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Manfred Mann

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Dallas Johnson was only there for one season and didn't have such a big impact. Greg Bird was captain for his year there and had a bigger impact.

 

1. Clint Greenshields

2. Damien Blanch

3. Vincent Duport

4. Adam Mogg

5. Justin Murphy

6. Thomas Bosc

7. Stacey Jones

8. David Ferriol

9. Eloi Pellissier

10. Remi Casty

11. Steve Menzies

 12. Gregory Mounis

 13. Greg Bird

 

14. Jamal Fakir

15. Jerome Guisset

16. Zeb Taia

17. Julien Rinaldi

18. Ian Henderson

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Manfred Mann

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If you invited a team which did not include members of the current team (who will be there anyway), the best selection would be:

 

1. Clint Greenshields

2. Damien Blanch

3. Darryl Millard

4. Adam Mogg

5. Justin Murphy

6. Scott Dureau

7. Stacey Jones

8. David Ferriol

9. Ian Henderson

10. Alex Chan

11. Elliot Whitehead

12. Steve Menzies

13. Greg Bird

 

14. Jamal Fakir

15. Jerome Guisset

16. Zeb Taia

17. Julien Rinaldi

 

18. Dallas Johnson 

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westlondonfan

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There has to be a place for Greg Bird too, he was phenomenal

I was just thinking the same thing as I read through this thread. Half the time he was travelling to and from Australia in between matches for his court case as well. (I accept that had something to do with his own behaviour though!)

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First choice surely Justin Murphy who arrived unheraled playing for UTC. SLs top try scorer in their debut year when finishing bottom. Best strike rate of 49 tries in 59 games impressive - ahead of Damien Blanch with 42 tries in 70 games. If Michael Oldfield had continued his first year form he could well have been in contention but second campaign blighted by injury. Think players who arrived this year are excluded in the voting.

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"It involves matters much greater than drafting the new rules...the original and existing games have their own powerful appeal to their players and public and have the sentiments which history inspires"  - Harold 'Jersey' Flegg 1933

"Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart."  - Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959

Si tu( Remi Casty) devais envoyer un fax au Président Guasch? " Un grand bravo pour ce que vous avez fait,et merci de m 'avoir embarqué dans cette aventure"

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First choice surely Justin Murphy who arrived unheraled playing for UTC. SLs top try scorer in their debut year when finishing bottom. Best strike rate of 49 tries in 59 games impressive - ahead of Damien Blanch with 42 tries in 70 games. If Michael Oldfield had continued his first year form he would have been well in contention but second campaign blighted by injury. Think players who arrived this year are excluded in the voting.

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I had nothing to add to all this but I felt this picture needed to be seen and seen again!

2 warning points:kolobok_dirol:  Non-Political

 

 

 

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Gone for Adam Mogg and Vincent Duport in the centres. The Australian played Origin for Queensland the season before he arrived in Perpignan. A major cog in the Dragons set-up in those early years. Led from the front getting them to Wembley and that outstanding 3rd place finish the year after. Vincent maybe first teenager to play for the Dragons in 2007 having arrived from Avignon. Had two campaigns blighted by serious injuries and for some bizarre reason had an odd year out playing for Toulouse. Good professional with approaching 150 games in the sang-et-or and with 65 tries plus to his name - only second to Greenshields (85) in the all-time records

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"It involves matters much greater than drafting the new rules...the original and existing games have their own powerful appeal to their players and public and have the sentiments which history inspires"  - Harold 'Jersey' Flegg 1933

"Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart."  - Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959

Si tu( Remi Casty) devais envoyer un fax au Président Guasch? " Un grand bravo pour ce que vous avez fait,et merci de m 'avoir embarqué dans cette aventure"

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Barry Badrinath

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they should just invite the first year squad back in entirety

 

which should look something like this

 

