Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:33 am  

Its a well known fact that the WRU were on their way to the historic meeting in Huddersfield in 1895 but were prevented from attending by poor weather (snow).

Had they attended they would have switched to League but in the days after the meeting a desrate ERU cut a deal with the Welsh to keep them in Union.

It's interesting to think how League would have faired had the Welsh switched back in 1895, with a larger geographical spread and the possibility of the Irish following their Welsh Celtic cousins, League could have had a much bigger base from which to progress. At the same time the English Union would have been prevented from launching the 4Ns and would have been denied the Welsh contingent in the Lions teams.

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:59 pm  

The Clan wrote:

Its a well known fact that the WRU were on their way to the historic meeting in Huddersfield in 1895 but were prevented from attending by poor weather (snow).

Snow on the 29th August?

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:18 pm  

BigRob wrote:

Leicester Tigers 1st team squad:
(A) # of British players who attended public or independent school = 19
(B) # of British players who didn't attend public or independent school = 2

Northampton 1st team squad:
A = 17
B = 10 (including Ashton & Myler)

Saracens 1st team squad:
A = 10
B = 7

London Irish 1st team squad:
A = 14
B = 6

London Wasps 1st team squad:
A = 19
B = 4

Bath 1st team squad:
A = 15
B = 8


I've only been bothered to look at half of the Guinnes Premiership teams so far but I think you can see a pattern emerging.

Top half of current Guinness Premiership table:
# of British players who attended public or independent school = 94
# of British players who didn't attend public or independent school = 37

If you don't see that Union is a totally different world then you're being incredibly naive

Bang on mate,they've always been toffee nosed b@sterds the lot of them,god i hate union with a passion.

[tb]

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:09 pm  

We have an Other Sports forum. It was provided specifically for the discussion of other sports, such as rugby union. The VT is a rugby league forum.