: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:01 pm  

pocket*trout wrote:

Drummond

Drummond's career was in the doldrums until we signed him and turned him back into an international player. Funny how things change.

: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:02 pm  

worthing wire wrote:

No-one. Forster got a couple of caps, Holden and Woods made a squad once, though all against France, I think.
McGinty probably got in the squad when he went to Wigan.

How the selectors overlooked Kevin Meadows, Barry Peters & Rocky Turner, I'll never fathom.

The backrow alone was more than worthy of GB caps; Roberts, Rathbone, McGinty. Funny how McGinty spent nine years at Warrington, didn't get a sniff of GB. One season a tWigan and hey-ho he is playing in an Ashes series.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:37 am  

pocket*trout wrote:

Of the 1987 team, is there anyone in todays team that could replace any of them.

Here we go again.

The backbone of that team finished 3rd, 6th and 11th from 86/87 - 88/89. If the internet was around then, they would have received more stick than this current team.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:04 am  

pocket*trout wrote:

Rathbone

What a thug that guy was

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:05 am  

Moe syslak wrote:

On a slightly different note, how about the most underrated player of recent times.

Danny Nutley

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:30 am  

Slightly OT

After taking a look at that vintage picture it got me thinking.
You will notice that back in the day shoulder pads were quite prominent, was their a RL rule put in place to limit their size and appearance under the shirt, you rarely seem them these days.

Just a thought...

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:40 pm  

Rugbychick™ wrote:

Danny Nutley

I thought everyone rated nutley, i certainly did.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:14 pm  

Rodwell was by far the worst!!

As for nutley his reputation seemed to grow even more after he left warrington, he played a couple of times for queensland in the state of orgin. Class player, could do with a few more like him at the moment

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:39 pm  

Moe syslak wrote:

I thought everyone rated nutley, i certainly did.

A large portion of Wire fans yes, I thought we were talking about the wider RL community too.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:16 pm  

worthing wire wrote:

How the selectors overlooked Kevin Meadows, Barry Peters & Rocky Turner, I'll never fathom.

Yes, and it was criminal that those front row giants, Tony Humphries and Tony Hodson were ignored too.