Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:26 pm  

Mr Churchill wrote:

Speaking for myself, I'm hoping Sam comes home soon (whether it's here or Oz) so we can stop having to watch this stuff.

No-ones forcing you to watch it. Oh that's right, you are the bloke who hates Union so much you paid good money to subscribe to BT to watch it for several months (and probably still do)

Keep it going, only 17 more pages until you get to a century of bitterness and jealousy. It's so funny I've told some mates to have a read. Normally you have to pay for this kind of entertainment

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:32 pm  

galliant wrote:

No-ones forcing you to watch it. Oh that's right, you are the bloke who hates Union so much you paid good money to subscribe to BT to watch it for several months (and probably still do)

Keep it going, only 17 more pages until you get to a century of bitterness and jealousy. It's so funny I've told some mates to have a read. Normally you have to pay for this kind of entertainment

Didn't realise you had any mates!?

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:34 pm  

Hessle rover wrote:

Didn't realise you had any mates!?

keep going. 17 to go

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:23 pm  

Talking about the daft points system in RU as someone was - last night BBC kept posting "PENALTY" excitedly in Twitter everytime someone had a kick. So I replied "So William Webb-Ellis picked up the ball, put it on a plastic tee and kicked for goal did he?." A joke of a "sport."

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:47 pm  

The RU world cup is an amazing event and only something RL could dream of.

It so professional and well promoted.

The pubs were buzzing with it last night.

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:20 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

The RU world cup is an amazing event and only something RL could dream of.

It so professional and well promoted.

The pubs were buzzing with it last night.

An unsurpassed marketing triumph. Talk about the Emperor's new clothes.....jeez

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:15 pm  

miscreant wrote:

An unsurpassed marketing triumph. Talk about the Emperor's new clothes.....jeez

RWC 2015 seems to be a hot topic on a number of Rugby League forums. This would appear to be a strange phenomenon that is unique to League as I have scanned a number of Union and soccer forums looking for paranoid rants back when RLWC 2013 was on and can't find any.....

Why is it that RL fans of a certain ilk feel the need to deride Rugby Union in regards to the spectacle they are currently running across England and Wales? They are averaging 50,000+ per game, England got 8 million TV viewers at the weekend and from what little I have seen on TV, the fans seem to be enjoying themselves?

We all are of the opinion that Union is a slow and ponderous game and pales into insignificance when compared to League, but the REALITY IS that the general public, when faced with the opportunity to attend or tune into International Rugby Union will do so in far greater numbers than will do so for League. Rather than try to score points against the bigger and better run sport which is more popular with comments like "the Emperor's New Clothes"why not accept it for what it is....a tournament that is light years of anything we could ever hope to produce. It's slick, it's seamless and it has, regardless of your one eyed opinion, captured the attention of a fair chunk of the population.

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:13 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

The RU world cup is an amazing event and only something RL could dream of.

It so professional and well promoted.

The pubs were buzzing with it last night.

It will hurt it a bit though if England end up going out at the group stage. Host nations success always adds massively to an event.

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:18 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

It will hurt it a bit though if England end up going out at the group stage.

I don't know what would be funnier.....England going out or England having to qualify for RWC 2019 in Japan

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:47 am  

Rugby League supporters would, I suggest give Union 10/10 for the amount of money it attracts, marketing, hype and professional organisation. Only say 2/10 for what actually takes place on the pitch which, despite the things we'd give 10/10 for, is still amateurish at best. I'd expect that Sam Burgess thinks the same.