yo hullboy i came on this site because i was sick of ppl trashing my code but ur just bein a tool leaving a hundred comments about how much u earn and how soccer is better. *** off idiot its fun to bagg on other sports like league but ur takin a tadd to farr.

Bugehead

HERE HERE BUDEHEAD 

HULLBOY2 DOESN'T PLAY ANY SPORT - VEGETABLES DON'T PLAY SPORT

Unfortunately you're wrong there!  When I was at high school league was banned from being played.  Also ask you self this, why are schools like Rangitoto, Auckland Grammar etc not have teams in the Highschool comp?  It's perceived that it would tarnish their image.  Before you ask, I went to Papatoetoe High in Manukau.

Because of the discrimination that exists I hate union! 

how old r u. jesus fucking christ ur making gay incest jks wtf man. giving me *** ill fuckin smash u fuckin loser ***. seriously ur calling RL and RU gay we aint the fuckin fairys hu take dives and kick a round ball round with a bunch of girls hu r to fruity to play a contact sport. and u bragging bout ur job and where do u work ur one of the fuckin annoyin tools hu ring up and want to sell *** to me gett a real job ya tool.

Bugehead

P.S. cheers hu said "HERE HERE BUGEHEAD" ur a mad fella

but its the only way you're gonna get laid hullboy....

RUGBY LEAGUE 4 LIFE LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Grossnoss:

rugbyunionfan:

This Rugby League World Cup is so dead set boring and lopsided. Rugby League is so boring, boring and boring. How can i prove this? Rugby Union is more popular and more globalised than Rugby League. Still don't believe me? Take for instance the Bledisloe match in Hong Kong. Being played in a neutral territory, people still flocked to go and watch the game. The Stadium was packed to the rafters. BEAT THAT. Try geting that crowd in Hong Kong if the Kangaroos played the English for an exhibition. Guess what?  You guys'd be lucky to pull of a crowd of 200 people. And whats with this Four Nation where England, Australia, New Zealand and France play against each other. Whats up with France? France Rugby League team is *** *** ***. Why cant you guys include PNG, or one of the Pacific Island Nations!!!! I know why? Rugby League governing body is just trying to put up an image that Rugby League is a global game to the world. Tell the rest of the world to watch the current RLWC 08. They'd probably think it's just a local club game. 75% of the stadium are usually empty with exception of when Australia is playing. One has to remember that Rugby League originated from Rugby Union. Rugby Union is a tactical and very intelligent game compared to Rugby League. Whats the point of giving players in Rugby League positioning labels such as Props, Hookers, Fullback, Halfback etc. like they do in Rugby Union. It doesn't make sense. All the players in Rugby League do the same thing. Take the ball, run straight like a zombie, get hit, go down, tap the ball back and tackle for the whole 80 minutes. At least in Rugby Union, Props, Hookers, Fullback and Halfback etc. all have a specific function to play. And whats with the scrum in Rugby League? Utterly Useless. Rugby League has been staging their World Cup since the 1950's and still the competition is a farce. Rugby Union began its World Cup event in 1987. Look at where it is now? Its the 3rd biggest Sporting Event in the World behind the Olympics and the Soccer World Cup. BEAT THAT. Not bad for a sport that just turned professional more than a decade ago. Rugby League World Cup history is so inconsistent. TO ALL RUGBY LEAGUE FANS OUT THERE, I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU. AUSTRALIA WILL WIN THIS RUGBY WORLD CUP. THEY WILL BEAT ENGLAND AGAIN 78 - 4. AND FOR THE NEXT RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP, YOU GUESSED IT. AUSTRALIA WILL WIN AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY WILL AGAIN BEAT ENGLAND 79 -4. THIS MATCH HOWEVER WON'T BE LIVE ON THE TELLY. IT'LL BE LIVE THROUGH STREAMLINE INTERNET. EVEN PAY TV WOULDN'T WANT TO COVER IT. GO THE UNION

What a GOOSE!!!

Fortunately opinions are one persons thoughts, and thats all it is.

Yup, an absolute goose! And going on about results in the world cup, don't think the RLWC has ever has a 150 point scoreline. I know the Kangaroos beat russia while racking up a hundred, but 150.......................some people need to think before they speak

bugehead92:

Could you just give me some examples of when rugby has gone out of their way to deliberatly take down R, say in the last 15 years. Thanks

Bugehead

OK I can give at least two I have seen in germany the alst two years.

1. The Rugby Union National coach came into the dressing room 5 mins before a RL national game and threatened one of the players that if he played RL he would never play union in germany aagin.

2. German RU sending a letter to Union clubs basically saying that any player caught playing RL should be banned from playing RU.

There have been a few others I have been told... but I have to find the articles and evidence. People do point out the blatant poaching of Sailor anbd rogers to win the 2003 WC and to try and kill league... O'Niel IIRC even made a press statement to that effect that he wanted to see league killed off or similar words. However The poaching of salior and Rogers I dont buy into it stiffling league. It was an open market and what ever the ARUs reasons for throwing money at them , they had an open choice to go over or stay. They went for the $$ and that is fine by me... its no different to Gasnier or Gower in that respect and I dont begrudge the players that.

