Now we are at the start of wall-to-wall coverage (over radio and TV) of the RU bore-a-thon, juust curious as to how many on here will be tuning in?

Usually the games involving the teams from the South Sea islands prove watchable (as they play the game in a more RL-style) and it will be interesting to see how Sam B goes if he gets a game, (if only to hear the posh boys crowing as to how he shouldn't have been picked in the first place).

Thoughts?

When does it start?

according to the big fecking advert when i went on Twitter this morning, it's today.

Has everyone seen that pathetic article in the daily mail this week?

Read this yesterday: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... clash.html One more reason why that boring shat and it's vindictive governing body won't be getting any social currency from me.

Read this yesterday: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... clash.html One more reason why that boring shat and it's vindictive governing body won't be getting any social currency from me.

If its a choice between "The Thugs" & Saints or the World cup . It will not be the World cup.

It's going to be hard to avoid it. Radio 5 Live is already becoming super tedious with it's constant coverage , and it hasn't bloody started yet!

This tournament has been given blanket coverage in the national press for weeks now. The Guardian this morning couldn't even be bothered to publish the result of last night's game Leeds vs Cas. Those watching the games, unless they are RU fanatics will be very disappointed when it turns out to be 30 dubiously fuelled muscle bound freaks trying to kill one another and will be of very little entertainment value.

I'll probably watch the England games, more for the excuse of going out with a few mates to the pub if I'm being honest.

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Does anyone have any TV links

There's ITV, BBC...

I actually try not to be bitter towards Union but i find myself being so. I have an Uncle and Cousins who watch and have played Union and my Dad likes it too and i actually watched it quite a lot as a kid. But now i just don't like the sport. I don't like what i've heard and read about the history of the way Union has treated League or League players and i don't like the saturation of coverage compared to League, I don't like the posh-boy element (even making rough houses like Jason Robinson sound like posh Southern ponces) and i hate seeing our legends and ex-players there playing or coaching in that sport (we'll never see Sinfield in this sport again as he'll end up being some sort of coach in Union after he retires adding to Farrell Ford Edwards etc.).

I won't be getting swept up in the furore over the next six weeks. If there is nothing else on tele i still might find something else to do.

I will be watching Saints v Wigan tonight without a second thought.

I'm just looking at booking the Eng v Kiwis game at the Olympic Stadium in November and hoping it gets a good crowd as well as Hull and Wigan getting good crowds and all three being good games (ideally with a win each to start meaning the final game is a decider) - not that the world will know about it because it won't be promoted or advertised anywhere!

You make very valid points on coverage. The lack of media coverage on all things RL is frankly disgusting. it is definitely seen as the poor relation, played by oiks 'up North'.

That berk Bill Beaumont was on the radio last night trying to defend Yawnion from the accusations that it is still a posh boys sport.....he failed.

I followed Union all the time when I was in high school, the '95 World Cup I watched avidly. Since I got into RL, It's amazing how dull and boring I find RU. But there are a lot of dull, boring people in the country so it's not surprising it's so popular.

I shall be watching Wigan v Saints tonight, no question. Especially as John Inverdale is fronting ITV's coverage of the RUWC. I can't stand that scum of the earth cretin. Shame he's not played another game of RU recently so someone else can stamp on his face.

The coverage & top sponsorship is hardly surprising considering many of the media people & captains of industry went to the same public schools & universities as the top bods at the RFU. The old boys network is an ideal partner to Rugby Union & gets the game to the attention of the "people that matter".