Re: Luke Walsh : Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:39 pm  

I have a mate who lives in oz. he's a bulldogs fan. I asked him about Walsh. He said he's one of the better players in a poor team. He's your average scrum half in the NRL. Nothing special and not rubbish.

Re: Luke Walsh : Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:13 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Chris Joynt where did that outstanding buy come from? Was it Oldham at the time?

It sure was! One of the best signings in the history of the club... Boy could we do with a player like Joynt at the present time. Calming influence, actions speak larger that words attitude. Great player and a great bloke.

Re: Luke Walsh : Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:26 pm  

foz_13 wrote:

It sure was! One of the best signings in the history of the club... Boy could we do with a player like Joynt at the present time. Calming influence, actions speak larger that words attitude. Great player and a great bloke.

I think we signed Tommy on at the same time as well.

Re: Luke Walsh : Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:31 pm  

St pete wrote:

I think we signed Tommy on at the same time as well.

I think we did.

Joynty was a rolls royce of a second row, quick, powerful, evasive , ran great lines and could tackle anything and do it all day.

Re: Luke Walsh : Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:36 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

I think we did.

Joynty was a rolls royce of a second row, quick, powerful, evasive , ran great lines and could tackle anything and do it all day.

Like all top players, he changed his game as he got older. When the legs had gone and he could no longer break the line, he changed to a tackling machine.

Re: Luke Walsh : Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:42 pm  

St pete wrote:

I think we signed Tommy on at the same time as well.

We sure did! The best 6 or in Martyn's case (20) never to play for GB.

Re: Luke Walsh : Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:44 pm  

St pete wrote:

Like all top players, he changed his game as he got older. When the legs had gone and he could no longer break the line, he changed to a tackling machine.

In his last year at the club in 2004 I thought he was superb on the right. Tackled everything and played as a 3rd Prop.

Re: Luke Walsh : Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:51 pm  

The thing I remember most about Joynt was the run of three games-
Picked up his 2nd Harry Sunderland in the 2000 GF
Our next match was the WCC against Brisbane - MoM again after scoring the winning try.
Then we played Wigan in a CC game as one of the (if not the) first matches of the 2001 season. Joynt was again given man o' the match.

Absolute legend.

Re: Luke Walsh : Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:55 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

The thing I remember most about Joynt was the run of three games-
Picked up his 2nd Harry Sunderland in the 2000 GF
Our next match was the WCC against Brisbane - MoM again after scoring the winning try.
Then we played Wigan in a CC game as one of the (if not the) first matches of the 2001 season. Joynt was again given man o' the match.

Absolute legend.

Joynt was without doubt the best Second Rower of his generation. An outstanding professional, A great athlete, A great player, called tackle all day long and make breaks and had the turn of pace to convert them breaks into tries. I remember his wide to west try he played 70 mins (due to being sin binned) still made 40 plus tackles and still had the energy to take the pass from West and beat James Lowes and score.

Re: Luke Walsh : Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:35 pm  

St pete wrote:

I think we signed Tommy on at the same time as well.

Tommy came about 6 months after Joynty. I've still got a very old copy of a Rugby Leaguer where where there's an article (it might be a Dave 'Nosey' Parker one ) saying that Saints are weighing up a bid for two Oldham youngsters, Chris Joynt & Tommy Martyn.

I remember Joynt being mainly a fast SR'er, his game based on his running game. Then he seemed to morph into a tackling machine but was a less effective runner. Then the two sides of his game came together and bang! One of the best back rowers ever at Saints. Didn't he play loose forward for quite a while?

Anyone remember a Lancs Cup Final at KR, us against the pies? Think it ended up 5-4 to them. Joynt was head shoulders the best player on the pitch that game and so unlucky not to score the winning try in the corner late one (scorebord end, stand side)