Your club's greatest 1-17? Name them here

[winnyason]

Manly sea eagles 

Graham eadie, brett stewart, bob fulton, jamie lyon, mick o connor, cliff lyons, toovey, john o neil, max krilich, roy bull, steve menzies, terry randall, malcolm reilly.

 

Bench - anthony watmough, paul vautin, alan thompson, mark carroll. 

[Buderus]

Newcastle Knights

1 Robbie O'Davis

2 Adam MacDougall

3 Matt Gidley

4 Mark Hughes

5 Timana Tahu

6 Matthew Johns

7 Andrew Johns

8 Paul Harragon

9 Danny Buderus

10 Mark Sargent

11 Ben Kennedy

12 Steve Simpson

13 Jeremy Smith

14 Kurt Gidley

15 Tony Butterfield

16 Beau Scott

17 Adam Muir

[RabbitRhinoovOZ]

5 hours ago, Davo5 said:

Watson is a good call,who out of that backrow would you drop though.

Very difficult to say, Who did Huddart play for?

Of those forwards Graham, Reilly, Sam & Morley pick them selves. 

[rhinos78]

Leeds from who iv seen live.

First team                                                                  second team

Coach.G Murray                                                        Coach.B mcdermott 

1.I harris                                                                      1.A tait

2.M bai                                                                         2.J fallon

3.K iro                                                                           3.T carroll

4.K senior                                                                     4.C innes

5.R hall                                                                          5.K watkins

6.G schofield                                                                 6.B webb      

7.D mcguire                                                                   7.A dunneman

8.A morley                                                                      8.K leuluai             

9.K sinfield (c) (k)                                                          9.D budures (c) 

10.J peacock                                                                  10.H howard  

11.A lauititi                                                                      11.D furner (k)

12.G ellis                                                                          12.G mercer

13.E hanley                                                                      13.JJB

14.B mcdermott                                                              14.D fleary

15.A cuthbertson                                                             15.A farrell 

16.E faimalo                                                                      16.S ward

17.R burrow                                                                        17.J lowes

Was hard to judge the doug laughton era,we had some fantastic players but didnt win anything,but were second to arguably the best british club side ever on many occasions.

[Davo5]

3 hours ago, RabbitRhinoovOZ said:

Very difficult to say, Who did Huddart play for?

Of those forwards Graham, Reilly, Sam & Morley pick them selves. 

Dick Huddart played in the great St  George team from 64-68,becoming the first British player to win a grand final.

[superten]

eagles

1. Gary Jack

2. Bright Sodje

3. Mezie Yere

4. Keith Senior

5. David Plange

6. Daryl Powell

7. Mark Aston

8. Paul Broadbent

9. Lee Jackson

10. Derek Bridgeman

11. Paul Carr

12. John Glancy

13. Paul Mcdermott 

[MZH]

I've only being watching Hull for about 20 years, so its not a huge sample size, but the best of my time watching. Its a mixture of the most talented and the ones who have contributed the most to the club and is weighted a little towards the current crop given their recent achievements.

Steve Prescott (as much for the man as the player)

Colin Best

Richie Barnett

Kirk Yeaman (his longevity edges him over better quality players I've seen)

Mahe Fonua

Richard Horne

Marc Sneyd 

Mark O'Meley

Danny Houghton

Liam Watts

Willie Manu

Gareth Ellis

Jason Smith

Bench:

Richard Swain

Paul Cooke

Ewan Dowes (I think people forget how good Dowes was circa 2005/6)

Scott Taylor

[alba]

Quote

BARROW

1 Steve Tickle

2 Bill Burgess

3 Phil Jackson

4 Ken Goodwin

5 Frank Castle

6 Willie Horne

7 David Cairns

8 Bill Longman

9  Andy Ellis 

10 Ivor Kelland

11 Eddie Sysmula

12 Bill Grundy

13 Phil Hogan

[Stan Doffarf]

In well over sixty years watching Bradford there have been plenty of highs and lows, but I'd have been happy to watch this lot anytime:

1   Keith Mumby

2   Jack McLean

3   Ernest Ward

4   Paul Newlove

5   Lesley Vainikolo

6   Henry Paul

7   Tommy Smales

8   Sam Burgess

9   Tony Fisher

10  Stuart Fielden

11  Jamie Peacock

12  Trevor Foster

13  Ellery Hanley

 

14  Leon Pryce

15  Karl Fairbank

16  Jimmy Thompson

17  David Hobbs.

One or two Fev greats there too as it happens. I agonised between Smales and Deryck Fox.

