Is Superleague now as competitive as the NRL? : Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:33 pm  

By this I mean the league being a lot closer and not really such thing as a big4 anymore(more like a 2) and that Hudds., Cas, HKR are real challengers.

rl : Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:39 pm  

The days of the big four are long gone.
Leeds and Saints are the two best teams by some distance.
I don't think any comparison with the NRL is appropriate as we saw how Leeds and Saints finest competed in the World Cup when faced with the NRL's best. They and England were not at the same level, they were a mile off!

Re: rl : Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:43 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

The days of the big four are long gone.
Leeds and Saints are the two best teams by some distance.
I don't think any comparison with the NRL is appropriate as we saw how Leeds and Saints finest competed in the World Cup when faced with the NRL's best. They and England were not at the same level, they were a mile off!

In a nutshell.

Lock the thread.

Re: rl : Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:45 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

In a nutshell.

Lock the thread.

I think you've both missed the point....in a big way.

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:00 pm  

short answer no

Re: rl : Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:32 pm  

Tom Brady wrote:

I think you've both missed the point....in a big way.

I agree.

You weren't comparing 'quality', but comparing the competitive levels. I think the days of most games being a foregone conclusion aren't yet gone, but we're certainly making the right strides to get rid of them. I think by the time of the next license thing we'll know for sure if our league is as close as the NRL season after season.

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:12 pm  

No way.

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:23 pm  

Say what you want about the salary cap, but the league is very even at the moment as aresult of it and after 3 years of licensing it will be more so, hopefully

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:42 pm  

No !
Nothing else to add , a bit of a silly thread imo !

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:45 pm  

SPIRIT OF 74 wrote:

No !
Nothing else to add , a bit of a silly thread imo !

A+ on totally missing the point.