Did anybody ever to go to a London Broncos game when they at The Valley? I was rooting through some old programmes and found the programme of the one match I went to, purely for curiosity really. Afterwards I wished I hadn't bothered as there was thick fog, you couldn't see a thing and to cap it all the match was live on Sky anyway.
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what is it that is happening to the quins RL?
The only time I worked at the Valley and didn't give a shit about what was happening on the pitch.
Must say though, If on a rare ocassion I do watch Rugby, It's gotta be league. So much faster.
I never went to a match but I remember the state of the pitch after they had played.
Just been reading about the club's history on Wiki - it's quite interesting. Shame the game's not (in my opinion!)
Just a shame that the Charlton ground staff were treated those poor kids from Halifax so badly - soured memories for a lot of people.
Great sport and supreme athletes who would put most footballers to shame but never been able to get into it.
(Alas i wasnt born in a whippet shed in Wigan and weaned on black pudding).
Compared to Union, League is just a game of 11 flankers with 2 flyers on he wing and is nowhere near as technical a sport, just 'Bish Bosh' with no finesse.
Have played Union to 1st 15 club level and dabled with League when it went to a summer sport so have a players view therefore I must also be a 'ponce'.
Yes, went to a few games at the Valley and enjoyed watching the sport. Union might be "more technical" and thus more interesting to play. But it's not really a spectator sport is it? From the spectator's point of view it's always just a pile of fat blokes spending 15 minutes or so lying on top of each other as far away as possible from where you are sitting. This often with both teams wearing the same colour shorts and socks, so you can't tell who is playing for which team. I'd rather watch paint dry.
Now here's the proof that Union is a rubbish sport. The seats at "Twickers" are green! Green for God's sake! Does anybody know of any other sport/country/club not installing stadium seats the same colour(s) as they play in or the same colour(s) as their country's flag?
Unsurprisingly not my best feature !
Is a good job I'm reading this and not hearing it. LOL
It never ceases to amaze me how tough the players are.
I can always watch a League game & enjoy no matter who is playing or in what league, it's that entertaining. That from someone who loved Union, til they ruined it with too many rule changes and being allowed to cheat in the line out cos players refused to obey the rules!!!!!
And I'm not even northern!!!!!!
Ive played both,Union to a relatively good standard and I like both codes,referring to an earlier post I am a back row forward so that could be why.The problem for me is the reffing of the breakdown and as I slide down the teams due to age,the reffing is worse and I feel that that is what is holding back Union from really taking off big style.Every ref has a different idea of what you can compete for when a tackle is becoming a ruck or maul.I am surprised that League hasn't caught on out side the M62 corridor like the Celtic Warriors going belly up after trying South then North Wales, because its fast and skillful not bogged down with loads of complicated rules!
What sort of crowds are they getting at the Stoop and what do they charge?
The big thing with Union is that there are really two different forms of the game; the southern hemisphere version which is fast and exciting and the northern hemisphere version which is very often turgid, boring and dominated by the forwards.
The Rugby in the Super 14 down here this year - especially from the eventual winners the Queensland Reds - was brilliantly entertaining and was much closer to the "Spirit of Rugby" than anything I had seen in a long, long time.
Watching players like Quade Cooper and Will Genia play off-the-cuff Rugby and actually run the ball rather than just kick the bloody ball downfield or into touch was so refreshing.
What's more, the fans thought so too! For the second half of the season the Reds were averaging around 40,000 for every home game.
Australia only play that way because they've had no decent forwards for the last few years. Sheridan destroyed their scrum the last few times he's come up against them.
Very true BFR, but the truth is that 90% of the fans are not going to get excited about what happens in the scrum, they want to see the ball tossed around and see some real running rugby.
When we go, still see peeps with Fulham & Charlton colours who still follow.
Makes me realise the new ground has to have good transport links or be as near central London as poss.
I am surprised more people don't appreciate the code down Sauf as it's fast & furious. Certainly more exciting than the kicking game that seems to have taken over our Union these days :-/