?

France also have Elite 1. Are they really that much worse than Hunslet and Doncaster?

The 2 players who got it most in the press were Robshaw and Barritt who are part of the 'experienced Union', which blows your paranoid theory out of the water. I've seen most of the England team get a slagging in the press but you are saying because Farrell and Burgess have been included along with the rest of the team it must be because they have a RL connection

Keep digging

1.Toulouse spent 2 years in the English 2nd tier ending in them being relegated.
2.Toulouse have since won 2 of 3 French Elite 1 Titles.
3.Hunslet and Doncaster aren't in the Championship. They've been replaced by Oldham and A.A.NOTHER to be decided at the weekend!

But if you like....

I didn't drift this thread and nor did I make it about the RWC. It's a sad reflection on the standard of posters here that debate is dead and accusations are the new currency. You claimed I'd ruined the thread, the Printer and loiner claimed I'd made it about the RWC 2015 and that's all people want to hear......because they can't handle certain facts. ....here's a recap for you.

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I HAD YET TO POST IN THIS THREAD AND ALREADY PEOPLE ARE COMPARING BOTH GAMES ON AND OFF THE PARK....

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SO HALF WAY THROUGH PAGE 3, WITH PLENTY OF COMPARING GOING ON AND I ADDRES THE ORIGINAL POSTERS CLAIMS

Quote: BuckleyStreetWire "Maybe you should stop obsessing about Union and you should definitely hold back on the straight comparisons......

660 players in 20 squads at RUWC 2015 of which I can find 71 playing for countries other than that of their Birth. 11%........that's a lot.

322 players in 14 squads at RLWC 2013 of which I could find 159 playing for countries other than that of their birth. That's 49%....that's a Joke...even more so when you consider those 159 were split between 9 sides at over 17 per 23 man squad as an average!'"

AND THEN IT BEGINS

Quote: BuckleyStreetWire "The biggest joke is that you spent your time noting the birthplace of nearly 1,000 players to try prove a point on a website.'"

Quote: BuckleyStreetWire "Another thread completely derailed by the clearly unwell Gutterfax and his multiple accounts.

Didn't take long at all for this thread about international RL to become a thread about the RUWC.

Is it any wonder that hardly anyone visits this forum anymore? The mods clearly don't spend any time here and I bet ad revenue's at an all time low.

Think i'll go check Twitter out for a bit before work. This place is dead.'"

ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH TO ACCEPT YOU WERE WRONG?

1. The team Toulouse could put out in the championship had to cost less than the one they put in the elite.
2. That doesnt even address the problems that face a part time side having to travel to england every other week,
3. That isnt where Toulouse is on a Map, or the size of Catalonia. So what is that to represent?
4. You are undermining your own argument, why choose 22 of 23? The situation is as it is, we gain no more by overstating than understating it.

1. So what. The claim was Toulouse were as good as the 2 relegated champ side and I simply pointed out their 3rd tier record in England.
2. They were in it...that's all I said.
3. That are on the map covers the region where the elite 1 clubs are based from Avignon to Villeneuve in the West.....it was elite 1 that I was tasked with...and toulouse are covered by that red zone...it's south east of Villeneuve.
4. 22 from 23 originally saved me the bother of a single dot on a map of france...I really didn't think anyone would attempt to bring elite 1 up!