Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:07 pm  

Seth wrote:

I can't explain why RU is so popular, though I can say the same for Football, One Direction, reality TV, and McDonald's.

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Oct 06, 2015 12:48 am  

MattyB wrote:

The irony of you posting that after a SL season that delivered more fans purely because there were 12 more games is quite delicious.........

In other news......has Sam ever been on the winning side against 'stralia? Maybe that's what was talking to Izzy about......at least in the AFL he couldn't lose to the national side....

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:18 am  

I have played Union from age 7 to age 43 & other than the odd broken leg/dislocated fingers etc i loved every minute of it (both during & post-match).

However, NEVER have I watched a Union game & felt "that was worth 2 hours of my time".

The best way to watch RU I find is some time after the match has finished, with Sky controller in hand. x6, x12 or x30 speed with which I watch it depends on the relative turgidity before me.

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:38 am  

son of headingley wrote:

I have played Union from age 7 to age 43 & other than the odd broken leg/dislocated fingers etc i loved every minute of it (both during & post-match).

However, NEVER have I watched a Union game & felt "that was worth 2 hours of my time".

The best way to watch RU I find is some time after the match has finished, with Sky controller in hand. x6, x12 or x30 speed with which I watch it depends on the relative turgidity before me.

coolest story ever bro.......tell the 8 million watching the RWC or the 6 Nations....I'm sure they'd be swayed immediately

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:58 am  

galliant wrote:

This whole thread has reminded me of something a famous Welsh rugby player who played RL for a while (for the money) once said at my local RFC- 'I think Union and League fans have alot in common. They are both obsessed with Union.'

Keep going, the century beckons

[Sadfish]

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:22 am  

Can we get Sam back in League before this post reaches 100 pages?

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:30 am  

To sum the guy up. I asked my wife to compare the photos of Sam and Jamie Roberts before the Wales game. I asked her to say who she thought was the heaviest, her answer Roberts. Gobsmacked when I told her it was the other way around, the bloke is probably one of the best athletes on the planet IMO

Agree that he should come 'home'. Some of the articles and comments from some called Union experts are down right disgraceful and smacks of nothing but class snobbery. If the England union forwards were nearly as good as Sam they might just have a decent team.

And don't get me started on the opinion of some that the failure to qualify was due to the Northern influence on their precious game.

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:50 am  

Sadfish wrote:

Can we get Sam back in League before this post reaches 100 pages?

You've done it now - we love a challenge on here, tha' knows

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:49 am  

Sam Burgess is so good that despite having limited experience in Union and even more limited as a centre he completely eclipsed Jamie Roberts and shut him out of the game. On the other hand Roberts struggled to contain Burgess and needed assistance by way of Wales adjusting their defensive structure to put 2 players on Burgess.

This is the much lauded Jamie Roberts, one of the best centres in World Rugby Union, veteran of almost 150 Top Tier Club games, 72 Test matches for Wales, 1 Barbarians appearance and 3 X a Lions Rep. COMPLETELY SHUT OUT BY BURGESS!

England were twice 10 points up and still 7 points ahead when Burgess left the field, only morons and bigoted idiots with an agenda would blame Burgess for that loss.

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:04 am  

The Changing Man wrote:

coolest story ever bro.......tell the 8 million watching the RWC or the 6 Nations....I'm sure they'd be swayed immediately

Why on earth would I wish to tell that to 8 million RWC watchers?

That would be akin to me haranguing the 7 million Eastenders viewers that their choice of TV soap is crap.

Each to their own, there's no accounting for taste etc etc