ALL Union talk in this thread......

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Play nicely, wonder if this one will take almost 2 years to reach 1000 like the last one...

Leeds union have won 1 out of 7 and Sale 2 out of 7. It isn't going to be the best of spectacles.
My brother also got free tickets. Were yours through Leeds Met LFC?
He went to a club night/pub crawl set up by the rugby union club some time around easter this year and has been offered free tickets for every home game this year as he put his name and details down when he registered.

Rhinos ST holders are invited along to matches every now and then for free, the match against Sale is one of them!

Thats how I got mine may aswell use them you never know I might even get to see a try

.............................on second thoughts

Looks like even the Union press are turning on the code:

[urlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/6590180/Rugby-lawmakers-are-killing-the-game-as-a-spectacle.html[/url

May I suggest dropping the flankers from the game, getting rid of the ruck that is causing some much trouble and introduce a "play the ball" and limited the number of tackles to 6 before turning over the ball as a start?

One of a number of articles that have come out saying more or less the same thing. Twickenham still keeps selling out though which has finally convinced me that what goes on in the boxes and car parks at a union game is far more important than events on the field.

what a clever try there by steven jones

And they reckon the All Blacks are the cream.....
My goodness me, if only the administrators of RL had something even approaching a clue about promotion and expansion. Applying whatever criteria you want, this is f***ing s***e!

Not going to the freebie game tmora now I couldnt be assed going on the website and putting in my ST number in time



Going to watch someone do a charity run instead seems more appealing

Well, you'll at least see a bit of running then.

Aye



and I will definately see some athletes rather than this

Just watching a Spanish league game live on TVE (BBC) sport channel. The game is awful with knock ons and kicking galore, but there must be around a 1,000 at the match and it's live on national tv.
As a rugby league I can't help but think '[iIf only![/i'

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8375126.stmUnion to change the rules?[/url

Rugby union's governing body could consider law changes in response to the number of recent injuries and a perception the sport is becoming less entertaining.
Injuries have become a major issue this season, while the trend has grown for kicking rather than running the ball.

inch by inch..little by little....a Rugby League style game called RUGBY(union)

They won't change the rules too much. If they did, and made it impossible for sides with nothing other than a scrum, lineout and spoiling tactics to compete against a pacy and athletic back division, they'd get far more one-sided results. That's exactly what happens in league - and is one reason why our international competition is less of a 'spectacle' than Union.

If they changed the rules to make open rugby pay off more often the northern hemisphere sides would be shown up to be as poor as their league counterparts in comparison to Aus/NZ.

Fast off the mark...

[urlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/gloucester/8380221.stm[/url
Gloucester eye move for Tadulala... again

www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... s-strategy Another article questioning the state of entertainment in Yanwion, and another managing to avoid mentioning the elephant in the room. We all know how to improve the game as a spectacle.

www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... s-strategy Another article questioning the state of entertainment in Yanwion, and another managing to avoid mentioning the elephant in the room. We all know how to improve the game as a spectacle.

Now it's the turn of the British media to moan. Little has changed since Jonny kicked England to the union world cup. That of course was acceptable and 'stirred the nation'. It's ok for two teams to kick each other to death... as long as Jonny and the chaps win.

Indded. It's no coincidence that Rob Andrew is the man in charge of England. He was the least creative half back I think I've ever seen.

Great kicking game though




[urlhttp://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rugby/09/11/27/RUGBYU_Sale_Nightlead.html[/url

[i'Referee David Rose was happy for the game to go ahead.'[/i

[iWasps director of rugby Tony Hanks said: "We got advice from the referee and as far as we are concerned we have gone down the right channels."[/i

Manchester 14 vs 41 Sedgley Park
Manchester 0 vs 148 Esher
Nuneaton 95 vs 0 Manchester
Manchester 12 vs 145 Blaydon
Wharfedale 124 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 3 vs 93 Otley
Manchester 3 vs 93 Cinderford
Redruth 91 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 0 vs 93 London Scottish
Stourbridge 95 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 0 vs 59 Newbury
Tynedale 93 vs 0 Manchester

And after a week off nothing changes

Blackheath (40) 82 Manchester (0) 0



-------------- Plyd Won Dw Lost - PF -- PA -- BP - Pnts
Manchester 12 -- 0 -- 0 -- 12 -- 33 - 1211 - 0 - -2

Double that indeed - the current men at the top of English rugby in Johnson and Andrew both achieved their success as players in England sides that played a 10-man game of kick, chase, pressure and convert your penalties.

No surprise their current charges have amassed one try in 240 minutes this Autum, late on against a tiring, under strength Argentina side.

Of the three home nations in action this weekend, not one of them managed to cross the opposition try line. Kind of sums up the northern hemisphere approach to the game.

I have never seen England play expansive wugger in the near 40 years.

Attempts to do so arguably cost Dick Best and Andy Robinson their jobs, when the players proved incapable of the basic skills required.