Rugby League

[TomR96]

In the Tigers squad, I would love to see either a rugby league coaching setup or some rugby league players. Rugby league players play really attacking rugby and their defence is fantastic. Any Thoughts?

[biffer]

Rugby League = Monkey Tennis.

Not a real sport.

[MJ Chairman]

They are completely different games requiring very different disciplines.
There are very few RL players that have made it in union and they have all been backs.

[TomR96]

Chris Ashton
Berrick Barnes
Stephen Myler
Jason Robinson
Shontayne Hape
Sonny Bill Williams
mainly backs but great players

[TigerAlex]

Chris Ashton
Berrick Barnes
Stephen Myler
Jason Robinson
Shontayne Hape
Sonny Bill Williams
All backs.

There, I fixed it for you.

[MJ Chairman]

Not sure I would call Myler and Hape great.

[Will S]

It will be interesting to see how Eastmond goes at Bath this season now he is back from injury. He is the type of player who could well make the transition.

Only league player I would love to tempt across at the moment would be Sam Tompkins. He has only just signed a new contract though and with his brother, and potentially Ashton (who is one of his best mates), down at Saffas I would imagine they would snare him first. I don't like Saffas but they have done well to put a partnership together with Wigan moving forward.

[Lincs Stu]

Chris Ashton
Berrick Barnes
Stephen Myler
Jason Robinson
Shontayne Hape
Sonny Bill Williams
mainly backs but great players

I disagree that Hape, Myler and Barnes are great players. Ashton and Williams could become great players in time, but for every successful RL-RU convert there is an underwhelming one.

Iestyn Harris
Andy Farrell
Chev Walker
Henry Paul
Gareth Raynor
Les Vainikolo
Wendell Sailor

Were all, at best, average Union players and not worth the cash lavished on them. I think clubs should be wary before splashing out on RL stars!

[tig1]

Chris Ashton
Berrick Barnes
Stephen Myler
Jason Robinson
Shontayne Hape
Sonny Bill Williams
All backs.

There, I fixed it for you.

Brad Thorn ?

[Purebob]

I've tried to like league but failed. doesn't have enough going on for me i'm afraid. Not surprised that only a few RL players have made it cross code.

[Tyler]

It used to be a game for all shapes and sizes, but with the inferrence to league stylee, unless you are a 19stone six foot three plus goliath, the sport now does not make itself endearing. The old adage strength of temper and wit is now being slowly erroded to speed and mass!
Lost are the old days of coaching where after several blows to the head my head coach would scream GET YOUR RETALIATION IN FIRST!!!

[TigerAlex]

Chris Ashton
Berrick Barnes
Stephen Myler
Jason Robinson
Shontayne Hape
Sonny Bill Williams
All backs.

There, I fixed it for you.

Brad Thorn ?

TomR96 did not list Brad Thorn so I read his 'mainly backs' comment to be referring to those he listed, which are all backs.

[Kinoulton]

It used to be a game for all shapes and sizes, but with the inferrence to league stylee, unless you are a 19stone six foot three plus goliath, the sport now does not make itself endearing. The old adage strength of temper and wit is now being slowly erroded to speed and mass!
Lost are the old days of coaching where after several blows to the head my head coach would scream GET YOUR RETALIATION IN FIRST!!!

I agree. The charm of RU is that a chunky monkey like Julian White, a goliathn like Martin Johnston, and a whippersnapper like Austin Healey all play an equally vital, yet utterly different, physical function.

But I would rue the day when we get like RL up here in Hull. All the players look like clones off Love Island or something and have positional names which mean b*gger all.

Why do they need props?

[Tiger_in_Birmingham]

Certainly, if we reverted to proper scrums and no hands on the deck, the similarities would be the ball, the posts, forward passes and offside.......and not much else.

Doesn't league specifically have a law about the players momentum and the pass?

This is the main reason (IMHO) why Union should not allow the ball to move forwards to allow for the player's momentum - RL made a different law to differentiate from the RU laws