It's hard to compare players from 20 years ago with now because the game has changed so much. Some roles, especially hooker, have changed dramatically over that time. I will say that the following players wouldn't even make it into my top 5 teams
Mark Coyne
Sam Backo
Brent Todd
Brad Izzard
Peter Johnston
Hugh McGahan
Adrian Lam
Ricky Walford
Martin Offiah
Greg Conescu
Quentin Pongia (WTF)
David Peachey
Kurt Gidley as a halfback
Tawera Nikau
John Lomax
Doing it as a draft is definitely a hard way of picking a side. Some players that missed out above that I would have went for include
Brett Stewart / Matt Bowen
Ken Nagas / Matt King / Brett Dallas
Craig Innes / Justin Hodges
Roy Asotasi / Mark O'Meley / Peter Tunks / Owen Cunningham
Robbie Farah
Daniel Gartner / Scott Gourley / Steve Simpson / Nigel Gaffey
Scott Hill / Luke Lewis / John Simon / Chris Flannery
Mark Coyne
Sam Backo
Brent Todd
Brad Izzard
Peter Johnston
Hugh McGahan
Adrian Lam
Ricky Walford
Martin Offiah
Greg Conescu
Quentin Pongia (WTF)
David Peachey
Kurt Gidley as a halfback
Tawera Nikau
John Lomax
Doing it as a draft is definitely a hard way of picking a side. Some players that missed out above that I would have went for include
Brett Stewart / Matt Bowen
Ken Nagas / Matt King / Brett Dallas
Craig Innes / Justin Hodges
Roy Asotasi / Mark O'Meley / Peter Tunks / Owen Cunningham
Robbie Farah
Daniel Gartner / Scott Gourley / Steve Simpson / Nigel Gaffey
Scott Hill / Luke Lewis / John Simon / Chris Flannery
