Quote: thebeagle "What generalisations.
Yes there were some really hard men before Superleague.
There were also some true sportsmen who graced the game.
At Trinity Neil Fox, Ian Brooke, Bob Haigh , Kenny Hirst, Dave Topliss,Dave Lamming and many more.'"
Ok calm down Beagle. No one is saying otherwise.
I personally don't think Gill was that bad but the game was different then.
Those same players all suffered from meeting the supposed hard men.
Both existed. That's just a fact. You didn't go one game without someone targeting Topliss or in this example Lewis. DT enjoyed more protection when he went to Hull.
Lewis had more protection when Gill played because they had to worry about what he was going to do as well.
Topper would be even better in the modern game as would Lewis because of the extra protection he would get.
