I watched the England v Wales Union match on Friday night, and it reminded me just why I love League and can't stand Union! Yes, there was a great atmosphere and tension, but that was all created by the crowds, who seem more than happy to put up with sub-standard passing, poorly thought-out plays, long periods of nothing and endless kicking.

The best thing about Union is, you can go make a cuppa, come back and still have missed nothing!

Roll on Superleague - can't wait!

I agree. Although Union has improved over the last few years (due to them introducing some rugby league rules), it's still a boring game. The scrums are pathetic...it can take 5 minutes or so before the ref is satisfied that it's OK to put the ball in. On saying this, they've got something right in that their international games are well attended, well publicised and have a great atmosphere. I fear that we'll never match them in that respect unless the RFL has a complete change of strategy.

Why kick the ball away all the time? It drives me insane. How can you score without the ball?
And the passing and handling is dire. I counted numerous knock ons that went unseen or ignored by the referee.

Its a different game - end of. Comparisons are pointless. Knock on rules aren't the same as league and scrums are actually competitive not just a different type of restart.

Wish we would just concentrate on fixing the deficiencies in our own setup rather than bitching about union. If you don't like it, don't watch it!

The most infuriating thing about Friday's game was that whenever England got anywhere close to the Welsh line, they simply gave up trying to do anything with the ball except pick it up and drive, usually making about half a yard before they were brought down and the next fat tw@ picked it up and had another go.
Why not throw it out wide, have some dummy runners coming in on the angle, throw a half decent cut out ball and you'd stroll in. Hell, even a kick through the defence would almost always result in a try due to the enormous in goal area. But no, their short-sightedness takes over and all they do is try and fall over the line until the inevitable penalty/scrum/error.
Completely and utterly irritating, terrible sport.

I wanted Wales to win

I thought the Scotland vs France game was quite entertaining for union.

Union is crap

Part of Toby Floods highlights for man of the match was a kick to touch

union is utter shi*e

The 40/20 rule in our own game, and the benefits it brings to a team appears to have passed you by.....