Quote: Wires71 "You only have to watch some classic games with Bradford, Saints and Wigan from that period to realise how far our game has fallen.
It comes to something when England vs Fiji offered a little more excitement and creative off the cuff play than the Grand Final.'"
That was just england v Fiji, ireland v new Zealand and France v South Africa absolutely smashed the grand final out of the park as far as a viewing spectacle goes. There is better ball handling and a faster more exciting spectacle in union these days, even the club game can be better on occasion.
I've heard quite a lot of the talk in talksport and the likes about the grand final being one for the purists (it wasn't), which is a kind way of saying it was dull as dishwater. The sport won't attract new sponsors and fans unless the powers that be make the game quicker and more exciting.