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RUGBY UNION - THE ONE CHALLENGE LEAGUE DOES NOT FACE

The rugby league season cannot arrive soon enough.

I have recently taken to watching the Super 14 rugby union matches on Fox - only because there is no rugby league to watch on Saturday nights and the cricket has long ceased to be an enjoyment. And what I have seen offers absolutely no threat to the greatest game of all.

But there are some lessons rugby league can learn from rugby union - lessons on what is to be avoided, not embraced.

The Reds v Brumbies game last Saturday night is perhaps the worst match in either code I have ever watched. Instead of fining, or suspending, the Reds coach, Eddie Jones, rugby union should be commending him for being as