Quote: The Nihilist "I keep hearing this but is it really true? We produced world class RL players 30 years ago and Football was just as big in this country as it is now. '"
The game has changed completely. no disrespect to the guys who played 30 years ago, but the athletic requirements of players at the top level now are completely different.
we are probably producing the same number of world class players we did in the past - we have never had a team of 1-13 world class superstars.
the Aussies have a freaky number of world class players us at this moment in time. Swap Billy Slater and Greg Inglis with Briscoe and Bridge - and we would be celebrating a 4Nations win now.
Quote: The Nihilist "Also who are these top athletes that play football how many English footballers have ever played RL? And how did we miss out on them? Apart from Giggs'"
thats the point I was making - they never play RL, they never have and never will. There is nothing we can do about the domination of football in this country.