news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 010091.stm He does have a good point with the greater speed/body weight of modern day SL players there must surely be a tipping-point when serious injuries will become more prevalent in the game.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 010091.stm He does have a good point with the greater speed/body weight of modern day SL players there must surely be a tipping-point when serious injuries will become more prevalent in the game.

Wonder who would win in a superstars esque competition with a leading Super league player and a leading Premiership footballer. would probably pan out as would be expected but from looks of many players in Super league, there is still far to go to a 'limit'

Start wearing pads, helmets and allow forward passing may be the answer.

Do we need to change the name of the game though if this happens ??

Watched something about this on Inside Sport on monday night, although the focus was on Union. The idea was right that rugby players these days tend to be bigger and therefore the collisions are bigger therefore increasing the chances of bad injuries.

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Although its union, its still very current to RL.

Quote ="Wire On The Telly"Wonder who would win in a superstars esque competition with a leading Super league player and a leading Premiership footballer. would probably pan out as would be expected but from looks of many players in Super league, there is still far to go to a 'limit''" www.greatestathlete.com.au/#/about Saw this show when I was down under. Billy Slater up against Lote Tuqiri, Andrew Symonds, AFL star Brett Deledio, top A-League footballer Joel Griffith the Ironman champion and a few others in various challenges. Slater absolutely walked it, I think some racing driver came second. It was interesting to see what a top all-round sportsman he was.

Quote ="Wire On The Telly"Wonder who would win in a superstars esque competition with a leading Super league player and a leading Premiership footballer. would probably pan out as would be expected but from looks of many players in Super league, there is still far to go to a 'limit''" www.greatestathlete.com.au/#/about Saw this show when I was down under. Billy Slater up against Lote Tuqiri, Andrew Symonds, AFL star Brett Deledio, top A-League footballer Joel Griffith the Ironman champion and a few others in various challenges. Slater absolutely walked it, I think some racing driver came second. It was interesting to see what a top all-round sportsman he was.

To Rugby Union?

It's natural evolution and people wanting to get better, bigger and faster, all we could do is bring in some rule changes to slow the game down, narrow the distance from the ruck to the defensive line to 5m so it becomes less about winding up and crashing through the line and more about finding space and creating angles with passing movements and running lines; change the interchange rule to make it that when you sub a player he can't come back on (like football).

There are some interesting comments in Mal Reilly's autobiography, which he wrote in 2000, he was worried then about the way the game was going with the head down, battering ram type forward, he mentioned Martin Lang and Stuart Fielden who were emerging at the time and said he worried about the longevity of their careers and what they'd do to their bodies.

Martin Lang had 10 concussions by the time he was 27 and retired at 28.
Stuart Fielden had burnt out at age 26 and was never the same player after.
Reilly was right.

I think players (especially the big props) have to consider how they run with the ball. I think this is one of the reasons Morley has been able to keep going at the top of his game. Rather than being like Fielden who's game was to just run as hard and fast as he could, which I agree has knackered him out.
Morley has changed his game over the years, and doesn't necessarily try and go through every tackle, or stand up wrestling three or four defenders like a tough man, he simply makes his yards and goes down and gets a quick play the ball.
I think Fielden needs to adopt this kind of tactic if he wants to becom one of the top 10 props in the league again.

Yes i seen that, but i bet someone like christiano Ronaldo or Kaka would possibly wipe the floor with most of them, if not all.

What makes you think that?

Because all the most talented athletes choose football. Thats why Portugal and Brazils rugby teams struggle.

So, with Ronaldo in the front row, Portugal would be world beaters?

Perhaps second row/centre/wing.

Fantastic.

Ping ping and Archery might be a more level playing field whilst weightlifting you would hope would be the forte but in general fitness, do we think Rugby Players are gods? Many seems to think that.

Looking at this event in particular, and not the Superstars event overhere,where RL players had some considerable success, then I would take my pick of a RL player over Ronaldo or Kaka.

By the way, 'Ping Ping' and Archery aren't even events in this show.

Rather than suggesting we may be wrong for thinking RL players are fitter all round (with some reason - Slater's performance), why not try and explain why you think Ronaldo or Kaka would be better than RL players at things like an Iron Man Challenge, Swimming, Monkey Beams, Boxing, Catching a High Ball, Rock Climbing etc...

saw wilkin in tesco's last week,he is surprisingly smaller in the flesh than he looks on the pitch.




maybe he needs pads and a helmet.