Quote: Jimmy Birts Lives On "I can see there being one code of Rugby within the next ten years.
Wigan, Saints, Wire, Leeds, Hull will be top flight Rugby (Union) clubs'"
Only way that would happen is if the sports merge. That would be beneficial to both sports.
Imagine a league of -
Wigan
Leicester
Leeds
Northampton
Saints
Harlequins
Warrington
London Irish
Hull FC
Gloucester
Huddersfield
Bath
Bradford
Saracens
Hull KR
London Wasps
A 16 team league with none of the crap clubs both codes currently have in the top flight. It would be huge. The second tier would aslo be very very strong with the Likes of Widnes, Newcastle, Castleford, Exeter, Salford, Sale, Wakefield, Worcester, Bristol.
This would be bigger and better than what either code has now. Not to mention the strength of the player pool or the european competition. Catalans would join the french league etc.
It will probably never happen but it would make sense. A world-wide Rugby dual code could rival football.