Re: Squad v hull : Fri Feb 11, 2022 3:34 pm  

I don’t want to be pedantic but
No 2 Right Wing
No 3 Right Centre
No 4 Left Centre
No 5 Left Wing

Re: Squad v hull : Fri Feb 11, 2022 4:41 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

I don’t want to be pedantic but
No 2 Right Wing
No 3 Right Centre
No 4 Left Centre
No 5 Left Wing

Is this a new modern thing Avenger?

TJ has always been left winger at 2. Tupou at 3 etc. unless it’s just Trinity who do it the other way round.

I’ve always understood 2,3 left and 4,5 right as far back as I can recall.

[PopTart]

Re: Squad v hull : Fri Feb 11, 2022 4:58 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Is this a new modern thing Avenger?

TJ has always been left winger at 2. Tupou at 3 etc. unless it’s just Trinity who do it the other way round.

I’ve always understood 2,3 left and 4,5 right as far back as I can recall.

In actual fact the numbers mean nothing now. But we have always played 2 as the left and 5 as the right.
Neil Fox had the 3 shirt and was left centre.
Andy Fletcher had 2 and was left.

However, Offiah was 5 for GB when he was on the left so who knows.

Re: Squad v hull : Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:30 pm  

I think maybe….

Jowitt
Johnstone
Hall
Lyne
Lineham
Miller
Lino

Battye
Hood
Tanginoa
Ashurst
Pitts
Walker

Kaye
Fifita
Arona
Batchelor

Re: Squad v hull : Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:34 pm  

PopTart wrote:

In actual fact the numbers mean nothing now. But we have always played 2 as the left and 5 as the right.
Neil Fox had the 3 shirt and was left centre.
Andy Fletcher had 2 and was left.

However, Offiah was 5 for GB when he was on the left so who knows.

In the 1968 watersplash final Neil Fox wore no.4 and was Left centre, Ian Brooke was no.3 and right centre.
If my memory serves me right, before this 1968 final as far back as 1960, Neil was always no.4 and played Left centre

Re: Squad v hull : Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:49 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Is this a new modern thing Avenger?

TJ has always been left winger at 2. Tupou at 3 etc. unless it’s just Trinity who do it the other way round.

I’ve always understood 2,3 left and 4,5 right as far back as I can recall.

Avenger’s right, traditionally 2 and 3 are right sided, 4 and 5 on the left. When Johnstone broke though he played on the right and kept the squad number when he moved on to the left. Same with Reece Lyne, although he’s played all over the three quarters, he was mainly playing left centre when he got the 4 shirt.

Re: Squad v hull : Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:27 pm  

KevW60349 wrote:

In the 1968 watersplash final Neil Fox wore no.4 and was Left centre, Ian Brooke was no.3 and right centre.
If my memory serves me right, before this 1968 final as far back as 1960, Neil was always no.4 and played Left centre

Yes The big fella was left centre and allways number 4 ! But he did'nt play in the water splash final if he had Don would not have been a poor lad.

Re: Squad v hull : Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:31 pm  

PopTart wrote:

In actual fact the numbers mean nothing now. But we have always played 2 as the left and 5 as the right.
Neil Fox had the 3 shirt and was left centre.
Andy Fletcher had 2 and was left.

However, Offiah was 5 for GB when he was on the left so who knows.

Fletch was a right winger Juliffe was number 5 and played on the left! The 2 on the left and 5 on the right is an aussie thing
They started that.

Re: Squad v hull : Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:42 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

I don’t want to be pedantic but
No 2 Right Wing
No 3 Right Centre
No 4 Left Centre
No 5 Left Wing

Spot on and to correct PT Neil Fox wore the No 4 shirt when he played centre at Trinity.

Re: Squad v hull : Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:03 pm  

KevW60349 wrote:

In the 1968 watersplash final Neil Fox wore no.4 and was Left centre, Ian Brooke was no.3 and right centre.
If my memory serves me right, before this 1968 final as far back as 1960, Neil was always no.4 and played Left centre

Neil Fox didn't play in the watersplash final - I believe Gert Coetzer played left centre (No 4!) that day.