lol... really

But its the other way around in all countries in the world apart from a small part of england.?

Why RFU.?

The 7s squad for Olympics wont be the best players though.
they are not going to miss there countries tours.
and the clubs will stop them.
The 7s circuit are for fringe players/semi pro players and academy boys to get exposure in high profule tournaments.
If you wacth the 7s circuit you would realise this.

Wales very own shane williams is hard to stop with 30 players on the pitch let alone 14 in 7s he would be untouchable.

The players are not nobodies if you know your rugby. Wales are filled with regional academy players/semi pro players and 7s specialist. The same goes for all the teams.

James Hook starred in the commenwealth games 7s..!!

Oh do shut up, if they aren't playing in the GP, Top14, S14, CC, ANZC or any of the equivalent comps around the world they are nobodies.

Why would the IRB govern a team raised to represent Great Britain at the Olympics? Would there not be a Great Britain Rugby 7s organisation raised?

And unless my memory deceives me, League teams have destroyed Union teams - playing Union - many times over the years without raising too much sweat. Wigan, Bradford and Saints have walked the Middlesex 7s without too much trouble. Bradford travelled down and did it the day after being thrashed by St Helens!! Just watch Wigan beat Wasps in the final - Wasps had taken the lead but once Wigan got some possession look at the lines they hit; they tear Wasps apart.

League is all about getting your attackers outnumbering your defenders. A lot of this is about running lines, dummy/decoy runners, runarounds, etc, etc - something that works spectacularly well at 7s, whether Union or League. I watch the IRB 7s comps all the time and they still don't run angles or hit lines like League lads; they simply rely on a few offloads and individual flair to create a bit of space and go...


Well if your super-duper Union chaps are away on tour, it's a perfect opportunity to bring in some League lads, who after all spend their lives training for a game that suits 7s perfectly. Marcus St.Hilaire and Henry Paul represented England at the Manchester Commonwealth Games. Union players are great at Union, League players are great at League: it just so happens that due to the nature of the game and the space on the pitch, 7s suits League players.

Shane Williams - excellent player. Would like to see him give League a go.

Yeah really you t....r.Why don;t you just run along with your rah rah chums and have a few g&t's then come back and talk sense.

the ARU havent got money for any new competitions

they are extending the S14 season by 30%, and playing more tests to keep their revenues from collapsing

union is gone as a sport in australia

its got more holes in it than a RU defensive line

union is a tiny sport that lies about its popularity

any time there is fair competition with RL it loses.

as this thread shows

union is going the way of test cricket.

results like this are a real poke in the eye for the ARU

the sports credibility in oz now is basically in the sewer

its a laughing stock amongst league fans

I have to ask....
did someone from the IRB, RFU, ARFU, NZRFU, IRFU, WRFU, SRFU, or any other associated Union organisation run over your cat?
Dally...you are obviouly very passionate about league which is a really good thing, but for gods sake, do not use Australia as a barometer fror GLOBAL attitudes. Yes, League is far superior to league in many ways and yes, in Australia it is kicking ass.....but as a global sport Union have the media and everyone else for that matter in their pockets. Rant all you like, but the M62 sport that is English RL is a 3rd tier sport according to the governing body of UK sport......a sad but true fact. 6 months in NZ and I can see that league is a real threat over here, but in the UK it is considered a "0" sport. Tennis gets more coverage.......a davis cup match when GB are trying to beat the giants chile get's more air time on national FTA TV.........
stop posting outrageous statements about the WORLD OF SPORT when in fact you are posting about Australia......it's not proving anything apart from how insular your vision is.

as I say, you are a true league fan, if somewhat misguided in your posings from time to time.

RL owns australia. is making massive inroads in nz. as well as fiji, samoa, tonga etc

png is a rl heartland, union is zilch

where does that leave union?

dieing off in scotland

mid side sport in wales, a tiny nation

mid size sport in ireland, a small nation

a small sport in france and well behind soccer in england, and in some cases beaten by league

each week more than 4 million viewers will watch the nrl in australia plus around 100,000 fans at the gate

combine them and this is more than every single club union competition in the world.

the NRL on its own draws more fans than the combined total of club union globally.

nsw and queensland have very large populations

RL owns these areas.

We know....after AFL that is.
....er, OK, I give you making inroads, but still not bigger than Union.

....OK, so 2 countries where League is bigger than Union

....bigger than league everywhere else maybe?

...still bigger than league

still ahead of league

..still bigger than league

still bigger than league

Soccer is the No 1 sport on the planet and is so far ahead of league, union and everthing else in the UK it's depressing....
Get a grip Dally.......League is only MASSIVE in Australia and PNG...whilst Union is ahead in the pecking order EVERYWHERE ELSE THE 2 CODES ARE PLAYED.
Jesus........I am a league fan first, but you do make it easy to get behind the poor sods wo admit to watching both codes on these boards

more people watch the nrl each week than every single club union competition on the planet

sorry but thats just the truth

SL also has more fans at club level (SL vs gp) than union in england but ive left that out

club union is just tiny.

people arent interested in watching union clubs week to week

PNG has a bigger population that NZ and all the Pac Islands put together, this makes RL the #1 Rugby Code in the Southern Hemiphere.

No it doesnt

SL average attendence 2009: 9336, guiness premiership 11786.

Shall we take participation numbers into account too? 3.5million people play rugby union worldwide whilst only 650,000 (of which 450k are in australia) play rugby league across the globe.



Rugby league is making great strides around the world but only in Aus and PNG is league king whilst in the other 128 countries that union is played, union is king.

anyway these stupid trolls have got me off topic

a bunch of RL players were able to play a foreign sport, and beat the best that sport can offer

jeeze you have to be proud of RL players they are so skillful

listen my little union loving friend, you exclude TV ratings where RL destroys union

anyway lets just stick to the thread topic, as upsetting as this is for you

RL juniors beat RU juniors at their own game

conclusion : ru is s**t

haha you said SL gets more fans than the GP. I was just proving you wrong as usual



23m watched the rugby union world cup. About 2m watched the rugby league world cup

Yeah, destroys eh

serious question, why does a bunch of RL kids being more skillful than union kids at their own game upset you so much?

its something weve known for a long time.

It doesnt, I applaud them. Its a fantastic achievement

it explains why RL does so well in australia with such talented juniors

little wonder our players are highly sought after by japanese ru, french ru, RU in england or even AFL.

youve just got to applaud a sport with such a deep junior base

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