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| Quote: Nemanja "Not really a fair comparison though is it?
In the Union World Cup anyone of a number of teams could win it. In League it is either NZ or Australia.'"
really? and who are they? at the last world cup NZ and SA stood out for the bookies and england and the aussies were a bit behind them. after that there was more daylight than a mid summers day in spain!
and how many countries play union compared to league? if you listen to the union propaganda virtually every country plays union in some form or another.
the RLIF has Australia · Cook Islands · England · Fiji · France · New Zealand · Papua New Guinea · Russia · Samoa · South Africa · Tonga as test nations.
the IRB has 18 'top nations' and boasts that the game is played in over 120 more. |
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| Quote: Raiders: Just Win Baby "www.bbc.co.uk/go/homepage/d/int/sport/top/1/-/news/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/london_wasps/7893734.stm
Surely if the league has no cap, they can get the best players on high contracts, so the quality of the league improves?'"
whilst the other leagues see a drain of their best players, thus lowering the standards in said leagues.
the french clubs are throwing profane amounts of money at players in the current economic climate and don't seem to be planning for a rainy day or indeed the monsoon that many financial experts are predicting.
what will they do if it all goes 'POP!'? |
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| Quote: Raiders: Just Win Baby "www.bbc.co.uk/go/homepage/d/int/sport/top/1/-/news/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/london_wasps/7893734.stm
Surely if the league has no cap, they can get the best players on high contracts, so the quality of the league improves?'"
It means they get more highly paid players, not necessarily that the quality improves. How highly motivated will players like Palmer and Flutey (who are getting towards the tail end of their careers) be if they are on a massive wedge?
The recruitment of SBW by Toulon has hardly improved the quality of the French Top 14 now, has it?  |
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| Quote: Andy Gilder "It means they get more highly paid players, not necessarily that the quality improves. How highly motivated will players like Palmer and Flutey (who are getting towards the tail end of their careers) be if they are on a massive wedge?
The recruitment of SBW by Toulon has hardly improved the quality of the French Top 14 now, has it? ![]()
and if the standard of the english union league declines, could this lead to a rise in popularity of rugby league?
the standard of the guiness prem is (in my opinion) a way off the super league at the moment.
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| Quote: Catalancs "the standard of the guiness prem is (in my opinion) a way off the super league at the moment.'"
It varies - I've seen some keenly contested, fairly exciting GP and Heineken Cup games over the last couple of years. I've seen some absolute dross in SL over the same period as well.
They are different products for a different audience, it's not always appropriate to draw direct comparisons. |
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| Quote: Andy Gilder "It varies - I've seen some keenly contested, fairly exciting GP and Heineken Cup games over the last couple of years. I've seen some absolute dross in SL over the same period as well.
They are different products for a different audience, it's not always appropriate to draw direct comparisons.'"
i was only talking about the GP. the HC is bound to be better as the idea is that it's the cream of european union. |
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| interesting to see the governement throw its support behind the rfu's bid to host the union world cup in england in 2015.
not been so forthcoming in their support for the 2013 rugby league bid.
shame we haven't got anyone on the inside! where's andy burnham when you need him? ...oh wait ![]()
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6 Nations weekend again
Friday, 27 February 2009
France v Wales, 20Saturday, 28 February 2009
Ireland v England, 17:30
Scotland v Italy, 15:00
3 home wins?
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Allez Les Catalans!
[quote="Johnny Rotten":11m80glq]Ever get the feeling you've been cheated[/quote:11m80glq]
[quote="John_D":11m80glq]Bobbie Goulding, can you hear me? Your British lads (Barrett, Richards, Vaealiki, Leuluai etc etc etc) took one hell of a beating.[/quote:11m80glq]
[quote="eurob0y replying to Chris Dalton":11m80glq] Well ok, so if we apply your logic, this means that you can never ever give your opinion of who you think is a good rugby league player, because you support widnes and therefore wouldnt know a good rugby league player if he smacked you in the face with a 3 eyed fish[/quote:11m80glq]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_33363.jpg |
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| Quote: Billy Banter "6 Nations weekend again
Friday, 27 February 2009
France v Wales, 20
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Saturday, 28 February 2009
Ireland v England, 17
Shane Williams will be starting for Wales & Henson is on the bench. I wouldn't bet against a Wales win in Paris. 
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[quote="Stand-Offish":779etxk3]I am the personification of a mindless chav.[/quote:779etxk3]
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| Quote: DAIHAPPY "Shane Williams will be starting for Wales & Henson is on the bench. I wouldn't bet against a Wales win in Paris. ![]()
Quelle surprise. 
TBH I think all 3 matches could go either way. Refs permitting.
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| Quote: Billy Banter "6 Nations weekend again
Friday, 27 February 2009
France v Wales, 20Saturday, 28 February 2009
Ireland v England, 17
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[quote="Stand-Offish":779etxk3]I am the personification of a mindless chav.[/quote:779etxk3]
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