Who is your favorite player of all time?

[Scubby]

32 minutes ago, wilson said:

Just to stir things up a bit ... how come that Super League (the greatest thing ever to have happened to the game) has still to produce a single name (apart from those offered by young Ash) to stand shoulder to shoulder with names from the past. Surely after 20 years there must be somebody who has benefited from full-time coaching, training and medical treatment who can compare with those old dodderers and their flat caps). OK. so it's a bit of a wind-up from somebody who can remember Willie Horne (I was only young!) and was an Alex Murphy fan. Come on you young uns, give us some names.

I'm sure it has more to do with the average age of the people who use this forum. Ask a lot of 20-somethings and you will probably get Lesley Vainakolo, Stacey Jones, Paul Sculthorpe, Jamie Lyon etc. Nostalgia does play a part. There is something about being a young kid and being amazed with a player and what they can do. For some it is the toughness and the biff, for others it is creativity or speed.

[Padge]

Billy Boston.

[Lowdesert]

16 minutes ago, Padge said:

Billy Boston.

A relative of mine played against Boston.  Every time I ask him 'how was it', he says he can still feel the pain!  

[Davo5]

Ellery Hanley for me but Brett Kenny was a close 2nd

[moorside roughyed]

Favorite non Oldham player-Ellery Hanley.       Favorite Oldham player-Charlie McAllister.

[Lowdesert]

8 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Ellery Hanley for me but Brett Kenny was a close 2nd

Hanley had everything.  Speed, strength and was a tough hombre.  Kenny was an exceptional player, who kept Lewis out of the Kangaroos.  Both could unlock defences from all distances.  

I couldn't separate them, but would have to add Andrew Johns.

[Mr Frisky]

Ellery Hanley. (what does he do now for a living by the way??)

Jamie Peacock a close second.

[Tom Moore]

Ellery Hanley all-time.

Paul Sculthorpe Super League era

[clifford]

Hanley for me

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

2 hours ago, Padge said:

Billy Boston.

End this thread; there is nothing more to be said!  Padge has given the only correct answer!

[Gates1]

Tawera Nikau - loved watching him play at Cas growing up.   Class player, class mullet.

 

[Derwent]

Wayne Pearce, the most determined player I ever saw on the field, fearless tackler and superb athlete.

Closer to home, Arnold "Boxer" Walker the greatest scrum half of his generation who often topped the old "Open Rugby" magazine world rankings but yet somehow always got ignored by the Yorkshire/Lancashire based GB selectors.

[Wolford6]

1. Johnny Wolford. Never looked like he'd spent the close season in the gym, came straight from a week or so working on an oil rig to win us a Yorkshire Cup Final. Didn't like tackling unless it was absolutely necessary, when he could drop his man with effiency. Had not very much pace but could mesmerise defences before he walked through them to deliver a perfectly timed pass to a supporting player. Not soft, but a gentleman on the field.

 

2. Dave Redfearn, played his heart out on the wing, was a more than decent stand off. Turned out for Northern when he was limping from the start. Stuck with the club through thick and thin, then was poorly treated when he broke his leg.

[ivans82]

With full time rugby league and faster fitter forwards , tackling techniques targeting stopping the ball moving , all mean less time and space for the creative player to show his worth .That is why i think most people on this thread put up players from a bygone era (myself included)  .

[chuffer]

Tony Myler 

[fieldofclothofgold]

Lewis Jones

[Loiner]

Wally Lewis. Closely followed by Ellery Hanley, Garry Schofield and Brett Kenny..

 

[Trojan]

On ‎5‎/‎4‎/‎2017 at 4:54 PM, wilson said:

Just to stir things up a bit ... how come that Super League (the greatest thing ever to have happened to the game) has still to produce a single name (apart from those offered by young Ash) to stand shoulder to shoulder with names from the past. Surely after 20 years there must be somebody who has benefited from full-time coaching, training and medical treatment who can compare with those old dodderers and their flat caps). OK. so it's a bit of a wind-up from somebody who can remember Willie Horne (I was only young!) and was an Alex Murphy fan. Come on you young uns, give us some names.

I'm no spring chicken, but I'd say Kevin Sinfield comes closest to the best "all Super League" player I've seen regularly.

[Northern Eel]

Greg Inglis. 

[MamaKangaroo]

Tony Myler

[Manfred Mann]

Who I never saw play: Brian Bevan

Who I saw play: Arthur Beetson, Russell Fairfax, Ellery Hanley, Roger Millward, Shaun Johnson.

[CanaBull]

If it's a question of favourite instead of best, my favourite by a long chalk has to be Paul Medley.  Always gave everything, a wholehearted, hard running batterer.  Always got the crowd going and never took a backward step, the fella was a missile off the bench; the fact he did so much with the kids at Bradford after he retired just adds to the integrity of the man.  Top lad.

[MamaKangaroo]

Mike O'Neil

[henage]

Clive Sullivan

[Gregory Peccary]

Paul Charlton.