Except it carries with it the stereotype of chess being a game for intelligent, thoughtful people and checkers the game for everyone else who can't get the hang of chess.

League is every bit as complex and challenging to play well as Union, but with fewer arcane laws to confuse the watching viewer.

Im not sure Farrell will get the chance to talk anyone into International RU anytime soon.

The comparison that struck me the other day is between real tennis and lawn tennis. Real tennis is the original game, with it's complex medieval rules, played by toffs. Lawn tennis is the simpler, faster, more democratic version played by everybody.

Unfortunately, in terms of public profile, it's more the other way round for us!

I already like Jon Wilkin for his punditry, but he's really gone up in my estimation with that piece he did on 5 Live. Intelligent, articulate, balanced, well argued, spot on.
Wish Nigel Wood would take some lessons from him in how to talk to the media.

Except it didn't; I guess you had to be there.

rlPssst ... wanna punt 100k?rl

Yours,


The Kit Man.

Union [iis[/i more complex. It was a great comparison. There is alot more technical aspects involved with the breakdowns (lineouts, scrums, rucks) posession is contested at every single breakdown.

I don't know why people get a chip on their shoulder with Union being more complex. Team sports aren't supposed to be complicated. The best ones are the simplest, look at the popularity of football.

If you want a mental challenge go actually play chess, or learn mandarin chinese.

I don't have a problem admitting Union is a more complex game. Given the greater positional specialisation it's bound to be.

Although the chequers analogy is a bad one given that a computational solution for it has been found. By comparison Rugby League is off-the-chart in terms of complexity.

Where there's big money the stench of corruption is never far from the nostrils. To be honest I have one or two suspicions about at least one game in that competition.

"Rugby League is a simple game played by simple people. Rugby union is a complex game played by w@nkers - Laurie Daley

Indisputable I'd say!

Oil industry is one of the most volatile you can invest in. These players If they have 100k free to invest they need to do research.

They sound like they've been royally hustled. The oil industry is certainly volatile - but we've known the Saudis have been deliberately tanking oil prices for geopolitical reasons for some time. Volatility infers frequent fluctuations but oil has been going down, down and DOWN for ages.

John Wilkin reads poetry. John Wilkin is the most intelligent, cultured and articulate man playing in Super League. St. Helens and England should be proud of him.