Whereafter Tez stated to the press that his wife ave harder punches.

Scully, i think it was in his contract to batter someone every match

What about Alan Prescott playing for about an hour against Australia in a test match with a BROKEN ARM because no subs in those days. Also a Gentleman by the name of William John Boston was no slouch if the occasion arose.

If we are talking fights the tamati v dowling in 85 was a blinder !

How about hardest half-backs - Andy Gregory would be a good candidate. He was more than happy to trade punches with the biggest forwards....

Shaun Edwards for playing on with a fractured eye socket & depressed cheekbone in the 1990 Cup Final was hard in the sense of brave & fearless. In the other sense, Joe Lydon & Andy Platt both showed it in that game, when they took revenge on Paul Bishop & Bob Jackson respectively for the challenge on Edwards.

Teams of the late 80's seemed to be absolute full of hard players, but to answer the original poster, I don't think today's players are any less hard, they just can't get away with as much stuff now that everything's recorded & pored over by the disciplinary committee looking for reasons to hand out bans. Watched the Manly game again recently, and about 60% of the players on the pitch would have received some kind of charge these days.

Rob Burrow, in the challenge cup vs hull

Maybe not 'Hard' in the conventional sense of this thread but I think Justin Murphy (formerly of Catalans) deserves a mention for what happened in our 30-0 home win in 2007. Won't forget how he ended up going flying over the advertising hoardings in the North Stand and landing back first on concrete and still managed to get up and continue playing.

Depends what you mean by "hard".

If you mean who would win a no holds barred fight, then I would say Ian Roberts or Des Drummond.

If you mean who would carry on regardless of any pain I would say Dean Bell

Agreed. Pound for pound the toughest guy I've seen play.

What a tough cookie he was,i have just seen footage of when Dean Sampson flattens him (Breaks his jaw)and skerrett gets up and touches his teeth as if he has a bit of meat stuck inbetween them,one tough hombre.

Des Drummond? The little speedy winger from wire? Come on.

Try Kevin Ward.

Chris "Tosh" Arkwright of Saints was and is a man not to be messed with.

Vila Matautia is another assasin

Sonny Nickle another one not afraid to let loose. Calmed down though after became a dad.
Leeds fans will never forgive him for the shocking challenge on Robbie Mears. Nickle incurred a 9 match ban as a result and Mears also won damages off Nickle in court.

Over the last 50 years my vote goes to Brian McTigue. Wasn't a dirty player but even frightened the Ozzie pack on his own.

You've some idea........