Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:37 pm  

Saint_Marc wrote:

I enjoyed the last one. Teams full of players qualifying on birth rather than because their next door neighbours dog went on holiday somewhere and watching games played between minnows in full capacity stadiums

That's a really poor effort.

I may be wrong but I can only think of two games between true rugby union minnows in the last world cup; Georgia-Namibia and Romania-Portugal. The Georgia-Namibia game was a 30-0 whitewash and there were around 10,000 empty seats according to the match report. The Romania-Portugal game on the other hand did exceedingly well, drawing in around 100 fans more than the stadium capacity.

What you talk about in rugby league (no, it wasn't very subtle) happens in many sports. In the last rugby union world cup you had New Zealanders playing for Samoa, Wales, Italy and Fiji. Tongans, Zimbabweans and Samoans playing for the USA. Fijians for Australia, South Africans playing for Canada, Tongans, New Zealanders and Koreans turning out for Japan, Argentines and English playing for Italy. Evens the mighty All Blacks had Fijians, Samoans and Tongans representing them. I think you get the point.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:22 am  

I take your point however all of those different players would not then be able to go on and play for any other nation once they are capped.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:59 pm  

Shadow wrote:

I take your point however all of those different players would not then be able to go on and play for any other nation once they are capped.

A rule I don't think many rugby league fans are happy with.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:21 am  

Well that was hard work. The only thing good about the first half is that it was better than the second
So New Zealand win the Tri-Nations for the seventh time in nine years.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:32 am  

Catalancs wrote:

Well that was hard work. The only thing good about the first half is that it was better than the second
So New Zealand win the Tri-Nations for the seventh time in nine years.

I thought yawnion was suppose to be competitive.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Aug 14, 2010 3:34 pm  

Quade Cooper signing for the Eels,any truth in this.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:52 am  

cjhatesunion wrote: Quade Cooper signing for the Eels,any truth in this. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 59,00.html

cjhatesunion wrote: Quade Cooper signing for the Eels,any truth in this. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 59,00.html

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:54 am  

Saint_Marc wrote:

I enjoyed the last one. Teams full of players qualifying on birth rather than because their next door neighbours dog went on holiday somewhere and watching games played between minnows in full capacity stadiums

You must have been watching something else...

The last union WC was DIRE.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:22 pm  

Just watching the Women's semi final now. Some of them are HUGE!!!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:43 pm  

Conroy wrote:

Just watching the Women's semi final now. Some of them are HUGE!!!

England vs New Zealand final by any chance?


Nice to see the RFU taking firm action against the Harlequins doctor.
'Winky' Williams must feel hard done by with his hefty four month ban