Talking Footy

rugby365 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 11:38 am

ParraEelsNRL wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:05 pm

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:28 am

becasue those countries >> like the rugby codes...
because of the BRITISH EMPIRE expanding these games. globally...

League only has it over Union in 2 countries PNG and AUS

league was more popular than UNION in France for short period..
before it was BANNED BY the Government... If you dont believe me .. use google..

i will say one thing.. at least league is played in number of countries..
i no its not as big as UNION world wide..

but its lot bigger than AFL worldwide..

Wrong, Lebanon, Jamaica, Serbia and a few countries that play in the Balkan super league haven't ever played union, they're playing League now tho. So I guess League is the bigger code in those places.

Think you should have checked your facts too parra, both Jamaica and Serbia played rugby long before they played league, in fact Serbia union team played their first international in 1818, Serbia’s first rugby league international was in in 2003, Jamaica’s union team first game was in 1960, Jamaican rugby league first played in 1998. Lebanon was the only player you country you listed that played league before union which was only by 5 years. So to say Lebanon, Serbia and Jamaica “have ever played union” is factually incorrect.

AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:05 pm

Lol .
Same shit over & over

rugby365 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 11:38 am

ParraEelsNRL wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:05 pm

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:28 am

becasue those countries >> like the rugby codes...
because of the BRITISH EMPIRE expanding these games. globally...

League only has it over Union in 2 countries PNG and AUS

league was more popular than UNION in France for short period..
before it was BANNED BY the Government... If you dont believe me .. use google..

i will say one thing.. at least league is played in number of countries..
i no its not as big as UNION world wide..

but its lot bigger than AFL worldwide..

Wrong, Lebanon, Jamaica, Serbia and a few countries that play in the Balkan super league haven't ever played union, they're playing League now tho. So I guess League is the bigger code in those places.

Think you should have checked your facts too parra, both Jamaica and Serbia played rugby long before they played league, in fact Serbia union team played their first international in 1818, Serbia’s first rugby league international was in in 2003, Jamaica’s union team first game was in 1960, Jamaican rugby league first played in 2010. Lebanon was the only country you listed that played league before union which was only by 5 years. So to say Lebanon, Serbia and Jamaica “have ever played union” is factually incorrect. In terms of which sport is popular it’s hard to workout because no both a very niche sports in those country. In terms of participation rugby comes out on top

Rugby league was introduced into Serbia in 1953, by then secretary of the Yugoslavian Sport Association, Dragan Maršićević. The first rugby league match in Serbia was held in Belgrade on November 26, 1953, between French students and Selection Provence. The game was part of an attempt by the French Rugby XIII Federation to stimulate interest in the sport in Serbia.

The first rugby league club formed in Serbia was Partizan, on November 1, 1953, followed a couple of months later by Radnički. The two teams played their first match on April 26, 1954, with Partizan winning 21-11. In 1961, the Yugoslav national team played their first and only match against a French amateur XIII, with the team going down 13-0.

Whilst rugby league was played in Serbia, Croatia played the rival code of rugby union and Yugoslav authorities demanded that Serbian clubs switch to rugby union to unite Yugoslavia under one form of rugby football in 1964.[3]

The first known Serbian rugby players were students at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, Scotland during the First World War. On 11 April 1918 they played the first unofficial international game against students from a British Dominions XV and won by eight points to three in front of 10,000 spectators. Notable players were Toma Tomic from Leskovac, Dimitrije Dulkanovic and Danilo Pavlovic.[4] The students returned to Serbia after the war and formed the "Jugoslavija" club in Belgrade and the "Beli orao" club in Sabac. By 1923, however, rugby activities had ceased due to a lack of available pitches.

Rugby was re-introduced to the country in the 1950s. A Belgrade team, RK Partizan, was formed in 1953 and a few months later the Radnicki club was formed. The first match between the two teams was played in April 1954 with Partizan winning 21–11.