I am attending a dinner on Friday night where the guest speaker is the ex-England Rugby Union prop Geoff Probyn.

At the end of the evening the diners will be invited to ask Geoff questions.

I am considering askingGeoff "you played rugby union at the highest possible level. In all honesty do you think that you would have been good enough to have played amateur rugby league?"

Unless of course any of you have any better suggestions.

How big is Will Carling's schlong?

Ask him if he felt any embarrassment when England won the grand slam without scoring a single try!

Or ask him how on earth did Jason Leonard get over 100 caps at international level, when he could hardly walk let alone run.

Ask what was more physically demanding; Beating the cream of European Rugby (pah) or beating one off over Thatcher?

What year was that?

Never - he's made it up.

maybe thats one to ask Mike Nicholas or John Bevan

John Bevan, Mike Nicholas - definately not, and neither would I ask that question to Frank Reynolds, Bobby Wanbon, Derek Finnegan, Allan Bateman, or for that matter the dozens of other RU players who have changed code and proved to be so succesful.

But the question could undoubtedly be put to Geoff Probyn...In case you don't remember him too well I will remind you; a fat bloke who strolled from scrum to scrum and lineout to lineout, thats Geoff.

That's what props in union do.
He wasn't that fat.
And it's Jeff.

I remember Jeff Probyn well, he was England prop when I started watching RU. His game was based around the set pieces and the ruck and maul, so he was a very union-oriented player. He probably never thought about crossing codes to turn professional in league because it wouldn't have suited his game, but he would have dominated amateur league players because he would have been far too tough and physically strong for them.

No doubt you think you're being a smartbooty by making the suggestion that league is better than union, because he wasn't a player suited to it, but your question is about as relevant as asking Mark Roberts and Mike Gregory if they would been able to win any lineout ball against a university union XV.

Do not mention Mark Roberts and Rugby Union in the same sentence.

Sounds very disrespectful to me.

He was a very staunch opponent of crossing codes in either direction.

your so funny when you do that sarcasm stuff.......