The Great Union vs League Debate

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Originally Posted by leowyatt

One thing I wanted to say to the union fans is when a player is tackled and goes to ground play essentially halts till the hooker/scrum half plucks the ball out. Admittedly the ball can be stolen but it is highly unlikely. Watching a wasps union game at the weekend this stop seemed to be nearly twice aslong as in League when the player is tackled. From seeing that I don't think League is as stop-start as alot of people make out

Quite true. In fact Union can be far more stop start especially if the weather is bad and both teams play a kicking game. The forwards trudge from one lineout to the next, one scrum to the next, and the backs hardly get motoring. There are more set pieces and up the jumper style rugby than you'd ever see in a League match.