Quote: SmokeyTA "I would expect that the two players to be dropped from the RU side would be the props rather than the flankers which would limit somewhat the bias of the scrum to the RU side.
The fitness required is massively different and they would struggle in RL as much as an RL prop would struggle in RU. RU props simply wouldnt have the defence, the fitness, the ball skills, the speed or agility to even basically function in RL. Similarly no RL player has the sheer strength, power or size to function as an RU prop.
If you tried to play the RU prop in that game, yes they would dominate the scrum, but they wouldnt be able to handle pace of the game, the 10metres, nor would they be able to defend against a player like Burrow, Mcguire, Webb etc on the field with only 13 players, they would get more and more exhausted lessening any impact they would have at the scrum.'"
Youre spot on there Smokey, but the issue isn't really one of the Union team winning all the scrums, but one of player safety. If you let a Union pack scrum down against a League pack, regardless of how tired they are, one of the League pack will get hurt.