OH! FFS!

Please let's not!

Tre Cool, so what you're claiming is the bulk of RL fans that don't turn up for internationals, or only go for a day out at the final are real fans? And to prejudge 82,000 people on the few that you know is laughable

I know exactly what I am on about. The very existence of this thread goes a long way to proving my point about narrow minded rugby league zealots trying to belittle a bigger sport in the hope of making them feel some misguided sense of achievement in pointing out its a different game with different skills required.....

Standard answer from a supposed fan of rugby league when faced with a harsh reality..
Sam burgess will play where he's told to and no amount of my dads bigger than yours rubbish from the insecure moonies will ever change that. I think what really es some of them off is that middle England sports fans will now hear of Sam burgess where as before, he was unknown. If he scores a winning RWC final try and wins SPOTY these boards may well melt

No, I just don't have the time or patience to read drivel!

I must be pretty unique then in that I just think Union is e and have no agenda.

Lol at the irony of the most insecure man regarding any mention of RL/RU comparisons calling other people insecure about the subject.

Nah.....simply put, you know that Sam's gone to a bigger and more popular sport to earn more money.


Nope. You are in the majority on here who rightly believe that Rugby League is by far the superior game. There can be little doubt.
What causes the "ripples" is the outlandish claims by some of the more "passionate" amongst us that include:
Sam could play in any position in Union
Sam could play in any position he wants in Union
It's really easy to pick up and play Union
Many top flight League players moving to Union have played in the forwards
The 328,000 at Twickenham over the recent 4 weekends were not there to watch the rugby/were not rugby fans
The BBC are on a mission to bury League, as proven by a Sam not being put forward for SPOTY
The British media are on a mission to bury league, as proven by their OTT coverage of negative stories.
The Aviva premiership only get's decent crowds because of event games (see Magic weekend)
Superleague get's more viewers on SKY proving it's more popular than union
The RLWC Semi-Final out drew viewers for the England Union international the same day......(personal favourite that from Wood. He neglected to say that the Union was on Pay TV and the RL on FTA, but hey, spin is good....isn't it?)
The British Public are stupid and will watch what they are spoon-fed.
Mcdonald's being a big chain of restaurants proves Union is rubbish.
My personal favourite.........I SUBSCRIBED TO A UNION BROADCASTING CHANNEL TO WATCH SAM EVEN THOUGH I HATE UNION
...the list is endless and some of the others are as funny as the last one, but they are all pointless

Fact remains Sam has gone to a sport that will get him more exposure GLOBALLY and more money than he would ever get if he stayed in the NSW centric NRL. This is a simple Fact.......it doesn't need to be embellished with "he's gone for a holiday" or "he'll die of boredom"....he's gone. Get over it.

I seem to remember when one of the greatest RL players of his generation and Golden boot winner joined the Auckland Blues recently, we were reliably informed that he was past it, he'd rip it in union and that he would show them how it was done......I think he's back at the NRL now playing first team footie?
I though you said he was past it?

Nice attempt, but I am quite secure in my belief that Union is a game that Rugby League could learn a lot from.....OFF THE PARK. They have managed to perfect the art of not only turd polishing, but turd polishing and then selling said turn for a massive profit.
The Answer from the RFL is to stack it high and sell it cheap.....and cutting your prices when you cant control your costs is a race to the bottom that always ends badly.

Now Sam's going to get a full game on Friday, I'm hoping someone will have the wit to give him a few passes that allow him to come onto the ball at pace (not the two or three hurried, short, flat hospital passes he's had to take on so far) so that he can show the other lot what he can do. Depends on what his 14 teammates can conjure up but, nevertheless, I'm predicting a couple of Sam tries if he really is on for the full 80 minutes.

He also still thinks the prev poster has paid up to watch RU on BT Sport whereas I'm fairly sure he'll just have switched it on for free

Wet weather forecast for Friday in Bath.....expect plenty of 10 man ruggah with little flair unless Bath get well ahead quickly.

who cares....sam is a 'kick and clap' player now

Yet every RU comparison made on these boards you rush to their defence every time and as seen just a few posts ago you record and list every nasty little negative view those RL moonies make about RU. If the comments and views made by others are so ridiculous then why can't your "secure" self let them go. How come when people make points about the on-field stuff you resort to list off field facts and numbers? You cry foul when somebody claims that ALL the 82,000 at Twickenham have no idea what's going on but then claim all RL fans who criticise RU in anyway do so because of insecurity and jealously. You categorised RU fans into 3 groups but then laughably said RL fans "fall generally into 1 category"......only to contradict that claim a few lines later by telling us that RL fans are split in opinion on many things like franchising and expansion. You whine that RL fans use "unsubstantial accusations" in the views about RU but then come back and with your great in depth profile on the typical RL fan as "probably" being football fans too.

In regards to this subject you're about as secure as an ar$e in a prison shower.

Not true. Comes free with my Virgin Media package. You're not doing very well on this thread, are you.

I fully expect you to quote a string of Twickenham attendances in response.