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<blockquote data-quote="esoj" data-source="post: 129261"><p>for me having watched both for many years union imo anyway is better to watch. the excitement in union just seems to be a lot higher with almost anything possible. league can be very boring to watch when it just both teams going back and forth up the field with neither really doing anything special. </p><p></p><p>seeing origin 3 live was a great experince and one that I won't forget for a long time. I did notice something though that I hadn't picked up before from watching on tv. when the play is in say the middle of the field the guys defending on the edges take noticeably longer to turn around and line up in defence. I believe this is because they know the play won't come there way for awhile and can then afford a few extra seconds getting back. in union you don't get that chance and everyone has to defend in the defensive line and you often see guys out of their normal position making tackles which you don't really see in league.</p><p></p><p>also to end this post I would like to bring up commentary. the bias in league commentary especially in the nrl of the commentators of the team they support is just shocking. wayne pearce can not say a good thing about the warriors to save himself. even when they play well he will always has a negative comment against them for some reason. phil gould is pretty bad too he will praise any nsw player that scores a try even if it wasn't that special. I think the league commentators often get caught up in the stats too much too during the commetry too when they should be telling me about the game. sure some of the stuff happens in union too but I think they generally don't bring out the bias in which team they support that often (in super 14 etc) and tend to just commentate the game a bit better. so yeah for me it's union over league but I am not opposed to watching league and do enjoy a good game of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="esoj, post: 129261"] for me having watched both for many years union imo anyway is better to watch. the excitement in union just seems to be a lot higher with almost anything possible. league can be very boring to watch when it just both teams going back and forth up the field with neither really doing anything special. seeing origin 3 live was a great experince and one that I won't forget for a long time. I did notice something though that I hadn't picked up before from watching on tv. when the play is in say the middle of the field the guys defending on the edges take noticeably longer to turn around and line up in defence. I believe this is because they know the play won't come there way for awhile and can then afford a few extra seconds getting back. in union you don't get that chance and everyone has to defend in the defensive line and you often see guys out of their normal position making tackles which you don't really see in league. also to end this post I would like to bring up commentary. the bias in league commentary especially in the nrl of the commentators of the team they support is just shocking. wayne pearce can not say a good thing about the warriors to save himself. even when they play well he will always has a negative comment against them for some reason. phil gould is pretty bad too he will praise any nsw player that scores a try even if it wasn't that special. I think the league commentators often get caught up in the stats too much too during the commetry too when they should be telling me about the game. sure some of the stuff happens in union too but I think they generally don't bring out the bias in which team they support that often (in super 14 etc) and tend to just commentate the game a bit better. so yeah for me it's union over league but I am not opposed to watching league and do enjoy a good game of it. [/QUOTE]
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