: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:08 pm  

As good as Nigel Wright was, never considered him to be a great.

: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:25 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Name another centre who punched holes through the line like he did. He wasn't the best passer but he broke the line, no doubt about that.
and as I had already named Keith Smith and Andy Mason who were the only other two centres to represent England while playing for Wakefield (in my viewing time) I think it is justified.......but I appreciate your point of view is different.

Phil Fox, played in a different team to the rest but personally I liked him. He scored tries, that's good enough for me....but I went for speed in front of him anyway.

: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:27 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Name another centre who punched holes through the line like he did. He wasn't the best passer but he broke the line, no doubt about that.
and as I had already named Keith Smith and Andy Mason who were the only other two centres to represent England while playing for Wakefield (in my viewing time) I think it is justified.......but I appreciate your point of view is different.

Phil Fox, played in a different team to the rest but personally I liked him. He scored tries, that's good enough for me....but I went for speed in front of him anyway.

Great debate so I will throw this in. The best centre partnership in the modern age at BV JD and Domic.

: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:29 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Actually now I've seen this post I feel less bothered to justify mine. I hope it is an ironic post

Of course he played centre, that was his main position. He only played loose forward when people realise we needed him to be more involved in the game, and stand off was just a stand in job.
.........he always said he preferred back row cos he was more involved but debuted and played a long time after at centre.

You have a far better memory than me. My main memories of Ellis is in his season at stand off.

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: Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:59 am  

Jason wrote:

Great debate so I will throw this in. The best centre partnership in the modern age at BV JD and Domic.

I like that. No one will ever say they are all time greats, but these two broke the line so many times, Domic especially off the Solomona pass.
We dipped a bit when Sid left.

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: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:00 am  

Jason wrote:

You have a far better memory than me. My main memories of Ellis is in his season at stand off.

To be honest I think he probably moved inside during games before he officially moved positions. Especially in defense.

: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:13 am  

Ged byrne, wan't he a record signing? Come to think of it he still might be. I remember the galmour of signing a player from Wigan. His inventive half back partnership with mark Conway will stay in the memory for a long time. Who'd have thought that after nearly 100 years of RL it took these two to come together to invent the 'walk around' - shame it didn't develop to be more effective than its close cousin the 'run around'!

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: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:16 am  

owiepob wrote:

Ged byrne, wan't he a record signing? Come to think of it he still might be. I remember the galmour of signing a player from Wigan. His inventive half back partnership with mark Conway will stay in the memory for a long time. Who'd have thought that after nearly 100 years of RL it took these two to come together to invent the 'walk around' - shame it didn't develop to be more effective than its close cousin the 'run around'!

Byrne was most famous for his wind ups. They had to retake the official team photo in his season as he had sneaked his 'pork sword' out of his shorts when no one was looking. Caught on camera and they decided it would probably be best to retake!?!?

Not sure about the record signing bit though.

: Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:29 am  

owiepob wrote:

Ged byrne, wan't he a record signing? Come to think of it he still might be. I remember the galmour of signing a player from Wigan. His inventive half back partnership with mark Conway will stay in the memory for a long time. Who'd have thought that after nearly 100 years of RL it took these two to come together to invent the 'walk around' - shame it didn't develop to be more effective than its close cousin the 'run around'!

Now Tracy Lazenby could do the run around

: Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:51 pm  

Tracey Lazenby! What a player! Never seen someone look so scruffy and un-interested, but on his day could turn a game in an instant.