Someday wrote:
Yes you are right but and I know it’s been said before but did the players years ago not work and play rugby league and more games then now so maybe it’s the speed and training that’s to blame it should be looked at to see
To be fair, I just think that the game is quicker and more physical and with the higher number of rotations/ substitutions in the game, it's just unrelenting.
Back in the day, it was a tough sport but, the gain line was 6 yards away and not 10 metres and although players can run from deep (regardless of how far the defensive line is set), there is absolutely no doubt that, generally, players are bigger, faster, stronger and the game much, much quicker - notwithstanding the wrestling and laying on that didn't exist all those years ago.