You should see what they do once they stop training.

Then again, you can, as they populate the benches in Westminster!

Injuries during games of RL are part of the seasonal ebb and flow of RL. Injuries during pointless games of RU/RL hybrid damages your ability to perform during the season.

It's not about opening our minds. We've all seen RU, played it, tried it again and again. We all know it's like paying good money to be bored. We don't need to open our minds.

Will there be half price tickets if you only want to watch half the game?

Will go out of respect for Marwan but a plea to those organising it can we play the first half league then I can be first off the carpark.

Nope, i won't be going!

As my job involves watching many many hours of various sports i am forced to watch rugby union on weekly basis, it's an occupational hazard.

I know how p!ss poor the game is! I don't need to "open my mind"!

This is an absolute pointless exercise IMHO!

The idea is stupid.
When League is played Salford would give up possession after six tackles.
As soon as Sale get the ball they can have any number of phases - 5 - 10 - 15 whatever they like. Sale would end up with 80% possession. Stupid!
Either play it under 6 tackles and phases each team or unlimited possession and phases for each team, and that won't happen!

I despise Rugby Union and I despise Sale even more (if thats possible)!

This is a terrible idea as already pointed out, the chance to pick injuries in a meaningless game is a concern, injuries such as to the neck and back will be a risk because RL players are not trained to ruck and maul as is the amount of time we'll waste practising some Rugby Union basics during important pre season training sessions.

Think this one needs rethink, I cringed when it was mentioned by Noble yesterday!!

Was this mentioned as a pre season game last night? Koukash on twitter is saying that it would be an end of season game.

Yeah, I'm sure Noble said it would be sandwiched in between the Leigh and Warrington pre season friendlies if I heard correctly.

Think it would be a good game to be honest, would help with fitness and would hopefully help develop players skills in certain areas where they may not be as focused on. Would be a good crowd as well, hope it happens!

I don't recall the Saints game but do remember Wigan v Bath.
They must be memorable games !
Brian Noble has signed players from the 15-a-side code before - and of course Jordan Davies from Sale,for us.
The Sale followers started a thread more than complimentary about the World Cup game on Saturday,on their forum,and the opportunity to proselytize should never be overlooked.
Could be a win-win on and off the field and we should grin and bear it;we owe it to Dr K and BN.
I hope we get more supporters there than their lot,though.
Should do as it will be the only home pre-season game.

Wigan vs. Bath was different in that both codes had entered 'new' eras (a thawing of relations of sorts) and both clubs were dominant in their respective codes for a sustained period of time. So there was a reasonable amount of interest in the game. But once it was done, it was done. Sale vs. Saints was stale in comparison.

By the time Sale played Saints, Sale has realised that the best option for them was to use the only thing they could better Saints on: body bulk. So, for the union half of the game, they just rumbled the ball forward using rolling mauls. I can't see any proposed cross-code game involving Salford being any different. The League half would be Salford having the vast majority of the possession and running tries in on virtually every set of six, while the union half would see Sale grinding the ball up field through the forwards and scoring every time they got up there.

Just noted that the Dr said himself on Twitter that the cross-code game will probably be at the end of the season to avoid injuries pre-season. Seems a bit weird. As a money-making idea I suppose it may have merit at that time of the season.

On a side note, was nice to see a piccie of the Dr with Billy Slater and him saying not to get the wrong idea, he hasn't signed for us. Yet. Would be a great target for 2015 + especially with Slater's connection to the horse racing fraternity.

I would rather watch a hybrid of the two rules (codes) than an half of each code.