What was being discussed, as the title of the post suggests, Wigan v Warrington. So one good derailment deserves another.
You've got to admit that Wigan are simply the most successful, famous and talked about side in Rugby League.

That's Souths, isn't it

maybe there wasn't a grand final before 1998 but 56 of the league champions were decided by a play off and only 32 actually won the title by being top of the league........History is written by the victors and I am sure that everyone agrees that Rugby league started in 1895 in a true format........not 1996 or 1998 as some would like it to have

Did it start in 1895, or was that northern Union.

Not trying to devalue RL prior to SL. My point about picking a set of random years applies to SL too.

(ps before the Grand Final the SL trophy was given to the league winners, they were not called the minor premiers)

But I'm not sure where northern Union stops and RL starts. I'm sure if we saw Northern union we would assume it was a game of Rugby Union.

When did the line outs and unlimited tackles go? Because prior to that was it not just the same game, with a different outlook on professionalism?

Genuine question.

if it's good enough for the governing body it's good enough for me:- www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/history ... iversaries

if it's good enough for the governing body it's good enough for me:- www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/history ... iversaries

Erm no its not.

Its Wigan vs Warrington to start off with.

Then it moved onto defining dominance by the amount of trophies etc.

Unlimited tackles went in 1905 iirc?

Edit: Scrap that, it was flankers who were removed in 1905 - line outs went before that though

The play-the-ball was invented in 1906, and to my mind that is THE fundamental distinction between the Rugby League and the lesser code.