terryb wrote:I have only just come into this issue and only read 20/30 posts. I know I will be vilified but RU has come on massively since they went professional. They are now professional in everything, their crowds are up their internationals are what they are (we should admire them for what they do not be so bigoted), at each international match they got as many as the total crowds at League.
Also just watch now the qualtiy of passing and movement and technical play I accpet that in some phases RL is better but in handing and passing they are where we were 10 years ago. Passing in English RL is becoming a forgotten art, behind the player on his knees straight in touch. They also have better manners than we do which is a disgrace to our sport, do they boo the anthems, I have heard our fans boo even at Wigan which frankly makes me ashamed?
Union has moved on we have gone backwards.
Agree with much of this although not the manners part, but regards the game itself, it has come on leaps and bounds while we have gone back.
Its a shame some chose to burry there head in the sand and pretend it has not happened, but sadly many people like Brett have important positions in the game, and while union embrace our code and learn from it we bang on about the quality of the product and entertinment while they continue to improve in the right areas.
Still, it was a colourfully written article, even if I didn't subscribe to his thought process.
