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Just like to say well done Eorl , anyone who plays prop at a professional level for so long deserves all our respect.

Enjoy retirement and a straight nose


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One of the most underrated players of the last decade, a high quality prop who carried the Giants at times, the player who people say should do more but then is very noticeable when he isn't playing just what he brings to a team

A legend to the Claret and Gold faithful for his entire career, I wish him all the best

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Agree with all of that. Will miss him. I trust he'll continue as a pundit.

Bernard Manning lives! Welcome to be New RFL, the sport's answer to the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club.
 
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A very good player in his prime, and an engaging pundit too.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I had the pleasure of meeting Eorl at Andy Raleigh's stag do; great bloke and a great player for Huddersfield. I wish him all the best and congratulations on a great career. 

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A great servant to club and game and a darn fine commentator. Best of luck to him.

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Would it be possible for League Express to print these posts in the next edition as a tribute to Eorl?

Bernard Manning lives! Welcome to be New RFL, the sport's answer to the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club.
 
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Very very nice guy, he was a good lad in his teens head screwed on and when he got older he was fiercely loyal to the Giants when he could have moved on for bigger bucks

 

Retirement comes for everyone, I would have liked to see him one last time in a winning Giants team

 

Thank you!

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One club players are a rare beast these days, good on him.

429 appearences for his club

18 appearances for his country

79 tries and;

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He thought playing prop was a challenge - wait until he realises the reality of trying to attract people to watch the Giants.

 

He'll soon be begging for his old job back.

 

Hurray!

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One of the most underrated players of the last decade, a high quality prop who carried the Giants at times, the player who people say should do more but then is very noticeable when he isn't playing just what he brings to a team

A legend to the Claret and Gold faithful for his entire career, I wish him all the best

A legend in Huddersfield yes but one of the most underrated players, take your claret and gold glasses off mate you are making yourself sound silly. A plodder at best.
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A legend in Huddersfield yes but one of the most underrated players, take your claret and gold glasses off mate you are making yourself sound silly. A plodder at best.

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Think Johnoco's comment is correct - the Aussies never really handled him in the 3 or 4 games he played against them- he always seemed to attract about 4 of them to tackle him.

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Aye Crabtree was always very good against the Aussies, they couldn't seem to handle his size. I recall Cameron Smith trying to tackle him 1 on 1 a few years back and ended up on his backside.

I think Crabtree was a very good prop. He was pretty unconventional compared to most prop forwards. Usually bigger forwards break more tackles but are dodgier in defence, drop the ball more often and aren't particularly quick but he had the size of big forward but had the qualities of a work horse forward ie Graham and Hill. I think because he was similar in size to forwards like George Burgess for example they were expecting similar amounts of tackle busts ect but that wasn't really his game.

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A legend in Huddersfield yes but one of the most underrated players, take your claret and gold glasses off mate you are making yourself sound silly. A plodder at best.

 

I wouldn't expect anything else from you, only one person here sounding silly and you know who you are. There's always one has to spoil it isn't there.

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