I hate Union, can't stand it.

union is being made softer though, you can no longer put in big hits, both hands have to be around the player in an attempt to tackle! Pffffft, southern fairies!

Although I did play once and found myself on the wrong side of the ruck, which led to my face being scraped by a size 12 left boot!

A bit of 'shoe pie' as it is known in some quarters.

Don't like Union at all, but having seen the recent Lions test matches my thoughts on it being a game for Southern softies has changed somewhat, especially compared to the sterile spectacle that is modern RL. Not enough "biff" in SL now a days. Only one player sent off this year is proof of that. Whilst I want it to be fare I also want to see some raw emotion and agression. Big Jim Mills, Paul Basher Woods et al.

That said I know union players who are in their 50s and still playing. I can't imagine a RL player lasting past his late 30s whatever the standard.

The RU Tri-nations tournaments has moved on their game and is quite watchable.

I played till I was 39 gave it up when a snotty nose kid called K Tindall made me look a prat

Union ALL the way

The Lions tour saw two tackles. On both Lions players shot out of the line and put the shoulder into the Springboks player chest and both got penalized because you must put your arms around the player when you tackle them
However, you can stamp on a man with studs on his head and get away with it!

Both games have good merits. Union, if there still exists such a game has become faster and more akin to watching league over the last couple of world cups. Players in both codes have to have fantastic skill levels and playing at the top level in either would take some b*lls.

You have to say though the other code is knocking spots of our game in the promotion of the sport. We even set back without so much as a whimper and allowed them to take the "Rugby" word as their own. No such thing anymoe as Union - just the Rugby World Cup, a competition that grows the game and will coninue to do so. Attatching the word League to rugby now makes it look an inferior brand somehow. Very clever marketing on their part. They even now have a "Challenge Cup" competition. No-one in league think to protect that name at some point? We get trampled on all over the place in respect of not protecting our interests as we should imo.

Each game has differing advantages and disadvantages for me playing the game. I loved playing league but had also enjoyed playing union for the last 8 years or so. Both are pretty much as physical as each other in differing ways, in most ways union is slightly more brutal. Think comments in books like has been made here at the start of the thread are slightly disrespectful.

I been watching rugby league since 1975 started attending rugby union matches in mid 1980,s used to go to the Circle to watched Hull East Riding play there before the merger with Ionians RUFC in 1989 the sport of rugby union has improved little bit better since the mid 90,s what it was years ago still prefer league in my opinion like both codes of rugby

Rugby League Hull FC supporter since 1975
Rugby Union since 1984 or 85 Hull East Riding and Ionians from the mid 80,s right up to when both clubs merged in 1989-Hull Ionians to this day sometimes I go to see Hull RUFC and Hessle

Watched West Hull ARLC from 1996 to2006.