Re: Kings of Rugby : Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:07 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote:

The same website referred to the 2015 Leeds side as the best British RL side ever. Their back line is the best SL has seen. I'm not convinced it's the best Leeds have seen.

"This Leeds team played superb rugby with arguably the best set of outside backs the competition has seen – Hardaker, Briscoe, Watkins, Moon and Hall." - it's not a bad backline but I don't think it's even in the conversation when we've had:

Wigan 00 - Radlinski, Dallas, Renouf, Connolly, Robinson
Saints 02 - Wellens, Albert, Gleeson, Newlove, Stewart
Bradford 03 - Reardon, Vaikona, Withers (or Pryce), Hape, Vainikolo
Saints 06 - Wellens, Gardner, Lyon, Talau, Meli
Leeds 09 - Webb, Donald, Smith, Senior, Hall
Wigan 10 - Tomkins, Roberts, Gleeson, Carmont, Richards
Wigan 15 - Bowen, Charnley, Gelling, Sarginson, Burgess

That's just from skimming through the grand final teams alone.

Edit - realised our 2000 backline was better than our 2001 backline so swapped them

Re: Kings of Rugby : Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:31 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

"This Leeds team played superb rugby with arguably the best set of outside backs the competition has seen – Hardaker, Briscoe, Watkins, Moon and Hall." - it's not a bad backline but I don't think it's even in the conversation when we've had:

Wigan 01 - Radlinski, Dallas, Renouf, Connolly, Carney
Saints 02 - Wellens, Albert, Gleeson, Newlove, Stewart
Bradford 03 - Reardon, Vaikona, Withers (or Pryce), Hape, Vainikolo
Saints 06 - Wellens, Gardner, Lyon, Talau, Meli
Leeds 09 - Webb, Donald, Smith, Senior, Hall
Wigan 10 - Tomkins, Roberts, Gleeson, Carmont, Richards
Wigan 15 - Bowen, Charnley, Gelling, Sarginson, Burgess

That's just from skimming through the grand final teams alone.

yep, he talks utter nonsense

Re: Kings of Rugby : Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:02 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

The same website referred to the 2015 Leeds side as the best British RL side ever. Their back line is the best SL has seen. I'm not convinced it's the best Leeds have seen.

As has been stated, not even Leeds best team in SL. Obviously accomplished with all 3 trophies but let’s be honest if Scott Grix would have just booted the ball into touch in the LLS decider they’d just have a double not the treble. Seem to remember them struggling at times that year with Sinfield getting dropped etc.