its a family thing

Who the frig's Les Miserable ? was he a winger in't 60s?

can you imagine it? a Yorkshire team with unecessary surnames...

Sullen takes a high kick-off..passes to Mardy..inside ball to Sulk,drives 10 yards, tackled...Cob-on at acting half..passes to the big forward Ted Grimmace..good run ..offloads to Glum..passes to Morose..tackled...Cob-on again..to Dull..passes to Tommy Dripping....seconds remaining in this game and one point between these sides!! .... Dripping to Willy Eckerslike (the ex-clog maker from Rochdale)....Eckerslike chips the ball through...theres 'a chase on...boot to ball by Fred Cheerless..Les Miserable chasing through...Miserable to the ball first..TRY...Les Miserable wins this game for the Yorkshire side !!! Man of the match, Miserable, he wins a gallon of mild and a coupon for the co-op.

I did think it was a bit daft that they showed a stereotypical piece when they're trying to move away from it. It's like showing an NBA basketballer sitting on their stoops in the ghetto or something like that as their past time. I bet people would be a bit more sensitive if it was something like that.

I wouldn't worry about it, the only people who watch Boots n' All are hardcore RL tragics, I struggle to watch more than 10 minutes without wanting to switch over to the paint drying channel.

Yes lets take the p-ss out of a young lad who been brought up in a tough back round and still stayed on the strait and narrow.Insteadl lets put some more up to date players on the screen in stead like these players what they get up to off pitch.

James Graham alway pist even got a photo him the night GB played in Oz with my Dad pist.

Price and Readon beating up people.

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Wife beater Bird and the list goes on and on.

I can remember a young J Roby doing the sort of interweiw doing the same sort of interveiw and nothing was said about him.

Seriously man, you're doing more harm than good posting that shoite

With fear of being stuck by lighting. By mentioning the dark side here, but has anyone seen the rugby union's version of Boots n All called the Rugby Club.

I have caught this show a couple of times when bored and flicking thought the TV channels. well to me this is the way our show should go if only sky would allow. First off its on for a hour and a half so not rushed to explain highlights of thats weeks games. They have normally three so call experts in studio to go over them.

They are also able to fit in interviews with more then one player. They sometimes do a thing thats like a welcome to my club, where someone from mangement will show cameras round the Club (silly thing like gym and mangers office). they have a article they have took from Soccer and thats called crossbar challenge,where players have to throw a rugby ball over crossbar from a certain distance. all this may sound silly but to me it adds up to a more interesting show.

But the main thing about having a hour plus show means that they can also review the next weeks games and like the Aussie NRL Shows the so called experts gvie their views on who they think wil win that weekend and who to look out for.

Im not a Union fan but you cant help feel that if Sky were as seroius about League as they are about Union, then i cant help feel a better show would get some viewers thinking that maybe might be worth taking in a game some weekend.

Also helps Union that the show is repeated more often then our version of the show.

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If Owen kept working dogs in the grounds of his house, birds in an aviary on the premises and enjoyed hunting but spoke with a public school accent, would everyone still be decrying the damage supposedly done to the image of the game?

Doesn't this basically come down to northern people being terribly ashamed of how northern another northern person sounded?

Yep.

Agreed,i used to watch it but now even thoug coverage of Rugby League where i live is very limited i can*t be bothered with it.You only have to look at how sky*s coverage of the Union programme The Rugby Club to see the difference..Different altogether,much more informative and better presented IMHO.

And the fact that nobody is bothered what players do in their spare time

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Shouldn't that be "aye"?

Appen

Now that should definitely be 'appen.



Tha noz.

Only if there's a missing letter.






eh? – wotzis 'aitch' tha's spakeing abaht?

I'm sure there is an element of cultural cringe going on (I didn't see the interview and have nothing against this lad or his pastimes btw), and this heightens the perception of a lack of eloquent, intelligent rugby league players who are comfortable in front of the media. Having a regional accent needn't be an issue, it can add character, but more important is confidence and an ability to express oneself well. I think Jon Wilkin is quite a good example of a player who comes across as confident and eloquent in front of the media.

I wonder if the ruggers lot cringe when a toff comes on sounding like he has a plum in his mouth and a silver spoon falling out of his backside?

No idea, and I don't really care. What I do know is that RU, like football can lay came to a deeper national base, which means accents aren't concentrated around 3 historic English counties.

I turned it in at that point, I thought I was watching a low budget remake of Kes for a minute.

No, there's absolutely nothing wrong with Northern traits at all!

For me, what this comes down to is that there's more to the heartlands of the rugby league than the stereotypical image that the Southern based Media have been all too happy to perpetuate.

We are a sport that have moved on more than just about any other and there are many aspects of RL that would make Other sports seem prehistoric by comparison.

Many so called journalists have done their utmost to maintain the image of RL as a small sport played in old pit villages by a handfull of yokel like creatures from the 18th century.

They don't need any help from our so called media partners who should be helping the sport to become more cosmopolitan or at least give that impression.

It was at best a naive feature and at worst purposely destructive.

If that was a response to my first post then
There's nothing wrong with it but you've missed the point.

I think we're overlooking something here. If you've tuned in to Boots 'n all it's a fair bet that you already enjoy RL. That being the case you're hardly likely to be suddenly put off the sport by an interview with a player.