Who is the scariest player you've ever seen play RL?

[George Watt]

On 02/11/2023 at 10:35, bentleyman said:

Tony Fisher

 

A member of the GB Ashes winning pack(hooker) in Aus in 1970. Pack also had Cliff Watson and Mal Reilly so a pretty scary pack!! I was at all 3 games in that series.

[Lowdesert]

On 02/11/2023 at 00:35, bentleyman said:

Tony Fisher

 

I was told, by a very good source, Fisher trained the Dewsbury lads using a stick when they didn’t put any effort in or dropped the ball.

Edited November 3, 2023 by Lowdesert

[Gomersall]

On 02/11/2023 at 09:39, Chronicler of Chiswick said:

I'll throw Ronnie Wileman into the mix, there was a very scary story about him circulating in the late eighties that to this day I only hope wasn't true. Mal Reilly - definitely on the list of those to avoid when they'd had a few sherbets!

 

Ronnie Wileman? Do tell.

[Derwent]

Nobody was tougher than Frank Foster.

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

16 hours ago, Gomersall said:

Ronnie Wileman? Do tell.

Apparently he said to someone that what he enjoyed was hitting another player, feeling his fist smack into their ribs and then hearing them squeal. This could have been invented or he could just have been indulging in a wind up - hope so!

[yanto]

I guess most of the replies are from a spectators point of view as most players mentioned are forwards with reputations. 

As an outside center / winger a slightly different point of view of "scary".

Les Dyl and John Bevan are both players you didn't enjoy playing against as a nineteen year old just making your way in the game.

Both had legs like tree trunks and were strong runners and Bevan had a nasty streak to him.

Ask yourself what you would do with Mal Maninga running at you for 80 minutes

Scary to face but you had a job to do.

Frank Foster a great fella who coached me at two clubs. 

Edited November 4, 2023 by yanto

[bobbruce]

7 hours ago, yanto said:

I guess most of the replies are from a spectators point of view as most players mentioned are forwards with reputations. 

As an outside center / winger a slightly different point of view of "scary".

Les Dyl and John Bevan are both players you didn't enjoy playing against as a nineteen year old just making your way in the game.

Both had legs like tree trunks and were strong runners and Bevan had a nasty streak to him.

Ask yourself what you would do with Mal Maninga running at you for 80 minutes

Scary to face but you had a job to do.

Frank Foster a great fella who coached me at two clubs. 

I remember when Oldham folded and most of there players went to Higginshaw. Was a bit of a nightmare to find Charlie McCalister playing centre for them. Another one with tree trunk legs. 

[Futtocks]

There used to be a site that sold RL-themed t-shirts and one of them had the image of Des Drummond looking lairy with the slogan "Line 'im up, Dessie".