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[matthewwoodford]

[rawiri]

i'm a Union guy at heart, but i've watched aussie league from about 13 years old when it was first televised in NZ. State of origin rocks, it should though as it's the best of the best really. It's a lot tamer now than it was in the old days which is good for the game but a bit sad as well, who could forget Geyer v Lewis. Nowdays the guys are a bit too scared to throw a punch because the judiciary will sting them, maybe they could make it like hockey where 2 guy's can go at it but if a 3rd guy comes in then he gets penalised. Then again maybe that's a dumb idea.

[jaganath69]

[just because]

jaga, i sound a bit younger than you but I remember those memories as well.

As for who do i support, i was born in Sydney so NSW

[jaebea]

I'll watch the SOO, mainly because it's the highlight of the rugby league year.

Really, international games are nothing on the scale and ferocity of SOO. Besides a few exceptions, it's the cream of the players in world rugby league playing head to head.

That said, I'll take run of the mill union any day over the NRL comp, or any other rugby league based comp for that matter.

Things I don't like about league are the 40-20 rule (schoolboy union players do it week in week out. Let's see some kicks for territory's sake and see lots more attacking opportunities), and the 10m rule.

The latter is the real difference between the two codes, as in union, the defence can sit right on the advantage line, which leaves the attack two options in either sitting deep and risk losing territory, or trying to gain metres close to the breakdown and trying to maintain possession.

The best things about league is the tackle count, which sees forced turnover of possession (which helps make games close), and the variation in kicking games, especially when it comes to Andrew Johns, high in the tackle count and deep in opposition 22.

jae.