I wouldn’t say it’s massively improved, I mean look at the big name clubs that have gone. All well and good that Union as more money in the sport than we do but they are for sure better at mismanaging it than League.

The points Wires 71 makes is more the problem the main one being the international game. Now it’s not dominated by the All Blacks and Australia and other nations getting better at it it draws more attention and hence better crowds. I’m not sure our sport will tap into that in my lifetime but we need to get better as a sport internationally. Even the NFL which is massive in USA is getting out in the world more and more. If eventually a team is based in the UK this is just going to take more people away.

The previous point about RU no longer being kick and clap is an accurate one. In the last round of fixtures before their international break, every game had either 7 or 8 tries in it, with points from kicks making up far less of the totals than you would expect. RU have used a bonus point system well to encourage more fluent rugby.

Whilst it might not be everyone's cup of tea, saying that RU is a dull game to watch is outdated.

I'm probably a bad egg but I actually like it and it has indeed improved, the internationals are a proper day out and there's less snobbery about since the likes of Inverdale and Gusscott had their well publicised views aired. Added to this there have been plenty of RL guys coaching at high level in various capacities, Phil Larder, Jon Clark, Kevin Sinfield and of course Andy Farrell....

Whilst I like RU, it doesn't diminish my passion for RL and I still have that innate mistrust of the establishment and understanding that we aren't on a level playing field. However, I think these days, our disadvantage, well certainly the continuation of it, is as much about us as it is them IMO

Wow not like you to make sense

It does make me smile a bit when RU is portrayed as a "posh" sport cos they obviously haven't been to some places I've been. RL will always have a problem when it's crowds are so low. Sky threw money at us in the early days but I'm afraid they have other options now.

Is this not why IMG have been brought in, to help grow and make it more appealing. It’s going to take a long time for sure it’s not an over night thing. The continued bleating by clubs over grades etc they just need to get on and work on the improvements required and let IMG get on with other stuff.

Got a funny feeling that he will be hoping for 2 similar score lines in our favour..

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... g-30351428

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... g-30351428

This is getting beyond silly.

In my opinion, the 6 tackle rules has been strangling our game for years with too many repetitious kicks to end sets of six. Even the RFL brought in set restarts to give a team more time with ball in hand. How about increasing tackles from 6 to 10 ? Give teams more time to construct an attack.

Imagine having done nine tackles, only for Liam Moore to then yell "10 again!"

Well ,for a start you get rid of the six again rule which is difficult for spectators to follow & go back to a penalty kick.

Radical, but the fatigue of the defensive side has to be considered, and 6 again (or 10 again) rule on to of 10 tackles.
Not so sure it would benefit the game or player welfare having a team defend 16 or 20 tackles or more in a row.

I'd like to see this. The penalty for holding down is far more severe when the opposing side gets either a 25 yard punt to touch and 6 more tackles from an ordered start or a chance of 2 points.

Right now sides have very little penalty for holding down early in the tackle count, almost encouraging it, and it's ruining the spectacle of the game.