Yes Belly, good article.

You see there is a huge difference between rugby league and rugby, or more so the players and their ways.

I contribute this to their upbringing, as most rugby players are from well to do parents and come through their junior years at mostly private schools. They are also well educated, with many being lawyers and the like.

Whereas many league players are school drop outs, and I don't mean that in an insulting way, it's simply a fact.

This is changing as there is now this switching of codes going on, almost on a weekly basis it seams, so I am afraid that the rugby code will lower its image, not visa versa.

But, at the end of the day, the main cause to any highly paid professional sports persons demise, is money. Too much of it, and too much spare time, because unlike a high paid job, once the daily training is over, they can switch off until the next session.

Address these issues and you will go a long way towards fixing the problem.