Re: Who are castleford's best ever overseas players : Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:23 pm  

tigerbarn wrote:

Little jamie sandy always enjoyed watching him...

Or as Ray French and Alex Murphy would have it "LIkkle Jamie Sandy" (as against George FurBurn!)

Re: Who are castleford's best ever overseas players : Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:36 pm  

Dale fritz

Re: Who are castleford's best ever overseas players : Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:57 pm  

Brett Atkins was awesome in his first spell at Cas. I seem to remember he shared a room at The Magnet with the other Aussie signing at the time, Steve Robinson, who was only 16 or 17.

Re: Who are castleford's best ever overseas players : Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:31 pm  

brett atkins
jamie sandy
bob lidner
garry belcher
tawera nikau
richie blackmore
adrian vowles
brad davies
rangi chase
wayne bartrim

that would be my top 10

with players such has

michael eager
tony kemp
ian french
aaron raper
gael talec
ronnie gibbs
steve robinson
geoff hardy

all worthy of a mention.

Re: Who are castleford's best ever overseas players : Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:47 pm  

Scabbycat wrote:

Adrian Vowles
Gary BelcherRonnie Gibbs
Paul Khan
Gary French
Tewara Nikau
Gary Freeman
Ritchie Blackmore
Tony Kemp
Bob Lidner

Not a bad 10 , even if i say so myself.

Although without doubt, Gary Belcher was one of the greatest ever fullbacks, I don't think his 11 appearances in a Cas shirt should get him a "best ever" nomination.
Personally, I'd have to go for those thats put some time in - Tawera Nikau, Richie Blackmore, Adrian Vowles, Brad Davis. I thought Brett Atkins, who was one of our first overseas players was superb, and also thought Colin Scott and Steve Larder were also very good.

As for the worst - Sean Rudder would have to be the man.

Re: Who are castleford's best ever overseas players : Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:59 pm  

CJH1 wrote:

As for the worst - Sean Rudder would have to be the man.

Kyle Killer Warren
Sean McVean
Paul Franze

Re: Who are castleford's best ever overseas players : Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:00 pm  

Sean McVean - 1 sub. appearance and then gone.

Re: Who are castleford's best ever overseas players : Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:24 pm  

It's a while ago now but I'm almost sure Ian French played loose forward,if so I would have him over Lidner any day of the week.

French was an absolute tackle machine,and could break a tackle just as good as lidner.

For me French was one of the pivotal players that got us to wembley 86

Re: Who are castleford's best ever overseas players : Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:35 pm  

How about a truly European team?

we could have

Ian French
Keith England
Scotty Moore

Re: Who are castleford's best ever overseas players : Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:11 pm  

is it preseason already?