[Konkrete]

On 19/07/2017 at 10:27 PM, Dunbar said:

Agreed. Best team named on this thread I think.

Not quite. I've not finished mine yet...

[Wolford6]

 

Not the greatest, but my favourites. It's terrible having to leave so many out. Superleague era is a much higher standard but much less fun to watch.

1  Ian Wilkinson

2   Dave Redfearn

3   Steve Donlan

4   Nigel Stephenson

5   Phil Ford

6   Johnny Wolford

7  Ivan Henjak

8   Ian van Bellen

9   Tony Fisher

10  Jimmy Thompson

11  Jeff Grayshon

12  Dick Jasiewicz

13  Gary Hale

 

14  Brian Noble

15  Jack Austin

16  Graeme McKay

17  David Hobbs.

 

[Konkrete]

Ok, here we go. I don't see many taking this side down...

 

1. Mumby

2. Viakona

3. Hanley

4. Newlove

5. Les

6. R Paul

7. Deacon

8. Fielden

9. Jimmy

10. Vagana 

11. J Peacock

12. Konkrete

13. S Burgess

As with many, only players I've seen.

 

@Stan Doffarf

Karl on the bench... WTF?

 

[telliner]

On 17/07/2017 at 6:49 PM, Gerrumonside ref said:

Can you name your club's greatest ever 1-17 combining all eras?

If so I'd be interested to see a few teams put up on this thread and it'll help me to create them later on Rugby League Live 4 video game.

Obviously all these types of things are fairly subjective, but don't let that stop you.

Here's an example for St Helens (shamelessly nicked from the web) - feel free to add your team to it:

 

St Helens: 1. FB: Paul Wellens, 2. WG: Tom van Vollenhoven, 3. CE: Doug Greenall, 4. CE: Paul Newlove, 5. WG: Darren Albert, 6. SO: Les Fairclough, 7. SH: Alex Murphy, 8. PR Alan Prescott, 9. HK: Kieran Cunningham, 10. PR: Cliff Watson, 11. SR: Dick Huddart, 12. SR: Chris Joynt, 13. LF: Paul Sculthorpe, 14. SH: Sean Long, 15. LF: George Nichols, 16. LF: Vince Karalius, 17. FB: Kel Coslett

 

No Alf Ellaby? Yikes

[telliner]

On 24/07/2017 at 9:57 AM, Cookiepuss said:

In an all-time 13 or 17 then there's no doubt about Karalius. Wish I'd seen him play either for us or GB. The written stories are legendary enough.

 

Imagine how Oz pack felt facing the Karalius and Mctigue.No wonder we were supreme on 60's

[Clinton Baptiste]

On 11/12/2017 at 5:27 PM, RabbitRhinoovOZ said:

Very difficult to say, Who did Huddart play for?

Of those forwards Graham, Reilly, Sam & Morley pick them selves. 

He played for St George

[Allora]

Just now, Clinton Baptiste said:

He played for St George

Are you any relation to Kurt?

[Kirmonds pouch]

On 18 July 2017 at 5:57 PM, One F in Wakefield said:

I'll have a crack at Wakefield (been watching since 2000)

1 - Steve Prescott

2 - Damien Blanch

3 - Ryan Atkins

4 - Sid Domic

5 - Ben Jones-Bishop

 

6 - Danny Brough

7 - Tim Smith (on his day) Ben Jeffries otherwise

 

8 - David Fifita

9 - Paul Aiton

10 - Michael Korkidas

11 - David Solomona

12 - Ali Lautiti

13 - Willie Poching

Subs

Danny Kirmond

Sam Obst

Adrian Vowles

Kyle Amor

2 - Damien Blanch ahead of Johnstone, are you serious! - Blanch not in the same class.

[Kirmonds pouch]

Silly threads these because it depends on your age but going from 1990...

Henry Paul

Tom Johnstone

Sid Domic

Gareth Ellis

Andy Wilson

Nigel Wright

Danny Brough

Fifita (just)

Billy Conway

Adam Watene

Michael Jackson

David Solomona

Nigel Bell

Subs

Billy Conway

Gary Price

Danny Kirmond

Matty Ashurst

Many more on a different day.

