Quote ="Hedgehog King"Union is its own thing, I don't see any need to compete with union just as I don't sit around agonising about cricket or ice hockey'"
It's not about 'competing' with Union, it's an unavoidable consequence. I take absolutely no notice of Union and even I know how big it is becoming. Cricket and Hockey are 100% different games, unfortunately RU is not. If RU continues to grow as it is, any competition/trophy (Challenge Cup???) will be claimed as 'rugby'. It's exactly like VHS and Betamax. It's little use people saying Betamax was technically superior because look where it ended up. RL could end up as a footnote in sports history, well a bit more than that perhaps but of no huge consequence really.
Imagine a guy had made a programme called the 'Star-Factor' but couldn't get a TV deal. Then Simon Cowell comes along with his X-Factor with a big deal and all the attendant media fuss. Do you think anyone will know or care about the guy who made the first show and actually had the idea? It has happened many times in the past and could easily happen to RL.
