League or Union

[hattra]

League, at any level, used to be the most boring "organised" team sport on the planet, more like mud-wrestling than a ball-game, then one day (somewhere around 1974, I think), the Aussies showed the English how to play the game, since then, League has actually become a watchable sport, and teams have adopted modern sporting concepts, like fitness and tactics. Before then, it was a waste of time - the most entertaining bit was listening to Eddie Wareing see how many times he could get the phrase "it's an up'n'under" into his commentary.

Originally League was played to the same rules as Union, but the rules gradually changed to try and improve the spectacle to attract paying spectators. Union has also changed its rules over the years, for much the same reason.

I've never found Union "complicated", though

[Mailman]

Class also determines who plays in Australia, Scotland, Ireland and South Africa. Right about Wales (no middle clas people live there anyway) , and NZ. I would imagine that the Argie rugby players are all middle class.

Maybe right about SA but absolute twaddle about Australia (Ive played club rugger in Aus, fecking wonkers! ).

However if you were to say class was a cricket then in Australia then you would be right. Then again, they only have one class there, the criminal class

Mailman

[wendigo100]

Is aussie rules class-based?

[DaveB]

Is aussie rules class-based?

No, IQ.

[Forumbore]

Then again, they only have one class there, the criminal class

Mailman

That is not kind