From a personal point of view , I'd have liked to have seen both Carney & Taylor play on Friday . Shame their not but might just make things a little less harder tomorrow .

Ultimately I want us to win and the opposition being weakened helps but personally I also want to watch the best rugby I can and see the best players when I get the opportunity so disappointed inu, taylor and carney are missing from that perspective

I'll wait for a few trophies on the sideboard before I worry about harlem globetrotter type stuff

Good for you. I'm sure there are plenty of basketball teams around but I enjoy watching good quality rugby games and that means team fielding their best players. Nothing to do with basketball as far as I'm aware. It also means I hate watching wigan who's only game plan is to strangle the life out of the game

From a personal point of view I wish Catalans were playing their Under 19s.

Same here.

If people want to see Carney and Taylor "in the flesh" they could always go to watch them play someone else.

You are a person of contradiction then. You want to live in that ideal world were you support a successful team that plays champagne rugby against the best there is out there.

If you going to be so pedantic to try and undermine an analogy for throwing the ball about, at least have the decency to appreciate a champion team who have proved they have play and win in a variety of ways and not simply "strangle the life out of the game". You being such a purist I'd have thought you would appreciate that

Still back on topic, I'd rather see us win than be one of those who like to see us be glorious in defeat. Each to their own eh....

You miss the point completely (seems a trait for accountants on here). I support Hull but enjoy watching the game and want to watch good quality rugby no matter who plays it, even if we're not involved.

You're the only one mentioning defeats. Why do you accountants have to make things up? Anyone would think you wanted to be a barrister really

Accountants live in a world completely alien to everyone else. Or rather, they have a different take on life to everyone else. Too busy ticking boxes. The fact they don't really need to be ticked is what matters.

have to say I want us playing the weakest possible version of any team. I'll watch my 'good rugby' on the NRL streams. I must be an accountant.