Re: Union World Cup : Sun Sep 10, 2023 11:50 am  

moto748 wrote:

Well, you say that, and you might have a point, compared to, say, the last World Cup. But nevertheless, if rugby league was treated with half the fanfare that rugby union is by the BBC, the national newspapers and so on, how the sporting scene would change! Rugby league is *still* a largely unknown quantity to many outside the North of England, a fact that I often think is underappreciated. And I hear a lot of "I liked what little I see of it" type comments around. What I would say is that the coverage of union is very good, both on BBC and ITV. Compared to JJB jabbering on.

I'm not having that! JJB is a revelation. Did you not know that "a rising tide lifts all ships"? He's only said it 40 times and it's still worth a few outings yet...

Re: Union World Cup : Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:33 pm  

Union is an odd choice, on the face of it, to be a successful spectator sport. Stoppages are frequent, the game seldom achieves any real flow. Many games are decided by technical calls by the ref at scrums and the breakdown. Even the commentators often don't know why a decision has gone a particular way. And some of the rules seem perverse. Yellow cards for 'deliberate knock-ons' is a particular pet hate of mine.

Re: Union World Cup : Sun Sep 10, 2023 2:27 pm  

moto748 wrote:

Union is an odd choice, on the face of it, to be a successful spectator sport. Stoppages are frequent, the game seldom achieves any real flow. Many games are decided by technical calls by the ref at scrums and the breakdown. Even the commentators often don't know why a decision has gone a particular way. And some of the rules seem perverse. Yellow cards for 'deliberate knock-ons' is a particular pet hate of mine.

I don’t mind the yellow for a deliberate knock on it’s similar to a RL yellow for the professional fouls like holding too long in the tackle. I don’t like the RU reds for a clash of heads

Re: Union World Cup : Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:13 pm  

stpatricks wrote:

I don’t mind the yellow for a deliberate knock on it’s similar to a RL yellow for the professional fouls like holding too long in the tackle. I don’t like the RU reds for a clash of heads

I just dont like Union

Re: Union World Cup : Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:38 pm  

Just watched Wales v Tonga. Fantastic game. Wish more RL games on Thursdays & Fridays were as entertaining as that, tonight.
Granted, that England game last night was dismal.

Re: Union World Cup : Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:45 pm  

Azul wrote:

Just watched Wales v Tonga. Fantastic game. Wish more RL games on Thursdays & Fridays were as entertaining as that, tonight.
Granted, that England game last night was dismal.

Cant have been that good to watch
It was Fiji not Tonga

Re: Union World Cup : Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:42 am  

I cannot fathom how anyone enjoys that sport

Re: Union World Cup : Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:41 am  

I thought ITV would struggle to find worse things than Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Love Island, Only Way is Essex etc to put on but here we are.

I've not seen a single second of it yet and plan on it staying that way if at all possible.

Re: Union World Cup : Tue Sep 12, 2023 9:32 pm  

Jukesays wrote:

Cant have been that good to watch
It was Fiji not Tonga

Fair play!

Re: Union World Cup : Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:05 pm  

moto748 wrote:

Union is an odd choice, on the face of it, to be a successful spectator sport. Stoppages are frequent, the game seldom achieves any real flow. Many games are decided by technical calls by the ref at scrums and the breakdown. Even the commentators often don't know why a decision has gone a particular way. And some of the rules seem perverse. Yellow cards for 'deliberate knock-ons' is a particular pet hate of mine.

Long winded and politically correct way of saying “RU is rubbish”