Except Londons 2012 and this starts '16 doesnt it?

Give his head a shake will you

Change the country and swap the maracana for Twickenham and the principal is still there.

To be fair I can understand him being worried. Even towards the end of their 'amateur' days union was and now definitely is a media whore.
They milk all the free publicity they get.
The thing rugby league has to do is use the fact that 'rugby' is on the main stage to get kids playing the genuine code.

OK. Granted - it'll get a fair amount of media attraction for a couple of days. How seismic is this for Rugby League? Not much, it really isn't. The RWC is more "damaging" by comparison because, [icompared to our crap effort[/i, it's a real World event.

Need to get in all the schools first!
There's still people within 20 miles of the 'heartlands' that don't have the foggiest that Rugby League exists.
At first I thought it daft but i'd be tempted to rebrand as 'League'.

Don't believe the hype. 192 countries play rugby union yet only 4 had a realistic chance of winning the world cup last time round.
in rugby league it's 2 from around 12.
Did you watch any of the last rugby union world cup? I did and it was pish poor. That's not blind bias, but a genuine observation. Argentina were a shining light as they tried to combat the kick kick kick of teams like Australia, England and South Africa.

In France and Catalonia they are known as rugby XIII and rugby XV.

Can you imagine the excitement a cross-code GB Rugby Sevens team would generate?

Don't shoot me for heresy but....

....perhaps this is the ticket to rejoin the codes?

There is a vidoe on youtube (is that term even allowed on here?) of the 1996 Middlesex sevens final.
Watch one of the hard men of 'Rugby', Lawrence Dalaglio, getting thrown around like a rag doll by Gary Connolly.

Couldnt find that but i did find this www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aYbLrhhQ5c

Couldnt find that but i did find this www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aYbLrhhQ5c