After watching some of the the world cup not just England, why are some full time professional rugby union players fat !
Training full time should turn fat to muscle ?
How this sport is so popular throughout the world is hard to believe.
Middle class public school etc etc etc even with the help of rugby league players/coaches who go for the money.
God its boring. And yes there are the odd one or two overweight RL players but not many in the super league.

Boring kickathon,.gladly haven't watched a single minute of it!

I played union at local club level for 20 years, and following retiring and due to the changes in laws, just fell out of love with it. Rugby League is a much better sport for the supporter and we can watch it at the highest level in the country in our local area. I just can't get enthused about it now, and England's demise hasn't really bothered me.

All the hype masked the lack of quality in the England pack, anyone who believed they would make it out of the pool stage were #deluded IMO.

Hilarious scenes.

The only things they're good at is organising picnics that you wouldn't want to go to, collaborating with Nazis and singing songs about slavery.

I love rubgy onion and golf clubs, gives me two easily avoided places that factors the amount of s in my life down by at least 24.75%.

Goose. Polite and advanced warnng ahead of what I hope will be an insightful post from me!!!! Sorry, that the w**ker factor in your life is just about to elevate by a Nano percentage.

So the ITV match commentator and that boring smug b*stard that is John Inverdale both comment after the predictable England loss that it was a magnificent and pulsating spectacle of a match full of scintillating rugby despite the disappointing result. Where are the men in white coats when you need them? I got more pulse and spec out of the Ronnie Pickering - who are you? video on here last week.

However, the main reason I am posting is that I have recently fallen out big time with a good mate of mine up here over our strong disagreements about the respective merits and demerits of our beloved codes of rugby. The misguided tossp*t loathes every aspect of RL and espouses Yawnion. Your post puts things into perspective for me much much more, as unlike me he is also an ardent golfer. Golf does tend to have some participants who are particularly loathsome. Spooky that.

I've watched more interesting paint dry.

Paint dry i have watched wet farts better then that dross when I first came down south i said to the wife if we dont get sky sports i am not going has i can not watch union or football so thank god for sky TV

If you became a Hull fan instead, that % would rise to 49.62

Agree with what you say though.

I'm more over the moon that they had the front and audacity to put a 'qualifying' (lol) match in Manchester on the same night as our Grand Final, which has been played on the same weekend in that City for the last near twenty years.

Massive fail on the behalf of the Rugby football Union. It's backfired massively for them now. What a shame!!

As one poster on the VT said. The RFL should promote the game this weekend as the only rugby game that matters in Manchester. .

I loathe the sport and England going out just after the tournament has begun has made a part of my weekend.
John Inverdale must be inconsolable this weekend. Lol

going against the grain slightly I would still have a few union players, even from England, Watson looks good as does may and joseph the centre looks class, saying that I do prefer our game,

Brad Barrett was England's top tackler with 13 tackles, pitiful when you think of how many some league players do every week

to true, but still think some of the union backs could make a real impact inpact in our game

Oh, without doubt, there are quality players that could cross.

There always has been, our very own Sir Clive Sullivan and Billy Boston.

I have absolutely no beef with the sport, or the people that play it, it's the history and administration that I despise.

Brian O'Driscoll would have smashed it in League, and if we still had the coin, I would poach loads of other players too.

Not Farrell's lad though, but definitely Ford's.

The union world cup or the NRL Grand Final.......?
No contest. More excitement in the first ten minutes than their whole tournament.
The hate for Burgess by some of their ex players is embarrassing.
It's children's rugby compared to league. It's pre historic. They should catch up with some rule changes.