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Sam Burgess. Yes of course it's much more difficult. Reminds me of SBW's comments, i.e., League was that bit more physically demanding because the ball's in play more, but Union's just as tiring because there's a lot more thinking to do. And Sam's up against players just as big as him. The other...

Brian Moore's a Northerner himself and was brought up in Halifax which has had many fine League teams. His response is typical. I've never seen any antipathy between the players of the rival codes. They both realise how hard each code is, so there tends to be mutual respect. It's usually the...

And lots of other rule changes that have dumbed down the game. The NRL named a team of the century. They should have named two teams because the game now and then (70's and before is radically different). I really don't see how you can pick players, especially forwards, in the same team.

I was in Aus in 2002 and bought George Piggins biog. He said when he played it was definitely semi pro. So, i'm assuming most of the players were the same. The system in Australia's always been that different to England. Example: Kevin Ryan was a dual code international. He also became a...

Firstly, in my view, the word 'professional' was a misnomer, at least in England. My home city (Hull) is a League stronghold. I've known many of the players from Hull KR and to a man all of them had day jobs; they trained on an evening, usually twice a week with a game on a weekend for which...

The story explains that the articles of association of both the South African Olympic Committee and the South African sports ministry expressly prevent rugby league being directly recognised. Bizarre that they have to go through SARU. It's blatant discrimination and can't believe that a legal...

NFL also has four downs an immensely successfully sport. But that's only part of the story. So long as you make 10 yards in your 4 tackles, then the 'drive' continues. Best I've seen so far as games management was Joe Montana for the 49'ers. I remember one drive where it was started on the 5...

Firstly, enjoyed reading your post. I still think there are too many crooked feeds. The League scrum when it was contested was always a bit of a mess compared to the Union scrum. Basically, in all situations, when one team had the head, the other team the ball. What transpired was that the...

The problem of it happening, at least for League people, is that the laws have been dumbed down, and it's what young people seem to like. Using my son (24) as a barometer, he and his mates consider Union to be too complicated and ruined by the scrum. They also consider it elitist, but that's...

He will have been referring to the 1951 touring side that beat Australia with Puig Aubert, Elie Brousse and Edouard Ponsinet.

With regards Del Boy, his overarching ego stands out and he strikes me as someone who would rubbish anyone else who calls him into question. I noticed in some previous posts that some said Lote had rubbished Union. I'm a Pom and read the Union press; on the stuff I read, Lote only had good...