Steffy: oikee, I agree, there is no point in comparing the rugby world cup with the union world cup, the soccer world cup or any other world cup - why Colin Love feels the need to do so is best known to him. I have enjoyed watching it...
paul: Dave, league is one of the 4 most popular sports in the Uk according to the Uk sporting body for funding purposes. Superleague regularly outrates the guiness premiership and crowds are bigger at domestic matches. Why do yuo rugger...
oikee: Good one steffy, anyhow, even if we only hold the League version of the world cup in OZ who cares, the teams keep improving and we see good rugby being played by the Smaller nations and of course the best nations. I dont give a...
Steffy: “In every country except Papa New Guinea and Australia where fans have a choice between the two sports, they chose rugby.” Where I live, Yorkshire in England, rugby is much more popular than union.
Steffy: In England rugby was most popular before in 1895 in the North of England in the towns and cities of Yorkshire and Lancashire. A lot of the players were working class who were expected to take time off work on Saturdays to play...
Dublin Dave: I know it’s a great part of rugby tradition but really, I think the last thing the game needs now is yet another “combination” or “invitation” side. Even though watching sport is the ultimate...
mcxd: didnt they do the NH v SH a number of years ago ? I seem to remember Greegan at half and SH won comfortably. I think it was at Twickenham raising money for something ? Tsunami ? A few years back..
vaughny~v: why couldn’t we break down the Bahrain defence until the 93rd minute when we had to rely on a comical howler from the defender to let bresciano through on goal?? we lack creativity that unlocks tight defenses. nicky...
stuff happens: Gordo thanks for the response on Swansea and the link to the BBC. Very interesting.. This is Dylan Thomas on his home town - one sentence. I was born in a large Welsh town at the beginning of the Great War - an ugly,...
Sol: I wish McKenzie would just stick to developing and encouraging rugby players to keep playing rugby. Everytime he speaks it seems to be solely to praise the latest convert or potential convert or to bag rugby league by highlighting...