Obsessed

I guess what I would say to this is that this is just the way our international game has developed. Just because other sports do things in a different way doesn't mean that that is how we should do things. Its like when people compare our international attendances to union; 20,000 or whatever just happens to be how many go to a RL international, its the way the sport has developed. Just because only 3 teams have won our world cup doesn't make it necessarily worse than the union one, that's just how things are. Rugby League is by far a massively better quality game than any other sport and things like where international players are born aren't going to make the quality on the pitch worse.

You are getting a tad obsessed with me aren't you.

I think I love you

You are only human (I think)

There are more reasons than that, and players switching nationalities is much worse than those playing through heritage or residency rules.

International RL is a joke, mainly because the RLIF is a joke. That and the fact the NRL don't give a toss either. The RLWC left zero legacy on the game. The RUWC will p!ss all over the RLWC in terms of revenue, crowd figures etc...

Everything but tries and entertainment value, in fact.

Bitter much? The 28,000 crowd full of South Africans and Japanese people at Brighton would disagree with you on that

England made 77 tackles in their World Cup game against Fiji . James Roby made 62 tackles in the Saints v Wigan game.

To be fair to the Japanese team this afternoon that is one of the first times I've ever seen a Union team gamble and aim to score a try instead of going for a drop goal or playing for a penalty. Even as an RL fan I can give credit where it's due it was great entertainment

This. I just watched the highlights. But the simple fact is that games like the Japan match are very much the exception to the rule in international RU.

I obviously prefer watching rugby league, but I do enjoy watching RU as well, and personally cannot get my head round why people in league hate it so much, unless they are just envious of the coverage and exposure it gets. I also think RU is improving as a spectacle and the more RL influence of the offload and skills is assisting this. If anyone watches the Southern Hemisphere league that is very exciting to watch.
In Union the internationals are given more qudos over the league with clubs missing their star players while the 6 nations is on.
Also there is more quality at international level. Can u imagine a 6 nation tournament in league. There would be hissy fits about players playing in it and it would not be a competition at all.

i doubt any RL fan would even try and deny that off the field RU is light years ahead of RL
on the field it's the other way round, imagine how popular "rugby" could be with union's money, marketing and influences, and league been played on the pitch?