Big name players at "Small" Clubs.

[OriginalMrC]

Gavin Henson and Rangi Chase signing for West Wales Raiders. RU legend Gavin Henson went on to have a glittering RL career afterwards. Rangi soon got bored getting beaten week in week out and got a move back up North 

[Pete Grady]

Glad that my club Salford are not mentioned in the 'small club' category for once.

[Rioman]

5 hours ago, Wollo Wollo Wayoo said:

Don't know who's memory has gone but as I recall Wakefield won quite a few with Wally in the team.  Losses v Hull and Leeds and win against Saints are the only games I still have in my head though.

Won five, lost five if I remember correctly.

[Gomersall]

On 26/06/2022 at 14:16, barnyia said:

James Maloney at Lézignan, Paul sironen at Villeneuve sur Lot, Daniel wagon at limoux. 

https://www.1eyedeel.com/forum/topics/daniel-wagon-signs-with-aston

[meast]

Greg Mackey and Garry Schofield at second division Huddersfield in 1996/97?

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

2 hours ago, Rioman said:

Won five, lost five if I remember correctly.

Yeah.  Sounds more like it.  Wonder where Braniac got his stats?

[Rioman]

3 hours ago, Wollo Wollo Wayoo said:

Yeah.  Sounds more like it.  Wonder where Braniac got his stats?

We didn't win another game after he went home.

[Griff]

Cliff Lyons and Mark Geyer at Sheffield.

[ivans82]

Ken Goodall signed for Town in 1970 . Irish RU international who went on the British Lions tour of 1968....(This Team also contained  Keith Jarrett who signed for Barrow and Mike Coulman and Maurice Richards who signed for Salford  )....in his first year playing for Town he scored a try in his first 11 games and scored 20 tries from 35 matches ......all from loose forward !!

Edited June 28, 2022 by ivans82

[Damien]

I remember Daryl Powell and Nick Pinkney playing for England and/or GB while also playing for Keighley in the 1st Division. I cant really recall anyone else playing for England or GB since while playing in the 1st Division.

[Anita Bath]

9 hours ago, Damien said:

I remember Daryl Powell and Nick Pinkney playing for England and/or GB while also playing for Keighley in the 1st Division. I cant really recall anyone else playing for England or GB since while playing in the 1st Division.

Carl Gibson played while still at Batley

[The Mighty Trin]

I remember Ellery Hanley signing for minnows Leeds from Western Suburbs and he still won nothing with them

[Mark]

Swinton signed a prop called Ian Thompson who was an Aussie international in the 80’s, he was absolutely shocking for us and got pushed out by a lad we signed from Wigan St Pats 

[Harry Stottle]

Going back at bit Bob Fulton at Warrington and even further back Trevor Allen at Leigh.

[marklaspalmas]

On 28/06/2022 at 11:56, Damien said:

I remember Daryl Powell and Nick Pinkney playing for England and/or GB while also playing for Keighley in the 1st Division. I cant really recall anyone else playing for England or GB since while playing in the 1st Division.

Steve Molloy

[Jughead]

I can’t imagine that there’s been too many NRL Grand Final winners who go on to pull on a Sheffield Eagles jersey, so Sosaia Feki probably just about falls into this category, I’d say. 

[bratman]

Stanley Gene Hull FC

[Davo5]

Whitehaven signed Wales & British Lions centre Rob Ackerman in 1986.

[burke]

Berwyn Jones who was a sprint champion and member Great Britain 4 x 110 yards relay team, Commonwealth Games medal winner I think , signing for Wakefield Trinity.

Or Mike Lampkowski signing for Trinity having represented England RU .

Plus Keith Smith, what a player, singing for Trinity from the England RU set up.  

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

What about Leigh signing Macdonald Bailey, supposedly the World’s fastest man at the time ?

[latchford albion]

4 hours ago, burke said:

Berwyn Jones who was a sprint champion and member Great Britain 4 x 110 yards relay team, Commonwealth Games medal winner I think , signing for Wakefield Trinity.

Or Mike Lampkowski signing for Trinity having represented England RU .

Plus Keith Smith, what a player, singing for Trinity from the England RU set up.  

Do you seriously think these names are bigger than a club that has been graced by Neil Fox, Rocky Turner and David Topliss?

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

On 30/06/2022 at 13:31, burke said:

Berwyn Jones who was a sprint champion and member Great Britain 4 x 110 yards relay team, Commonwealth Games medal winner I think , signing for Wakefield Trinity.

Or Mike Lampkowski signing for Trinity having represented England RU .

Plus Keith Smith, what a player, singing for Trinity from the England RU set up.  

Trinity was a behemoth when Berwyn Jones signed.

Lampy and Smith became star players after they signed for Trin. 

[mat gildert]

Rob smyth at Chorley 

lynx in 2004 

[fieldofclothofgold]

On 27/06/2022 at 08:45, Wollo Wollo Wayoo said:

Neil Fox playing for Huddersfield?

Neil Fox also played for Bramley 

[fieldofclothofgold]

Graham Idle the great trophy winner for Bramley later went to tiny Wakefield