Re: keighley cougars hard men : Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:15 pm  

Larder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hard???????????????????????

He's always been 'lightweight' and followed his dad!

I once saw John Burke sent off when he was nowhere near the offence! He was 'hard', but a 'gentle GIANT' also!

His reputation went before him and did him a great injustice.

Then there was Colin Evans - as hard a scrum-half (but never dirty) as you would ever see. One of Keighley's BEST!

Not many of today's players could even dare to stand in their boots or next to the Keighley players of the past.

Re: keighley cougars hard men : Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:20 am  

666 wrote:

Larder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hard???????????????????????

He's always been 'lightweight' and followed his dad!

I wasn't referring to whether he was hard or not. I was saying that that the pack we had back then was that good he and Hall of Famer Phil Stevenson struggled to even get in to the 17.

Back then we had,
Big Brendon
Joe Grima
Ian Gately
Steve Hall
Woody
Jason Ramshaw
Phil Cantillon
Darren Fleary
Grant Doorey
Sonny Whakarau
Dave Larder
Phil Stevenson

Every single one of these guys would have made it in to our current pack with ease.

Re: keighley cougars hard men : Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:27 am  

Not 'hard men' as such more like 'quiet assassins' but what about our two of our more diminutive centres (both quiet lads) that could seriously tackle anything that moved...Brock McDonald and Dave Foster.

McDonald also for a little guy couldnt half jump for a ball (apparently played Aussie Rules as well) and Foster was one of our unsung heros in 2003

Re: keighley cougars hard men : Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:52 pm  

There have been many hard men at Lawkholme lane ones that stick in my mind are Ivan Pascoe, Alan Wood, John Burke, Joe Grima, Ian Gateley, Barry Parker & Big Brendan. All these players never took a backward step I am sure there are many more, lets see some more names from the past.

Re: keighley cougars hard men : Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:52 pm  

I bet there isn't a video of Big Brendan getting decked by James Pickering of Workington in 1993 at Cougar Park. It was over that quickly with 3 hits from Picks.

Re: keighley cougars hard men : Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:35 am  

anyone remember the aussie Ken Isaacs ?? a few slates missing and always up for a bit off biff