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I was a 10 and couldn't tackle for crap. I prefer to think I was a 10 due to my mad skillz though.

this is going around in circles. I am sure people have gotten contracts out of the shute shield, QLD Cup NSW Cup before as well. That doesn't change the standard of the comp, the comp remains at its particular standard playing with the players who are not yet good enough to obtain that said...

either the opportunity is based on merit or it isn't. If its based on merit, then it really shouldn't matter what code someone played last winter its just whether they will be able to get the outcome required better then any other option.

I watched a fair bit of super rugby this year. And whilst I don't watch a huge amount of itm cup, I have watched enough to appreciate its level. What you describe as fact is of course your opinion. An opinion that most "more professional" clubs (of both codes) disagree with, otherwise the...

I get the feeling that if it was still kosher for you to ban blokes who are playing league from playing union you would.

to be fair if you go to sideways without any forward momentum your a big risk of going into touch and turning over possession. As a union fan you would know how important it is to hold on to possession in favour of maybe getting some sneaky metres. That said I tend to agree, that if a...

As for the SA semifinal that was a great game due to the occasion not due to the actual kicking a ball between the sticks part.

Lol terry didn't know you were taking this so seriously. It should be noted that I agree that shute shield and ITM cup play a lot more footy then test matches. Even the super 15 between certain sides can play a bit of footy. Test matches can all be a bit meh in rugby union unless it is the...

14.91 minutes of dead time in a half of league, I will assume your correct there and agree with you, that is why it needs to speed its ruck up so the play the balls are faster. That said there would be just as much if not more dead time in union, the difficulty union has is with the northern...

I had a quick google and couldn't really find total nrl tries or team tries.. players is much easier. Maybe someone else better at the internet could do a 2013 Super Rugby v NRL try comparison on a per game basis better then me. In terms of my knowledge of rugby and players not kicking it away for...

To be fair to rugby league it has acknowledge it has to much wrestle and through various parts of the season has more heavily enforced slowing down ptb tactics like the defender keeping his hands/body on the ball after the tackle. SOO 2 was 1 try that is correct but the point remains. One...

I would prefer league got rid of wrestling coaches, the point of the game is to have 5-6 goes at trying to score a try or finish the set as close to scoring as you can, not learning sneaky ways to hold people down or sneaky ways to get up faster to counter the sneaky wrestling in the first...

a lot of shit boring soccer teams will go into games with no intentions of trying to score goals and all their training / effort and focus on stopping the other side to bring about a 0-0 draw. I thought that's why they changed the points for a win = 3 and draw = 1.

Soccer is more popular then union when considering the rest of the world. Unless soccer is a better game then rugby how do you explain that? AFL is probably the most popular sport in aus but is certainly not the best how do you explain that? Re union and leagues worldwide popularity...

re scrums. I think its more mutual agreement, but I have seen some funny resetting of scrums and penalties when one team has a crack. I think league would be better served removing the scrum.

The faster issue was bought up by a fellow saying union was just as fast as league. In terms of passing I stand by my comments and my mental statistics. If you want just count how many times the ball is passed in the first and last ten minutes of each game and you would be astounded at the...

I know, but as you would know a one off the ruck play or dummy half run/pick runner is less likely to score a try then a play that asks a few questions or a play that comes from a fast ptb/ruck. however, fast rucks/ptb and question asking plays have more risk, so your team needs to have the...

oh one I forgot - the mick hancock writhing on the ground. As you may know, if you hold someone down when they are trying to get up in league you can get called for a penalty (generally dependent on whether the ref considers it to long or not (dominant tackles and submitting also considered))...

I will try and respond as best as I can to the worthwhile posts. Re - evidence the union media bashes league - that culture thing was taken from a post here about a league media person getting defensive at a union person knocking the culture of league in respect of kurtley beale defecting to...

I think you will find most of leagues media greivances are out of either:- a - historical greivances b - retaliatory to that of the union media. You might not notice union media bashing league because you agree with a lot of there comments, but union media will poorly reference leagues culture...