Is it NRL or rugby union for footy fans

[Footy Rules Australia]

From my walkabouts I would say footy fans are more taken by rugby union over NRL.



I don't know too many footy fans who can hack NRL.

 

[CF]

I think most footy fans don't mind Rugby Union ie watching the Wallabies play internationally but I don't think that translates into us watching the super 14's.

League is lame

 

[Ant_]

Easily Union, they kick the ball & take more chances. NRL is stop start defensive tackling and just plain boring.

 

[Footy Rules Australia]

I think most footy fans don't mind Rugby Union ie watching the Wallabies play internationally but I don't think that translates into us watching the super 14's.

League is lame

Wallaby internationals are great events that the entire country gets into but thats where the slow game of rugby starts and ends for most people.



League is the most repetitive sport in the universe.

 

[crosby123]

Far prefer union to league.

 

[TigerCraig]

The new union rules they are trialling in the Sydney comp (you can see it on ABC2) are great - sooner they bring them in internationally the better.

Much more attacking and fluid game.

 

[mcgarnacle]

rugby union has nothing on rugby league in regards to intensity.

union is a game for private school ****ers who could never make it in league.

 

[bzparkes]

Union's much better than League. More fun to watch, more fun to play.

 

[Father Jack]

Soccer and Rugby Union are the only two footy codes where they have internationals worth watching. You can extend that to cricket too, where the other team may as well not even turn up.

 

[TigerCraig]

Footy fans will tend to like union more because the ball is, in theory anyway, alwayd up for contest.

League used to be like this, but they have progressively removed every chance for the defence to contest possession

 

[estibador]

I'll watch either. Both have their pros and cons.

It's easier for me to get into Union considering WA have a team that I can really follow. I find Union to have a bit more depth and variation in the play than League. Though watching scrum after scrum can certainly become tiresome and some games seem to have a lot of time with not much happening. I certainly prefer watching the Wallabies over the Kangaroos. International Union just feels more elite than League with more countries involved and a more prestigious world cup.

I sort of follow the Cowboys and Titans in the NRL but it's not the same as having a home based team. I'd get into it a lot more if I had a WA team I could support. League has it over Union in the sense that they have emphasised the big tackles, with less stoppages and more continuous ball play. On the downside it can feel a bit shallow and repetitive with the same action over and over with not a lot of variation happening.

That's my 2 cents worth anyway. Just my opinion like.

 

[Mancey]

Union is watchable, but i must say i've only watched the wallibies. Never seen a super 14s game in my life.

Rather watch big brother than league...thats saying something

 

[estibador]

Rather watch big brother than league...thats saying something

I'd rather scratch my eyeballs out with a rusty fish hook than watch Big Brother.

 

[Footy Rules Australia]

NRL is big in all the dumb suburbs.

 

[Le KooK]

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[Hoops]

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[estibador]

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[Dont be a lemon]

Rugby league I watch occasionally and it can be enjoyable, but I don't like it's ultra "blokey" culture.

Rugby union is too stop-starty for me and I don't like it's deep rooted toffness.

 

[Roddy]

I find both to be mindnumbingly bland, grotesquely repetitive, brainlessly thuggish non-spectacles....

 

[parano1a]

Rugby League.

To anyone that says it's a boring game, tune in to State of Origin 1 and witness the fierce intensity of the tackling in the first five minutes...

 

[mantis]

From my walkabouts I would say footy fans are more taken by rugby union over NRL.



I don't know too many footy fans who can hack NRL.

I can't hack either.

 

[JedMack]

All three are more watchable than the entire lesbian only shower footage from the BB house. Unless you are in that shower.

And then I would still watch all three. And so would they.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Union is much better the league IMO
i cant stand the league rule of after 5 tackles a turn-over, when i used to play union it was much more physical then league,

 

[BIG FAT BOB]

I prefer league - much simpler and easier to understand. Seems to have more rhythm about it.

Union is frustrating to watch as there are so many penalties plucked from nowhere and time is wasted while players line up a kick at goal, pack a scrum or set up a line-out.

Seeing a scrum packed over and over cos it collapses or rotates is one of the most infuriating things on earth.

League people like Fatty, Sterlo, Johns boys and Paul Harrogon have more personality in their little fingers than Gordon Bray, Budda Handy, Peter Fitzsimmon, John Eels, Nick Far Jones etc.

 

[tugga]

league>>>>>>>>>>>>>union
Melbourne don't have a Super 14s team so union here is nonexistent. League is growing, albeit slowly.
I like both, but league is a far superior sport to union IMO.