I can see Kirke & Burgess bullying Mcdermott, Morley & Glanville. TBH I think Kirke & Burgess would have their hands full with Terry Mcdermott.

I’m afraid the Rhinos squad of 99’ played in an Indian Summer era where should be part timers were ageing towards the bad end of 20. The emergence of super league allowed of lot of players in the 90s who were part time before the emergence to play full time.

Now we have a generation that are bred for the full time and are the full time.

You won’t see James Graham drinking himself silly like those part timers did back in the day. Sport of today would be too serious for the class of 99’ to keep up to I’m afraid.

That team were full time, what about Glanville?..........wait......why am I trying to about Rugby to Damo.

I can't believe you were nearly sucked into a RL debate with him.

FFS can't believe I nearly got into a debate about full time & part time with a bloke who's reluctant to try either!

Where have I argued with Jord here Big Man?

I'll resist from expanding on that

You may want to have a think about the 99 pack, or ask someone who saw them. Fleary, Farrell, MCDermott, Morley, Newton., Glanville.

Just who would be bullying them?

The only fundamental change I've seen in the game is when the scrum on the 6th tackle was dropped in 1983. That reduced the importance of scrums massively as there were far fewer, and they gradually became less and less contested. Very quickly we saw the demise of the roly poly openside prop (Diclinson and Pitchfoprd at Leeds being replaed by the Rayne twins for example, who previously had been mobile second rowers) and hookers who could barely move but win the scrum. Very few of the old-style front-rowers from pre-83 would make it today. But then again today's 'props' would get smashed in the scrums (quite literally I suspect) were they sent back in time.

Otherwise although the game's changed a bit - more intense, better defence etc - I suspect any good player before and since then would have looked similar in either era.

I don't know.

Would the squad of 1918 cope?

It's about as relevant.

No because Human genetics have evolved since then. Unfortunately since 1999 the human genetics have devolved but still better than what was around in 1918.