The Future is League Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/56460162 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Mackem Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Not this tired old line again. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 That’ll be his shirts taken down from the walls at his old RU clubs then 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Buy that man a pie! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latchford albion Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 He's not wrong. 5 "I'm a traditionalist and I don"t think you'd ever see me coaching an Australian national side!" Lee Radford, RLW March 2016 Proud to be a member of the TRL woke claque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindle xiii Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Henson - I better say something nice about my new employers... ... "If rugby league is clever now it could steal a march on rugby union because at the moment I think it's the better game to watch and to play in." - Pfft, noobs. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 He was a very skilful player so he knows his onions... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 He's not wrong. Wait till he takes a hit up and gets smashed by an old school prop though. He might change his mind about the playing part! Seriously though hope he goes well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 Wibble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindle xiii Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 43 minutes ago, voteronniegibbs said: I saw the light... on that night as I passed by her window. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnleywelsh Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, hindle xiii said: Henson - I better say something nice about my new employers... ... "If rugby league is clever now it could steal a march on rugby union because at the moment I think it's the better game to watch and to play in." - Pfft, noobs. To be honest, I don’t think that Henson is in this for the money. I don’t think that he’s reliant on his ‘new employers’ to feather his nest. He seems quite genuine in his admiration of Rugby League. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 minute ago, hindle xiii said: I saw the light... on that night as I passed by her window. I wonder if they can get Tom Jones as the pre match sing-a-long... Wibble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Picture Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, burnleywelsh said: To be honest, I don’t think that Henson is in this for the money. I don’t think that he’s reliant on his ‘new employers’ to feather his nest. He seems quite genuine in his admiration of Rugby League. Of course he's not in this for the money, RU pays a lot better than RL these days so there wouldn't be enough money involved for that. Edited March 20, 2021 by Big Picture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC77 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, The Future is League said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/56460162 "Union has lost its way a bit. I enjoy watching the internationals but apart from that it's a tough game to watch." Its been that way for over 15 years, so he’s underplaying it. I barely missed an international (5/6 nations, Lions, tri nations) for well over a decade when the game was an excellent product and stuck with it while O’Driscoll was still around as he was capable of producing the odd moment of magic in spite of the bruising, attritional, gym monkey dominated drudgery around him. "If rugby league is clever now it could steal a march on rugby union because at the moment I think it's the better game to watch and to play in. It's a big time for rugby league and I think they could capitalise." I think he’s right in that it could capitalise, but not the current game. RL is not as far down the road as RU is in terms of being attritional but it’s not the wide open, attacking game it was. I think a big error has been adopting a more physical and risk averse Aussie style. You might be more competitive with Aussies (0-6 2017 RLWC final) but you won’t garner any new viewers (0-6 2017 RLWC final). Aussie tastes are not British tastes. Aussies routinely beat the bejesus out of British players (as they also did to Irish players in the International Rules series), they love a scrap, “the biff”, the emphasis is on physicality, whereas the British RL players (and Irish Gaelic players) prefer a more skill focused game. RL needs to ditch the Aussie wrestle, the watertight Aussie defensive focus, and go back to the more attack orientated open British game that can be seen from old clips online. Cater to British tastes and then it will really capitalise on all those who have ditched RU or are close to doing so. Edited March 20, 2021 by DC77 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC77 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Cumbrian Mackem said: Not this tired old line again. He ain’t wrong though. Watched that fantastic Rob Burrow show which was repeated on Sky Sports tonight. He was making line breaks galore, something that just doesn’t happen in RU anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Mackem Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 3 hours ago, DC77 said: He ain’t wrong though. Watched that fantastic Rob Burrow show which was repeated on Sky Sports tonight. He was making line breaks galore, something that just doesn’t happen in RU anymore. You’re right of course but what does it matter? Smacks of just trying to appease league fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Cumbrian Mackem said: You’re right of course but what does it matter? Smacks of just trying to appease league fans. He‘s got no reason to appease League fans. Is it that hard to believe he genuinely means what he’s saying? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said: That’ll be his shirts taken down from the walls at his old RU clubs then Yep I was thinking about how clubs will respond and having a chuckle too His approach has been fantastic for us as a game and fantastic in general. It can do nothing but good for WWR, Welsh league and the game on general to have these headlines Edited March 20, 2021 by Bedfordshire Bronco 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopping Mad Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 8 hours ago, burnleywelsh said: To be honest, I don’t think that Henson is in this for the money. I don’t think that he’s reliant on his ‘new employers’ to feather his nest. He seems quite genuine in his admiration of Rugby League. According to the podcast, Henson runs a pub now. West Wales asked him if he'd be an ambassador for the club. He told them he'd much rather play the game. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/14394146/jonathan-davies-says-gavin-hensons-code-switch-can-attract-players-from-dour-ru/ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/mar/19/gavin-henson-rugby-league-debut-west-wales-raiders-challenge-cup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Mackem Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 58 minutes ago, Eddie said: He‘s got no reason to appease League fans. Is it that hard to believe he genuinely means what he’s saying? Heard it so many times before from both sides. League players going to union and union players going to league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, Cumbrian Mackem said: Heard it so many times before from both sides. League players going to union and union players going to league. Ah come on ya grumpy soul It's nothing but a good news story for everyone! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearNothing Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 9 hours ago, hindle xiii said: I saw the light... on that night as I passed by her window. OY!!! That's our song!!!! 1 cru....Cru.....CRUSADERS!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Mackem Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 23 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Ah come on ya grumpy soul It's nothing but a good news story for everyone! Is the game of RL that desperate to having smoke blown up its backside by a 40 year old ex average union player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELBOWSEYE Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Cumbrian Mackem said: Heard it so many times before from both sides. League players going to union and union players going to league. He's 39 and has no need to appease league fans, no body expects anything from him at his age, so if WWR and Welsh rl can gain anything from him good for them. He's getting publicity for a CC tie that would normally not put the smallest of blips on a radar. There is nothing only good publicity from this. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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