Rugby

Dai read it

Originally Posted by *dim*
Rugby is a 'man's game'

Football is a 'boy's' game

no mention of league at all :D:D

your just miffed cause i liked dim's post

 

I guess you Welsh guys and gals have never watched rugby league and maybe not old enough to recall the many Welsh Rugby Union who came North to make their fortunes in the 1950's/60's, including the great Jim Sullivan, Jonathan Davies and many more............

 

Jonathon Davies didn`t defect in the 50`s OR 60`s. I remember Dai Watkins and his brother Stuart defecting in the 50`s. They were branded as traitors by the people and press of Newport. Dai has done a wonderful job at NRC since though.:yess::D

 

OK, that's probably why its never really caught on:D

 

And the Welsh defensive coach is an ex rugby league player unless I'm very much mistaken:yess::yess::yess::yess::yess::yess:

There is a lot to be admired about league.

 

Do you also remember Steve Llewellyn, George Parsons,Clive Sullivan - great players in both codes - do you really think that League is so bad?

 

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it is easy basically you cant pass the ball ahead (foward) of you :D

 

FOR THE RECORD I DONT MIND LEAGUE OR UNION IT IS THOSE THIGHS THAT I LIKE :yess::D

 

Shaun Edwards? He finally saw the light and has committed himself to the REAL code of rugby.

 

Just like the great Lewis Jones did in the dim and distant past

 

Flipping heck Barnaby, you are going back a bit.:D

 

That's the fella - by his own admission, future Wigan coach!

Let's not forget Jason Robinson, Andy Farrell, Va'aiga Tuigamala, Freddie Tuilagi, Wendell Sailor, to name a few more.

I know it was a long time ago, but in 1996 (?) there was the two match challenge thingy with Bath which produced a far closer contest at unionHQ than the one at Maine Road, and the Middlesex Sevens win (emulated by Bradford Bulls a few years later)

 

Sorry about the age bit Dai but I saw most of them play in my youth and having played both codes as an amateur I still enjoy both, especially after England's wonderful victory yesterday (not a patch on today's match but...........)

 

Didn`t he even turn down a job on the England coaching staff ( Shaun Edwards that is ) because he had more faith with the Wales set up?:D