Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:33 am  

gutterfax wrote:

It amuses and puzzles me in equal measure as to how RL fans believe that poking fun at an exhibition game that attracted in excess of £2,000,000 in ticket revenue and got 10,000 more fans in attendance than a RL double header featuring the teams ranked 1,2,& 3 in the world, in some way makes league look better?
Seriously....look at the front and back pages of the papers in the UK from the last 10 days and you'll see which code is the one in danger of becoming insignificant.......and it's not Union

The Barbarians, as a nomadic club, generate millions for charity and have been in existance longer than TGG......in fact, their forst tour ever was in 1890 where they played teams from the north of England.....who 5 years later......you know the rest.

Their next fixture is May 2012...again at Twickenham, v England....I wonder if they will struggle with another 52,000 crowd

According to the SNP Energy Mister, Fergus Ewing, about half of the North Sea oil and gas reserves have yet to be extracted. This could be political posturing of course as a recent report by the industry body Oil and Gas UK stated that as little as 14 billion barrels could be left and this would be very damaging for the potential investments in the Scottish energy industry

We shall have to wait to see which view is proved correct

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:06 am  

Very good Dunbar, see what you did there

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:18 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

What are you on about? As I posted at the start of the season and have done a couple of times since, I had a rather large bet on the Falcons to finish bottom. Christ knows what that's got to do with crowd figures or rugby league.

It's Gutterfax - everything, even on a thread dedicated to rugby union, is somehow linked to rugby league.

There's a serious insecurity complex going on in his/her head.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:01 pm  

Union fans booing a kick on goal whatever next!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:08 pm  

England's James Haskell loses out on £80k deal after hotel maid storm RFU bonus scheme risks fresh ridicule • Payments due despite year of infighting • Departing Martyn Thomas could get £250,000

England's James Haskell loses out on £80k deal after hotel maid storm RFU bonus scheme risks fresh ridicule • Payments due despite year of infighting • Departing Martyn Thomas could get £250,000

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:06 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

It's Gutterfax - everything, even on a thread dedicated to rugby union, is somehow linked to rugby league.

There's a serious insecurity complex going on in his/her head.

Hello Pot......meet Kettle.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:20 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Hello Pot......meat Kettle.

Is that a New Zealand barbecue?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:17 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Is that a New Zealand barbecue?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:27 am  

Catalancs wrote:

Is that Peter Principle?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:18 pm  

I see that Mike Tindall has been reinstated to the Elite player squad following the recent appeal hearing

I don’t have any insight into whatsoever to the politics of the RFU as this seems to be beyond everybody at the moment. All I will say is that the three words Tindall, elite and player should never be used in the same sentence! (and before somebody points out he is a world cup winner... I am well aware of that and the way England played in 2003 was testimony to how much they trusted their backs to score tries – Tindall is a very poor centre)