<r><QUOTE author="cpwigan"><s>[quote="cpwigan"]</s><URL url="http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/league-wins-the-running-battle-of-the-rugby-codes/"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lea ... gby-codes/">http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/league-wins-the-running-battle...

<r><QUOTE author="medlocke"><s>[quote="medlocke"]</s>Watching those 2 games has proved even more to me how shite this game has become, the cap and summer rugby/SL has killed of the game IMO, where are all the hardmen? where are all the classy players that could give the Aussies a run for there money...

<r><QUOTE author="lucky 13"><s>[quote="lucky 13"]</s><QUOTE author="cpwigan"><s>[quote="cpwigan"]</s>I believe his Fastfood Business is near the Wigan Investment Centre.<br/> <br/> No appeal. Take the punishment. This is confirmed in the Wigan Observer today and by the RFL. The Observer claim nothin...

<r><QUOTE author="cpwigan"><s>[quote="cpwigan"]</s>I believe his Fastfood Business is near the Wigan Investment Centre.<br/> <br/> No appeal. Take the punishment. This is confirmed in the Wigan Observer today and by the RFL. The Observer claim nothing has been agree re his future post ban which is n...

<r><QUOTE author="cpwigan"><s>[quote="cpwigan"]</s>I only said the post in jest. I would not drop him. I liked Roberts efforts covering kicks v Cas. I was just annoyd when Shenton beat him all ends up but maybe that shows Shenton is a quality player.<br/> <br/> The key for me re Wigan is deciding on...

<t>RU has changed beyond comparison in the last 10 years. All of the rules changes bring their game closer to ours. Scrummaging is the big debate in RU at the moment as the southern hemispere teams have started to NOT to name props in their substitutes. Consequently when 1 prop is subbed they have n...

<t>Another embarrassment for the RL. After the Greg Bird debacle we have the Crusaders effectively cheating with the inclusion of 6 illegible players.<br/> <br/> All this apart from the obvious fact that they ought not be in the league in the first place. What will the sanctions be? It's hard to fin...

<r><QUOTE author="cpwigan"><s>[quote="cpwigan"]</s>Exactly OH, we did not want Offiah for his scooting/tackling. Feka is a similar luxury player who actually makes the job easier for the 3 other props doing more time. 15 minutes of Feka at his best takes it out of the opposition but I had reached th...

<r><QUOTE author="old hooker"><s>[quote="old hooker"]</s><QUOTE author="DaveO"><s>[quote="DaveO"]</s><QUOTE author="botica"><s>[quote="botica"]</s>As soon as Feka and Fielden came on we started to score. Wonder if the wire chant of YFB spurred him on!!<br/> Fielden was better too, his defence was im...

<r><QUOTE author="GeoffN"><s>[quote="GeoffN"]</s>As I understand it, we can retain his registration, even though he's not playing (as Bradford did with Pryce when he went to Union).<br/> <br/> If he can stay clean, and stay fit, I'd want to see him back at the end of his 2 years. In any walk of life...