People also point out when ever League in oz or NZ gets a big even the ARU makes a whole thing to try and steal the lime light ... ala Kangaroos vs. Wallabies this weekend... again its not stiffling, its market forces and I dont allow myself to use that as evidence... so you can see I am reasonable on these things.

I however had seen in many of the Union rags and TV, the almost deliberate suppression of anything that is rugby league being shown. The BBC is well known to be full of Old boys that love their Union and despise their League. Other Journalists in major newspapers basically do the same and go out of their way to bag the sport without actually watching it.

When the SL franchises were announced and The welsh team got one, there was an imediate call from many section of the Welsh RU to try and kill the franchise in any way possible as it had the potential to kill Union... now C'mon, it Union is as big as the welsh make it out to be, one club vs. 4 big clubs and 6N is not going to hurt them is it? Well they seem to think so, and they arent prepared to let them selves test their product on th open market. So 2009 seems interesting in that regard. 

I did also have an interesting article sent to me about NZ RU and RL payments ans stuff... not sure what the time period is... last 15 years or what but it shows  http://hubpages.com/hub/NZ_Rugby_Morally_Bereft

Bughead, despite our differences in code, I think you are at least better than some of the other RU people that have come on here... at least you put up some reasonable arguments and listen. And seems we share some common sentiments on the soccer idiots that have come on here.

Anyway have a good day.

and a couple more points bughead.

I have heard of ground annexation lets say in South africa for League clubs. Where RU influence counclis not to allow RL teams to play... however this is a rumour that I am trying to verify, I have a couple contact in SA RL that can help me out there... but in typical fashion they are slow to respond.

But in this day and age many RU and RL clubs see that the only way to survive is to merge or help each other. This does tend to happen a bit more in nth Engalnd than anywhere else... so I am not condeming all RU. Two example of this are Leeds Rhinos and The Leeds Tykes and the Herlequins Franchise out at the stoop.

There is however a small rumopur in france going round about gasnier. Now after last years Paris test the owner of Stade Francais was mightly impressed with RL and has been overheard to be considering a joint venture like the quins. So a Stade Francaise RU and RL side and that gasnier is in fact one of the first signings for this RL side. Again this is a rumour and the way the FFR13 works probably wont ever see the light of day.

So I guess my point is that for all the bad stuff that is out there... the two coeds on occasion can work togetehr and get some good things happeneing.

magaoidh:

I have read the "friendly" posts between Druzik and Buglehead and I tend to disagree about coexistence between R.U. and R.L.long term!

Considering some of the idiots that have beeen on here in the past, I have time for Bughead. He"s been reasonable so far and it is a heated yet friendly exchange thus far. RL and RU will not coexist in the sense they will always be rivals and fighting for the dollar... but they will come to an equilibrium and have their places... now its how they use their equilibrium in hoe they will dominate the markets.

magaoidh:

  R.L will NOT adapt to R.U. its formation as a breakaway was revolutionary and the values are still there today.R.L. does not need to change except on minor points!

This is true, an analogy with RU and RL these days is like citrus'. The citrus family of fruits has a wide range and so you have various fruits in that family now, RU, RL, RU7's, RL 7's, RL 9's. Actually if you ever read any of the accounts of Rugby pre 1895 you realise very quickly where AFL gots its rules. I'll need to verify this with someone but the AFL scoring system actually comes from another old and dead football code called Shefield Football.

magaoidh:

  R.U. has not gained any ground at club level in OZ,internationally it looks better but from reports on this thread R.U. is losing support in N.Z.even. To make the game appeal more to the masses the new rule changes introduced are actually some of what R.L. did over a hundred years ago.If R.U. does not evolve to R.L. the signs are there that it may die a slow painful death!

RU is sold as pretty much a international sport. That is where the money is made. Particularly in the UK the BBC forked out 660 million pounds for the 6N and that basically is keeping the GP and HC alive, yet the clubs are still complaining. With the SL restructuring the english RU clubs have also been restructured much to their kicking and screaming, however if its not done 3/4 of them will be bust in 5 years... already a few are looking at going under in the middle of this season... and its a shame to see any club go really.

magaoidh:

Personally I dont give a rats ....e!

  I had a cousin who wanted to play for Randwick R.U.some years ago,he was asked what his father did for a living???

Yep you will find this kind of story from many people.

Mate as a rugby union supporter how do you feel when a league player crosses code like sailor, rogers, farrell and takes up a spot of a player thats played union most of there life. Only saying this because a few months back during the tri-nations the 3/4 of the wallabies backline had played league or connected to league

Buglehead, I didnt even know that R.L. was ALLOWED to be played in so many countries until I came onto this site.R,U by nature is ultra conservative because being the first code they are defending what they have got while R.L.if it is seen to be gaining ground there will be a reaction by R.U.Hence what Druzik said re Germany!

  Using WWII France as a yardstick R.L. had more appeal to the masses on a level playing field.

  The proposal mooted for a R.U./R.L. match in OZ is looking at changing the rules for both codes??? A 12 man team e.g. there may be grounds for amalgamation if both codes accept progressive changes, but by the nature of R.U.the establishment politics will stand in the way!!!