Just watched the 08:35 sports desk on BBC Breakfast (broadcast from Manchester) and was subjected highlights of ALL home nations RU games from yesterday (plus women's cricket).

Would any forum members like to guess how much RL news was in the same sports desk. They could have included Scotland's game, the current Ireland Wales match, and the England game due to kick off in an hour.

Yup. You guessed correctly.

The BBC REALLY don't like our sport

Good piece in the Guardian.
it seems anything the BBC can Snub, the Australians can do it better.....

Christ the Game needs someone to take it by the scruff of the neck like a Barry Hearns...??

rlhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/nov/13/rugby-league-world-cup-has-been-snubbed-in-nrl-obsessed-australiarl

The biggest advantage the RFU have is the "old boy network" & the "old school tie". Both games are played by the foot soldiers but at the top Union is miles ahead with business & sponsorship connections & are drawing sponsorship from the world's best companies & the management is in the best place to rub shoulders with their media mogul friends to get the best air time for its sport.
A big shot in the arm for RL would be to get a prominent Royal at Wembley for the CC final once again.

When I saw you mention "kids standard rugby", I thought you were talking about Super League. The standard of northern hemisphere rugby union has far overtaken rugby league. Unless of course you think a glorified version of british bulldog is the standard both codes should aspire to. Most of the super league games shown on sky were a massive snooze fest. Errors and knock ons for 20 minutes with minimal skill on show. 5 drives and a kick is the skill level currently in SL.

Regards

King james

50 people arrested so far after that game, people dancing on cars etc, as that been reported.

"The standard of northern hemisphere rugby union has far overtaken rugby league".....??

dont talk daft....

The day I see a union four on 2 out wide and they dont make a massive queenio pass to the winger instead of skilfully passing through hands and creating an overlap and a try, i'll let you have that argument. But until they master the most basic of rugby skills they will continue to be stone cold hopeless at rugby, but they do speak super and are awfully well educated....

and anyway you watch Saints so possibly have a skewed view of whats good rugby and whats not ....don't get all negative because you aren't the entertainers anymore....!!!

regards

Not to mention with unlimited tackles they struggle to score a try or even get close to opponents line lmao.

The wigan bath games would still be of a similar score line even now under the dull rugby were seeing wigan 82, bath 6 and at Union bath 44 wigan 19.

There isn’t one northern hemisphere RL back that would get in the lions team. There are about 20 union backs who would get in the league team

Regards

King James

Then why bother wasting your precious Regal time watching League?

Don't you have knighthoods to bestow, on all things Twickers?

Regards, etc

Lebron James...not sure why you are here mate? WUM? or tiny insignificant life? bit of both I would guess you sad sad little man.

Why am I a WUM? I enjoy both codes but it’s obvious Union is now more skilful

Regards

King James

Well go tell it to someone else.

Takes a lot of skill to hoof the ball 50m only for the opposition to return the favour. Not so many off the cuff players in Yawnion...Players generally stick to the standard play. How many games have you seen where the team scoring the most tries loses, generally because the opposition have a demon kicker, who nail everything from 50m in.

Translation: Dont participate in the discussion about Rugby Union unless you agree that super duper league is better than rugby union

Regards

King James