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I’ve been looking at both league and union players over the past couple of decades, especially since the start of professionalism with union, and have repeatedly asked myself why union props are so fat.
Now, I know some will find an excuse for this. But in this age of professionalism, and the prices we pay for tickets, we have a right to expect fit, physically hard players.
This is especially so given their counterparts in “the junior code” are physically fit.
There are those that will say league props are smaller, so find it easier to keep fit. And that they play a different role.
But these reasons are not logical.
I suspect a cultural hangover from the amateur days when the game was an excuse for a drink and I think it’s about time we brought some league props over.
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