ADEL FELLOUS ALEX CHAN BRUNO VERGES CHRIS BEATTIE DAVID BERTHEZÈNE GRÉGORY MOUNIS IAN HINDMARSH JAMAL FAKIR JÉRÔME GUISSET JOHN WILSON JULIEN RINALDI JULIEN TOUXAGAS JUSTIN MURPHY LAURENT FRAYSSINOUS MARK HUGHES MATHIEU GRIFFI PASCAL JAMPY RÉMI CASTY RENAUD GUIGUE SEAN RUDDER STACEY JONES TEDDY SADAOUI THOMAS BOSC YOUNES KHATTABI  
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Hvy wg

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As centres, Mogg and Duport for me.

Moggs was outstanding. 

Duport is just a French success story. Has had more than just a couple injuries, always came back. Good amount of tries, too. His association with Millard was lethal.

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Some choice with this one. French-English-Australian. Local lad with 200 games plus under his belt - one of the Dragons best ever. Uniquely a superb, talented all-rounder, full-back, winger half back and now hooker. Was Leon at his very best at the Bulls as an athletic, evasive centre? Guasch wanted him to get them a title. Ditto for Carney. The Australian a classic out-and-out stand off haute de gamme. Will he deliver.

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"It involves matters much greater than drafting the new rules...the original and existing games have their own powerful appeal to their players and public and have the sentiments which history inspires"  - Harold 'Jersey' Flegg 1933

"Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart."  - Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959

Si tu( Remi Casty) devais envoyer un fax au Président Guasch? " Un grand bravo pour ce que vous avez fait,et merci de m 'avoir embarqué dans cette aventure"

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Stacey got them to Wembley via the HJ against Wigan. Iconic and world class. Dureau only second to Bosc in points recorded in just four years. Considered very ordinary in NRL but the only Dragons player to be nominated twice for the Dream Team 2011/12.

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"It involves matters much greater than drafting the new rules...the original and existing games have their own powerful appeal to their players and public and have the sentiments which history inspires"  - Harold 'Jersey' Flegg 1933

"Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart."  - Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959

Si tu( Remi Casty) devais envoyer un fax au Président Guasch? " Un grand bravo pour ce que vous avez fait,et merci de m 'avoir embarqué dans cette aventure"

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Stacey got them to Wembley via the HJ against Wigan. Iconic and world class. Dureau only second to Bosc in points recorded in just four years. Considered very ordinary in NRL but the only Dragons player to be nominated twice for the Dream Team 2011/12.

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Dureau was very ordinary in NRL, came to us was simply huge. Got a tumour, got back to Australia and returned a very ordinary player.

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Old Frightful

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So the voting has started - Full back 1st up. An easy one I think.

 

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the font used isnt great for Greenshield's forst name there

 

Every Hull FC fan chose a similar font for Clint Newton when he was at Hull KR.

                                                                     Hull FC....The Sons of God...
                                                                     (Well, we are about to be crucified on Good Friday)
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Glad I decided to travel over this year, not been over for a few seasons.

"this year" :huh: 

 

I see you've still not much of an idea as to when to set off so as not to miss kick off.  :rolleyes:

                                                                     Hull FC....The Sons of God...
                                                                     (Well, we are about to be crucified on Good Friday)
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French involvement for this original selection minimal this being their first decade - hopefully with the Academy now up and running next one will be more fruitful. So here a stab at what the French selection Federation trained could be.

 

1 Escare

2 Khattabi

3 Baile

4 Duport

5 Cardace

6 Gigot

7 Bosc

8 Ferriol

9 Pelissier

10 Casty

11 Fakir

12 Raguin

13 Mounis

"It involves matters much greater than drafting the new rules...the original and existing games have their own powerful appeal to their players and public and have the sentiments which history inspires"  - Harold 'Jersey' Flegg 1933

"Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart."  - Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959

Si tu( Remi Casty) devais envoyer un fax au Président Guasch? " Un grand bravo pour ce que vous avez fait,et merci de m 'avoir embarqué dans cette aventure"

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