Re: 2025 Principal Kit : Wed Sep 04, 2024 10:45 am  

Exeter Rhino wrote:

Apart from the WCC, 2005 was a very Warrington season for Leeds. We played some lovely rugby but lost all the games that really mattered. Hull should have never stopped us in the CC (some of the errors that day were really painful). The team was spent by the time we got to the GF, not helped by Bradford making use of the now illegal loophole to sign Adrian Morley for the play-offs. The previous game was funny though, if only because Jamie Lyon inspired Saints weren't quite good enough to beat us, their defeat encapsulated by their current coach playing full-back being out-paced by one of our forwards across the length of the field to score (Lauitiiti). I miss our rivalry with Bradford though.

Great days

Re: 2025 Principal Kit : Wed Sep 04, 2024 11:10 am  

What I would give for an Ali Lauitiiti now!

Re: 2025 Principal Kit : Wed Sep 04, 2024 12:36 pm  

YosemiteSam wrote:

Completely agree. It's superb. Love it.

Just need some decent players to go in it

Re: 2025 Principal Kit : Wed Sep 04, 2024 9:42 pm  

YoRhino wrote:

What I would give for an Ali Lauitiiti now!

Heck I'd even take a Carl Ablett right now!

Re: 2025 Principal Kit : Thu Sep 05, 2024 7:06 am  

FlyingScottyDonald wrote:

Heck I'd even take a Carl Ablett right now!

Ablett for me is one of the best players of that era, despite his career fizzling out with injury. Always showed up in big games and was extremely consistent. How come he's never included in the talk about the golden generation?

Re: 2025 Principal Kit : Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:15 am  

exiledrhino wrote:

Ablett for me is one of the best players of that era, despite his career fizzling out with injury. Always showed up in big games and was extremely consistent. How come he's never included in the talk about the golden generation?

He was the glue along with JJB that held things together but also had a fair bit of skill , plus we all remember him running over Lee Briers in the G.F

Re: 2025 Principal Kit : Thu Sep 05, 2024 1:07 pm  

then screaming at him as he lay prone on the floor

Re: 2025 Principal Kit : Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:21 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

then screaming at him as he lay prone on the floor

One of my favourite moments of a grand final!

Was that the same game that Bailey was having a bit of push and shove with most their team on the halfway line whilst we made a break down the wing?

Re: 2025 Principal Kit : Fri Sep 06, 2024 11:25 am  

yes I think so. that was hilarious

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: 2025 Principal Kit : Fri Sep 06, 2024 3:21 pm  

YoRhino wrote:

One of my favourite moments of a grand final!

Was that the same game that Bailey was having a bit of push and shove with most their team on the halfway line whilst we made a break down the wing?

Warrington had broken away from their line, we were busted wide open and I just remember Ratchford(?) looking left to pass the ball out automatically expecting a player (if not x2 on an overlap) there and a look of utter shock as the players in question were in a shoving match with Bailey 40 meters back behind play.

Ive never laughed so hard.