Smaller players, less players involved in the tackle, and a 5 metre rule probably meant the required fitness levels then were lower.

10 metres in the 90's

From 1993 and defences took a couple of years to adapt.

Any excuse to try and belittle Wigans success back then and how good we were.

no they didnt

You were good no doubt about that ! You signed all the best players and were one of only 2 full time teams , unfortunately it meant eventually you had to sell your ground
and you are still suffering from it now .

2/10. Must try harder

yeah we never won anything since.....

like Hanley, Iro, Schofield, Tait and the Widnes pack, look at our teams in the 94 final and look at how many came through the youth system from both teams, you had 3 we had 7 in the 15 but we bought everyone?

Leeds fans try to forget they were the richest club in the league because it won them the square root of nothing.

Let's just say its a good job we weren't allowed to compete in the Yorkshire Cup as well.

It gave them something to polish now and again I suppose.

I agree with the OP, though. like that game up top on Wigan TV today, 1991 v Wire. There's a hell of a lot of ball movement (OK, a lot of it backwards, from Wire), and also a lot of high-impact collision. And actually, and this is something that helped to draw me in to love the game at that time, despite the odd punch-up, the relative lack of foul play, and the scarcity of whistle-blowing. but of course, refs let a lot go in those days which they would never do in the modern era.

The game could be frantic back then. I just dont buy this idea that the modern game is faster, its not. The question still remains, why are most of todays props so unfit? Most of them are gasping for air after 15/20 minutes. It would be fascinating to see some of the best 90s players play the modern game. I expect they would kill it such have the standards dropped at the top of the league but we have just got used to it as normal.

As usual , the part of the post which is most important where you had to sell your ground is ignored