Quote Originally Posted by MOZZER2 View Post
Unfortunately, as fit as the modern players are today when compared to early times, I doubt if they could play the full 80 minutes without the benefit of the many, many breaks in play that they currently enjoy!
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think your living in cloud cuckoo land if you really believe that ![/QUOTE]

Today's players are far fitter than those of the 60's and 70's thanks to extensive training/coaching, attention to diet etc. We won't really ever know will we, unless they are put to the test.

"Research published in an IRB report in 2011 showed that of the 80 minutes in a rugby game, the ball would, on average, be in play for only 35 minutes. Shockingly, 35 minutes was a huge improvement from the amount of action time that games used to average in 1991, which was a dismal 25 minutes".*

So things have improved apparently which I find difficult to believe, but there it is!!

*Source: https://atroxrugby.com/how-long-is-a-rugby-game/