Another star goes to Union.....

[rayvon]

http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12336/7345834/Heroes-call-for-Long

[Waldorf]

Fair do's, it's a charity bash - bit of a step up from the Grasshoppers though!

Has he actually played for Preston yet, if so at 9 (presumably) or 10, and how did he go?

[PMW]

A mate of mine from work watched him play and said he looked pretty awful! Looked abit lost on the pitch I believe.  He probably got bored and started daydreaming.....

[eddietheviking]

I think it was Granada reports who did a piece on him covering his first game for Preston and Long himself admitted he was abit lost and did not fully understand all of the rules yet.

It takes a while for all players to adjust from one code to another, anyone remember how Thomas got on in his first game of RL (check youtube  )

[AB]

Fair do's, it's a charity bash - bit of a step up from the Grasshoppers though!

Has he actually played for Preston yet, if so at 9 (presumably) or 10, and how did he go?

Aye, he has. Started as 13 (outside centre i think). Didnt do to good and grasshoppers were on the losing side

[Waldorf]

Centre surprises me a little, thought they'd have chucked him in at scrum half (yes, 13 is o/s centre)

 There is a world of difference between the two codes - my lad played union for a while and there are a lot more technical offences and the advantage is played more often - and I'm still scratching my head on what was happening

[own brain]

I think it was Granada reports who did a piece on him covering his first game for Preston and Long himself admitted he was abit lost and did not fully understand all of the rules yet.

It takes a while for all players to adjust from one code to another, anyone remember how Thomas got on in his first game of RL (check youtube  )

yeah i recall he got pulled off after a few minutes.... longy had to go to Nexus for that sort of carry on.

[Peter]

Centre surprises me a little, thought they'd have chucked him in at scrum half (yes, 13 is o/s centre)

 There is a world of difference between the two codes - my lad played union for a while and there are a lot more technical offences and the advantage is played more often - and I'm still scratching my head on what was happening

Absolutely.  To understand why some offences are penalised you need to have some one explain why in detail.  I played hooker in RU for three years and there is now no equivalent postion in RL.