Quote: Buggo "When was the last time a GB or England team beat the Kangaroos in a Series?
1978? I am not sure.
If that is right its 35 years ago.......
Plenty of posters here are far older than I imagined, they remember Vinty that last played in 1966 and Murphy from 1975.
That is 47 and 38 years ago from their last games not when they were at their best.
Maybe rose coloured glasses get in the way of reality.
Murphy had a build that would struggle in the modern game regardless of his skill set. Vinty looked like a "Raging Bull" would a player like Gallen be worried about him? No.
Comparing eras or long time periods does not stack up, there are too many variables.
What worked when Meninga was a Centre or Kenny a Stand off from the eighties may not be suited to what is today's game.
Would Andy Gregory be a star in todays game? he barely made an impact on Australia in his time because the game had moved on from barrel chested slow halves with some ball skills and determination.'"
As KnockersBump MkII says on page 8, the only real point of reference is judging players by reference to their own generation. As he said, looking at things in those terms the likes of Karalius was different class to Gallen. You also need to factor in that British Rugby League in the '50s was way, way stronger in terms of talent than now. As someone who hails from Widnes, a place that has produced some great and tough RL players and several captains of GB, no player has ever had the respect there that Vince Karalius had.
