6 reasons to watch rugby league

5) Excellent skills

Catching and passing the ball are two important skills in any rugby game

Because rugby league is a simple game there isn’t such a requirement for specialised skills. This means that the basic, core skills of any rugby is at its highest in rugby league (NRL/State of Origin being the highest level of any rugby anywhere).

The passing, running lines, planned plays, intricate, creative kicking game, tackle rates, offloads and such are a joy to behold. Seeing an overload being perfectly exploited or seeing a wonderfully audacious, bold offload from a prop to the supporting half who then breaks the line to then draw the fullback in and pass out to the supporting player... it’s wonderful.