Moaning for the sake of moaning

[RigbyLuger]

 

Everton have just got a "rugby ball" from somewhere, they're helping to promote an event at their stadium, and we moan it's the wrong ball! No-one apart from RL fans will know the difference, yet we have a go at those actually helping! Why?

[Red Willow]

Is it though? imagine turning up to a football launch with a volleyball, same shape isn't it?

[OriginalMrC]

8 minutes ago, Red Willow said:

Is it though? imagine turning up to a football launch with a volleyball, same shape isn't it?

I bet 9 out of 10 Rugby League fans couldn't tell the difference between a rugby league ball and a rugby union ball 

[Yorks Tim]

8 minutes ago, Red Willow said:

Is it though? imagine turning up to a football launch with a volleyball, same shape isn't it?

Nobody would care.

It's a bit of fun and the exposure from a Premier League football team's social media account is fantastic for our sport.

[graveyard johnny]

28 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

I bet 9 out of 10 Rugby League fans couldn't tell the difference between a rugby league ball and a rugby union ball 

easy!- the union ball is the one out of play - the league one is in play

Edited March 26 by graveyard johnny

[StandOffHalf]

It's a Rugby Union Lions ball, isn't it?

Everton may have thought it was GB that were going to be taking on the Aussies, haha...

Edited March 26 by StandOffHalf

[JohnM]

Once upon a time I'd have blamed cyclists, but now I can blame the new regime at the RFL.

[Spidey]

Maybe they won the ball from rewards4rugbyleague?

Edited March 26 by Spidey

[BilliejoesBlue]

I don't see the problem. Only pedants would care about this.

Everton's comms team would probably have been asked this morning to post some 'content' about the RL Test match announcement, and nipped down to the nearest Sports Direct and bought a rugby ball.

 

[Anita Bath]

45 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

I bet 9 out of 10 Rugby League fans couldn't tell the difference between a rugby league ball and a rugby union ball 

A rugby league ball is oval shaped and smooth from continual handling. A rugby union ball is a gathering of public school toffs in tuxedos sipping gin and tonics.

[daz39]

Jeez, we are a sad lot aren't we?

[sam4731]

2 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:

I bet 9 out of 10 Rugby League fans couldn't tell the difference between a rugby league ball and a rugby union ball 

A rugby union ball is easily identifiable by the kicking tee attached to it.

[Hopie]

Rugby Union balls are pointier because they are designed to be kicked (out of play) and Rugby league balls are less so because they are designed to be passed and caught. Its a poor effort to have the wrong ball, and if they don;t have any balls then we should have sent them some to use for promotional purposes!

[Padge]

7 minutes ago, Hopie said:

Rugby Union balls are pointier because they are designed to be kicked (out of play) and Rugby league balls are less so because they are designed to be passed and caught. Its a poor effort to have the wrong ball, and if they don;t have any balls then we should have sent them some to use for promotional purposes!

Why cover the cost of something nobody cares about (the ball) when somebody else will cover it.

[OriginalMrC]

3 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:

25 minutes ago, Hopie said:

Rugby Union balls are pointier because they are designed to be kicked (out of play) and Rugby league balls are less so because they are designed to be passed and caught. Its a poor effort to have the wrong ball, and if they don;t have any balls then we should have sent them some to use for promotional purposes!

 

I bet 9 out of 10 Rugby League fans couldn't tell the difference between a rugby league ball and a rugby union ball 

Edited March 26 by OriginalMrC

[Ethereal]

40 minutes ago, Hopie said:

Rugby Union balls are pointier because they are designed to be kicked (out of play) and Rugby league balls are less so because they are designed to be passed and caught. Its a poor effort to have the wrong ball, and if they don;t have any balls then we should have sent them some to use for promotional purposes!

Surely rounder balls would be easier to kick and pointier balls easier to pass. Rounder balls are trending closer to footballs and pointier balls closer to NFL balls.

[hunsletgreenandgold]

44 minutes ago, Hopie said:

Rugby Union balls are pointier because they are designed to be kicked (out of play) and Rugby league balls are less so because they are designed to be passed and caught. Its a poor effort to have the wrong ball, and if they don;t have any balls then we should have sent them some to use for promotional purposes!

What?! It’s the complete opposite! It’s a poor effort to be commenting on this and get it so wrong, so I think we can give a football club a break who are actually trying to promote the game 

Edited March 26 by hunsletgreenandgold

[OriginalMrC]

16 minutes ago, Ethereal said:

Surely rounder balls would be easier to kick and pointier balls easier to pass. Rounder balls are trending closer to footballs and pointier balls closer to NFL balls.

Yes exactly which is why rugby union balls are rounder and rugby league balls pointier 

[17 stone giant]

4 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:

I bet 9 out of 10 Rugby League fans couldn't tell the difference between a rugby league ball and a rugby union ball 

I've never played either code but I've watched both since the late 1980's and I genuinely had no idea that there was a difference.

[Ethereal]

32 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

Yes exactly which is why rugby union balls are rounder and rugby league balls pointier 

Is it a mortal sin if I admit I didn't know that there was a difference?

[OriginalMrC]

1 minute ago, Ethereal said:

Is it a mortal sin if I admit I didn't know that there was a difference?

Not at all hence my earlier comment. Most RL fans don't know the difference never mind casual sports fans.

[OriginalMrC]

8 minutes ago, 17 stone giant said:

I've never played either code but I've watched both since the late 1980's and I genuinely had no idea that there was a difference.

Most people don't and you can only tell when you look at them up close 

[Gooleboy]

1 hour ago, OriginalMrC said:

I bet 9 out of 10 Rugby League fans couldn't tell the difference between a rugby league ball and a rugby union ball 

The Rugby Union ball has handles on!

[Griff]

Why didn't the RFL take a few properly branded balls over?

[RigbyLuger]

14 minutes ago, Griff said:

Why didn't the RFL take a few properly branded balls over?

It looks like something Everton have done off their own bat, to promote an event at their new home. That's a massive positive that some are using to criticise, and I don't get it. This isn't the same as Nigel Wood wearing an England union scarf, because he would know better!