2006-10-22 22:11:54 · 11 answers · asked by Dave G 1 in Sports ➔ Rugby
Because League is a mans game
Union is slow and boring the game stops every few minutes were league is always moving at a fast pace requiring players to remain in a fit condition
2006-10-22 22:56:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because during the course of a single game league players will have almost 50% more amount of ball carry's, run further, make more tackles etc. than their union counterparts. That is why league front rowers are around 100-110kg these days and union props can be 125kg+. The breakaways and scrum half in union are the only players who would have to be as fit as league players.
2006-10-23 11:00:07 · answer #2 · answered by BC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because generally they are - Union has always been the sport of the privileged class - played by private schools as a part-time pastime and for a long time at a non-professional level. League on the other hand was the "poor man's rugby" anyone with skill could make the grade. Players were paid match payments, and it wasn't just something you did Saturday afternoon, you could make a living just playing. Sad thing is.... in the arena of public speaking, league tends to leave their legacy on the field, whereas most rugby players rarely get caught with "foot in mouth"
2006-10-23 00:43:12 · answer #3 · answered by renclrk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Union is a much more physical sport than League but because there are no rucks or mauls there is far less time for recovery during the match so therefore the players have to be fitter.
2006-10-24 06:15:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've noticed that throughout the year. league players are more fitter than union players. the union game is stopped every few minutes whereas league is continual. and they have 6 plays which gets them around alot. and don't waste their time kicking from 1 end of the field to another.
2006-10-26 16:23:52 · answer #5 · answered by sToRm_GuRl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somebody right here has made the completely untrue remark "the forwards in league could have greater effective skills than union forwards". Nonsense. they have diverse skills, yet whilst every physique thinks that there is no longer skill in offensive or protecting rucking, attacking or protecting on the lineout, or in a actual, contested scrum, then they have by no skill tried it. A League merely before able to doing none of those. that's to no longer say that League forwards don't have their own skills -- they're merely of a very diverse form -- relatively knocking people over. classic case of apples or oranges right here. and is the reason why you spot an significant form of League backs flow to the Union code (via fact permit's settle for it -- there is extra money to be made in Union) yet little if any flow among the forwards. lower back skills proceed to be comparable between the two codes -- forward skills noticeably diverse. stable factor somebody else made with reference to the ten metre offside line on the play-the-ball -- which merely reinforces the factor that League is a offense dominant sport for followers who prefer to make certain enormous hits, and trys, and not the rest. The Union fan, on the different hand, can relish the lots greater effective variety of techniques provided by way of a competent rucking team, to boot to nicely-achieved set products. Edit -- Stevo -- in case you think approximately a ruck "uninteresting", it extremely is merely considering you do no longer know what to seek for. Watch the backs -- that on my own can inform you lots approximately what is going on interior the ruck, despite the fact that in case you are able to no longer see the ball. And a minimum of you will no longer might desire to submit with the sight of 11 of the 13 defenders working far flung from the ball.
2016-11-24 23:49:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championships) is a man's game. They are both good sports played with similar yet slightly different rules. League folks are always mad because worldwide people seem to just like Union better. I like both, but prefer Union myself.
2006-10-23 07:42:33 · answer #7 · answered by wadecrptrng 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
fosko3290 has it right, no real breakdown, so more running involved, but that dosnt mean that they are "fitter", bc fitness also has to do with strength, which i would not be suprised if union players had more of
2006-10-26 10:20:58 · answer #8 · answered by roadtrip088 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because league is less physical you do more running whereas in union you drive, clear, pick and drive again.
2006-10-24 09:00:00 · answer #9 · answered by AntiStyptic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a more phsical contact sport and they spend more time with the ball in hand .
2006-10-24 01:08:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