Thats good. Watch the rugby?

Yeah...I watch the League. Why dya ask?

Rugby we call it. Have for over 100 years.

Don't bother replying GF, Matt's gone.

Really?
It's called League in the papers over here and Rugby League in the UK. A quick gander at the aussie press sites show NRL which bounced me to League HQ (SMH.COM.AU) or The Australian has no mention of a seperate section...but it does have one for Cycling, football and something called Rugby Union....the Western Australian has no section eithe, but does have Cricket, Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Motorsport and Racing. I did find a mantion of SoO in the More Sport section......The Courier like the SMH has an NRL button that takes me to League Central..........
...who is thei "we' you speak of? Can't be the Autralian we, as your papers seem to disagree

Could always have a look in the dictionary huh?

NRL = National [size=150RUGBY[/size League.

Must try harder gutts

Are we seriously arguing over what rugby league is known as?

It's as dumb as suggesting Game 1 wasn't a good game, but we let that pass.

Not really, that's peoples opinion however wrong it maybe.

no.
Rugby is a generic word that refers to both Rugby League and union...despite what some of the union guys think.


Just watching the 1st half of the Dogtits game, I reckon Idris really wants to be selected for origin 2

Thank for that!

er....re-read what I posted.


The troll called it "Rugby".......unless you live in Eatern Australia or along the M62, that generic term refers to Union. I actually refer to the game I follow as Rugby League, stressing the League part......it's even on my CV as Rugby League.

, since when has it been 'trolling' to use the word Rugby in relation to Rugby League? Having the word Rugby in the name should be a bit of a scooby.


No it doesnt...despite the best efforts of the unionites to rewrite history. Btw, neither I nor the ppl who I watched Wednesdays game with live in the areas you mentioned...

to be fair joe, it depends where you come from, not live in.

If you said Rugby in the South of England, we'd think you'd mean Union.

If you're from Bjørkshire and Lancashire, you're more likely to think of it as League.


And if you say football??? I'll leave it there.

Whats wrong with Soccer




Humbly disagree...in my experience, having lived outside the 'Heartlands' since 1994 and despite claims from the self styled 'governing body of the game of rugby union in England', the most common reaction to a statement of I play/ watch/ support Rugby is......which one.

Its only the unionites who get hot and botherd over the use of the word Rugby...Im surprised our friends in the SH dont make more use of it

Where I come from (London), if you said Rugby, we'd think you meant Union.

Like if you went to Melbourne and said I'm going to watch the footy, they think you'd mean Aussie Rules. If you said it in Sydney, they'd think RL.


But, in "your"experience" it's different apparently. So how can we argue? Trivial discussion again, and another waste of typing.

How many fans does Suncorp/Lang hold?

26,250 union fans.

Witty dig. Love it.

He didn't ask how much half of the stadium holds!!!

Cool, so in effect you agree that the term 'Rugby' does indeed refer to both League and Union.


We cant...


Dont be so hard on yerself bud, your posts arent that bad...they allus make me laugh!

KFC with chips makes you fat

That's strange that was about the crowd for the last Australia v NZ RL international?

Yes, dependent on location, generally, yes.

Very droll. You'd argue with yourself if you knew you'd win. I, on the other hand, will not argue with you.

Well yeah, derp derp derp, it was in a 27,000 seat stadium huh?