Anyone signing a contract for a Super League club should have a special clause stating that they're only allowed to leave for RU if they sit through a video of that England V. Ireland game. Twice. Its cruel, yes, but gets the message across.

Agreed.

Farrell doesn't seem to want to "come back" in a rush, nor Ashton....

Im sure there bank accounts look far better.

In the creature world it was like a Slug v Snail contest, I did see a tackle bust one in each half though. 80 mins of Union in reality equates to 10 mins of actual momentum play.

just black out the huge crowd and all the publicity Farrell is getting, and we should be good. I Don't mind watching union but i prefer league and i am sure most of the converts do but until league becomes on par with union we will all ways have players leave, but there is all ways somebody waiting to replace them.

i do hate how the ex union players commentators all ways avoid the mentioning of league when ashton, Farrell, Tomkins, Eastmond get mentioned. even the coaching staff are benefiting from having a league background.

League was mentioned briefly when Brian Moore was complimenting Farrell senior. To be fair, I know a lot of people think Brian Moore's a bit of a tool, but I've never heard him mention League with anything other than utmost respect.

Thanks so much for the laugh

Glad to see young Owen has inherited his old man's charisma.

Just seen the disgraceful stamp from the Irish No. 1 on an English players ankle.
Let's just say that if that happened in any Rugby League match then I would expect a very long ban regardless of who the player was or the club he played for. It was that sickening!

The fact that their wasn't a single try says it all. Maybe you could argue that both defences were immense, but it was more like that the attacking play was abysmal as per usual when it comes to union.

The Twittersphere was saying England made a grand total of 75m in the whole of the first half.

Was as dire a game as I've ever seen.

I'd like to challenge any Rupert or Sebastian to actually try and convince me that that sport is within the same realms of entertainment as rugby league.
It is a truly dire spectacle.