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Article i posted at the roar, got through but was complained about by mungos so much it got pulled. thought i could post it here.
Rugby is a Growing worldwide sport, which proudly holds the name of the Rugby School rules it was named after. However Like that little annoying fly which just keeps coming back, rugby league and its supporters continually claim the name to themselves, despite a non-lineal Genealogy.
Since Joining this group of endeavouring opinionists and aspiring sports columnists at the roar, I have noticed, every time a person refers to rugby the “oh but wait rugby already does this, union doesn’t” comment, from a select few members. It’s about time this was set straight. The Roar refers to rugby union as rugby and league as league, and if this doesn’t sway you enough, so does the SMH and even the Sydney based News Ltd. Paper the daily telegraph, the owners of Rugby league.
If this isn’t enough for the leagueys, then looking at football (soccer) being claimants of the earliest form referred to as football and having the most people in the world claim it as Football and therefore claiming that name, then in any case Rugby Union IS Rugby. Truth in the human world is always by the greatest numbers agreeing, the democratic vote. The fact That Leagueys keep on claiming the proud name of rugby, which is named after a private school (and thus anti league) may I add, although it only being played and known in Australia’s eastern states and the north of England is idiotic, The exception is always league, its time they learnt this.
It is about time that Rugby claims the name, holistically, in order to gain the upper hand, and the title of its heritage.
The best way to do this, I see, is to force adjustment to clubs a names and sit on trademarks. For example, Eastwood District Rugby Union Football Club, be asked to change the name to Eastwood District Rugby Football Club. The same goes for Randwick and local clubs. Furthermore, reserving names such as NSW Rugby and Rugby NSW as copyright protection properties would be part of this. Already, League clubs call themselves league clubs, and by reserving the rugby football name, rugby union would, by default, secure on all accounts the name of rugby as theirs.
Rugby is a Growing worldwide sport, which proudly holds the name of the Rugby School rules it was named after. However Like that little annoying fly which just keeps coming back, rugby league and its supporters continually claim the name to themselves, despite a non-lineal Genealogy.
Since Joining this group of endeavouring opinionists and aspiring sports columnists at the roar, I have noticed, every time a person refers to rugby the “oh but wait rugby already does this, union doesn’t” comment, from a select few members. It’s about time this was set straight. The Roar refers to rugby union as rugby and league as league, and if this doesn’t sway you enough, so does the SMH and even the Sydney based News Ltd. Paper the daily telegraph, the owners of Rugby league.
If this isn’t enough for the leagueys, then looking at football (soccer) being claimants of the earliest form referred to as football and having the most people in the world claim it as Football and therefore claiming that name, then in any case Rugby Union IS Rugby. Truth in the human world is always by the greatest numbers agreeing, the democratic vote. The fact That Leagueys keep on claiming the proud name of rugby, which is named after a private school (and thus anti league) may I add, although it only being played and known in Australia’s eastern states and the north of England is idiotic, The exception is always league, its time they learnt this.
It is about time that Rugby claims the name, holistically, in order to gain the upper hand, and the title of its heritage.
The best way to do this, I see, is to force adjustment to clubs a names and sit on trademarks. For example, Eastwood District Rugby Union Football Club, be asked to change the name to Eastwood District Rugby Football Club. The same goes for Randwick and local clubs. Furthermore, reserving names such as NSW Rugby and Rugby NSW as copyright protection properties would be part of this. Already, League clubs call themselves league clubs, and by reserving the rugby football name, rugby union would, by default, secure on all accounts the name of rugby as theirs.
