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"jaws1"Just heard on the radio that Rob Burrow and Ed Slater between devised hybrid rugby rules .A match played under these rules will be played at Headingly next month.Kits will be based on Robs Leeds and Ed Slaters based on his Gloucester kit referees will have tartan kits in memory of Doddy Weir .All proceeds to MND'"
Yes, ive seen something about this previously with a real hybrid of a game. Unlimited tackles until you get into the oppositions half then it was 6 tackles, scrums and lineouts but uncontested. Ball steals allowed
it could be interesting to see if it just stays as a one off / charity concept or if it actually develops into something more. i know we have had cross code games previously but all they proved were that the RL team was far superior at League and the Union team far superior at Union, unless the league team could actually get hold of the ball and ran it the full length 
just googled it and found the attached URL, where there is also a link to the rules for the game
https://www.therhinos.co.uk/rob-burrow-cbe/the-745-game |
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"jaws1"Just heard on the radio that Rob Burrow and Ed Slater between devised hybrid rugby rules .A match played under these rules will be played at Headingly next month.Kits will be based on Robs Leeds and Ed Slaters based on his Gloucester kit referees will have tartan kits in memory of Doddy Weir .All proceeds to MND'"
Yes, ive seen something about this previously with a real hybrid of a game. Unlimited tackles until you get into the oppositions half then it was 6 tackles, scrums and lineouts but uncontested. Ball steals allowed
it could be interesting to see if it just stays as a one off / charity concept or if it actually develops into something more. i know we have had cross code games previously but all they proved were that the RL team was far superior at League and the Union team far superior at Union, unless the league team could actually get hold of the ball and ran it the full length
just googled it and found the attached URL, where there is also a link to the rules for the game
https://www.therhinos.co.uk/rob-burrow-cbe/the-745-game | |
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Objectively, in the modern era, with fit professional players, not tubs of lard, union would be a better game with 13 players, but as they insist on the primacy of their 16-man scrum, that's never likely to happen. Plus, they wouldn't to be seen as 'copying league', of course.
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I hope the game is a success and makes a load of money, but I have absolutely no interest in union or any form of hybrid game. I grew up in the 70s and 80s when the hostility towards league was pretty intense. It was only when I moved away from Wigan that this became apparent. Union had to live alongside league in Wigan or it would have struggled. Not so in other places. The bloke who wrote the article would probably have been banned from his local club.
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That's so true, Tony, as I lived most of my life elsewhere in the country and only moved to Wigan relatively recently.
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The sports will never merge. The stumbling block will always be what to do when someone is tackled.
If it’s a play the ball the game will essentially be league, if it’s a rook/maul the game Will essentially be union.
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I think the fuss about Suaalii playing for the Wallabies says a lot. He's a decent player, but hardly a jewel of the NRL; there are better centres, Herbie, for one! Maybe it says something about relative skill levels.
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