: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:08 pm  

Dave Heron's Moustache wrote:

It's worth remembering that in the year we signed Tony Currie we also signed Ricky Lulham and Wally Fullerton-Smith.

Two players of richly contrasting pedigree - one Origin player and Australian international, one relative unknown.

I kinda liked Lulham, he could play a number of positions with equal mediocrity.

Now there's a trivia question - the 11(?) antipodeans who Leeds fielded that season.

The aforementioned Currie, Lulham, Fullerton-Smith plus Steve Bleakley, Terry Webb, Trevor Patterson, Trevor Clark, Gavin Jones?

: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:13 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Two players of richly contrasting pedigree - one Origin player and Australian international, one relative unknown.

I kinda liked Lulham, he could play a number of positions with equal mediocrity.

Now there's a trivia question - the 11(?) antipodeans who Leeds fielded that season.

The aforementioned Currie, Lulham, Fullerton-Smith plus Steve Bleakley, Terry Webb, Trevor Patterson, Trevor Clark, Gavin Jones?

Grothe, Hunt,

: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:15 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Two players of richly contrasting pedigree - one Origin player and Australian international, one relative unknown.

I kinda liked Lulham, he could play a number of positions with equal mediocrity.

Now there's a trivia question - the 11(?) antipodeans who Leeds fielded that season.

The aforementioned Currie, Lulham, Fullerton-Smith plus Steve Bleakley, Terry Webb, Trevor Patterson, Trevor Clark, Gavin Jones?

Another two who if their like were signed now would be slagged to death, Paterson won the player of the year, webb played consistantly well for Leeds over a few seasons, He was over last year, looks no diffrent, doing well for himself outside RL.
Used to stand behind an odd looking bloke the season in question, from the first whistle all he shouted was get f*cking ricky loofham on, he wasn't even on the bench.

: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:17 pm  

Dave Heron's Moustache wrote:

Grothe, Hunt,

Laurie?

: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:22 pm  

mps wrote:

, webb played consistantly well for Leeds over a few seasons, .

Miraculously found himself rated in the World top 5 locks By Open Rugby in '84. Could just as easily be said that all he did was keep a superior British player out of the team.
A hard worker, but totally outgunned when British players discovered fitness in the mid 1980's.

: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:22 pm  

mps wrote:

Laurie?

Not that year...not after the Semi at Swinton in 1984.

: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:30 pm  

Dave Heron's Moustache wrote:

Not that year...not after the Semi at Swinton in 1984.

Laurie's first season was webbs first season.

: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:36 pm  

mps wrote:

Laurie's first season was webbs first season.

Yes, 1983/4. Laurie was due to play in the CC semi at Swinton but half an hour before kickoff an announcement was made summoning Roy Dickinson (who I was infront of in the crowd) to the changeing room.
Laurie wasn't seen again at Leeds until long after a certain scrum half had departed the club.

The others came over in 84/5 season

: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:37 pm  

I can't believe theres been 21 pages on this.

What have you been talking about?

[Wheels]

: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:40 pm  

J.I.M wrote:

I can't believe theres been 21 pages on this.

What have you been talking about?

It's mostly all photos of me.