BEST TEAM SEEN 2017

As for the sixties team need I say more.

 

 

[usain bolt]

Widnes 84/85 to present 

1 Alan Tait

2 John Deveraux

3 Joe Lydon

4 Jonathan Davies

5 Martin Offiah 

6 Tony Myler

7 David Hulme 

8 Kurt Sorenson

9 Phil Mckenzie 

10 Esene Faimalo 

11 Paul Moriarty

12 Emosi Koloso

13 Richard Eyres 

14 Paul Hulme 

15 Darren Wright 

16 Joe Grima 

17 Andy Gregory 

[Jim Prendle]

 

Wigan

1 Frano Botica

2 Billy Boston

3 Eric Ashton

4 Gene Miles

5 Martin Offiah

6 Brett Kenny

7 Shaun Edwards

8 Greg Dowling

9 Joe Egan

10 Andy Platt

11 Ian Roberts

12 Andy Farrell

13 Ellery Hanley

14 Kelvin Skerrett

15 Dennis Betts

16 Ken Gee

17 Brian McTigue

I saw most of those, and wish I had been lucky enough to see the rest.

[Magic XIII]

For London, some great players in our time

1. Mark McLinden

2. Mark Johnson

3. John Timu

4. Tony Martin

5. Rhys Williams

6. Scott Hill

7. Dennis Moran

8. Mark Ioane

9. Jason Hetherington

10. Louie MS

11. Rob Purdham

12. Steele Retchless

13. Peter Gill 

14. Jim Dymock

15. Tulsen Tollet 

16. Grant Young

17. Jamie Soward

Non playing subs!!!!:

18. Russell Bawden

19. Solomon Haumono

20. Antonio Kaufusi

[Rawschach]

Richie Barnett in the London team??

I remember when Dymock, Hetherington and Barnett signed for London - all top drawer players and a very exciting time

[Magic XIII]

11 minutes ago, Rawschach said:

Richie Barnett in the London team??

I remember when Dymock, Hetherington and Barnett signed for London - all top drawer players and a very exciting time

And a little known Dennis Moran ! Couldn't quite fit Richie in, his jollying off to Hull didn't leaving me thinking highly of him ! We've attracted some good Aussies in our time, don't forget Spud Carroll and Craig Gower, as well as the above, plus some unheard off like Shane Millard, Tony Mestrov, Terry Matterson, Mark Tookey and Denny Solomona. And I mostly respect the northerners who tried to make a go of it, the last few years there have been many but back in the day Chris Melling, Karl Hammond, Rob Smyth, Andy Johnson, Jon Roper, Danny Orr even Paul Davidson (aaagh) .... and the legend Danny Ward

 

[Konkrete]

3 hours ago, usain bolt said:

Widnes 84/85 to present 

1 Alan Tait

2 John Deveraux

3 Joe Lydon

4 Jonathan Davies

5 Martin Offiah 

6 Tony Myler

7 David Hulme 

8 Kurt Sorenson

9 Phil Mckenzie 

10 Esene Faimalo 

11 Paul Moriarty

12 Emosi Koloso

13 Richard Eyres 

14 Paul Hulme 

15 Darren Wright 

16 Joe Grima 

17 Andy Gregory 

Good side that. 

[Stan Doffarf]

22 hours ago, Konkrete said:

Ok, here we go. I don't see many taking this side down...

 

1. Mumby

2. Viakona

3. Hanley

4. Newlove

5. Les

6. R Paul

7. Deacon

8. Fielden

9. Jimmy

10. Vagana 

11. J Peacock

12. Konkrete

13. S Burgess

As with many, only players I've seen.

 

@Stan Doffarf

Karl on the bench... WTF?

 

Sorry Konkers. As a small boy I caught the dying embers of Northern's great post war side, so Foster, McLean and Ward had to be in my team. Happy to have Karl starting and Trevor or Jamie on the bench.

Several more great players missed the cut, Deacs, Deryck Fox, Robbie, Mick Withers, Tevita, Jeff Grayshon, Terry Clawson. And lest we forget, Neil Fox also played for Northern. Can't pick them all.