david k
Hi
- Location
- North West
I had an interesting chat with a senior figure in RL about the relative merits of RL and RU. The problem with RU these days is that all the players have got so much fitter and bigger. With 15 on the pitch v 13 in RL, there just isn't enough space to produce a free running spectacle.
In the amateur days the tight 5 forwards did almost no wide defensive work and the loose forwards struggled with it. Nowadays even the props are getting across. Hence RU being more of a spectacle when it was amateur.
Good point well made, probably similar issues RL had 100 years ago when they dropped 2 players from the pitch, begs the question, if both have identified the same issues and RL gone through the natural evolution 100 years ago will RU follow suit? Somehow I dont think so