Could Berrick Barnes soon come face to face with his league past?
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A league v union clash is back on the agenda in Australia and The Sydney Morning Herald's Glenn Jackson believes both codes would be foolish to miss out.
"We have been told many times why a hybrid contest won't work. Maybe we should be looking at why it will. Certainly it might not work, but surely it's worth a try – whether that be a four-point or five-point one.
"This latest call for the coming together of rugby union and rugby league has been made at a time when both codes are facing a similar threat and, in turn, have similar needs. The AFL is invading NSW and Queensland like never before, and the footballing codes of choice in these two states, league and union, are both chasing a quick buck, although for different reasons. Rugby union has become stale. Rules, referees and penalty goals are strangling contests and crowds are evaporating, in this country in particular.
"Rugby league in some ways is being hurt by its greatest strength – its athletes are so good that the other codes want a piece of them. And a sport that sometimes seems to have only just progressed out of the chook raffle era cannot afford to keep them."
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