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<blockquote data-quote="St Helens RLFC" data-source="post: 229139"><p>I don't think Don Billy is trying to argue that the League world cup is in anyway superior to the union competition. It isn't. The fact of the matter is that league (in this country anyway) has not recovered fully from the abuse received at the hands of the RFU for almost the whole part of the period 1910 - 1996. The ban on the armed forces not being allowed to play league was particularly damaging as it meant that the sport wasn't spread to areas that union was. </p><p></p><p>It's not current union's fault, but it's still a very big reason why the League world cup is nowhere near on the level of the union one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="St Helens RLFC, post: 229139"] I don't think Don Billy is trying to argue that the League world cup is in anyway superior to the union competition. It isn't. The fact of the matter is that league (in this country anyway) has not recovered fully from the abuse received at the hands of the RFU for almost the whole part of the period 1910 - 1996. The ban on the armed forces not being allowed to play league was particularly damaging as it meant that the sport wasn't spread to areas that union was. It's not current union's fault, but it's still a very big reason why the League world cup is nowhere near on the level of the union one. [/QUOTE]
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