Louie the Great : Sat Sep 10, 2022 6:41 am  

With Louie M-S signing a new 1 year contract at Saints at the age of 37, does that not make him London's greatest achievement in Rugby League? A real shame we were never able to bring him home.

Re: Louie the Great : Sat Sep 10, 2022 11:23 am  

LMS having built a good life in the North was never going to move back to the South.
It is just simple economics. Although it is a shame.

Re: Louie the Great : Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:06 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

With Louie M-S signing a new 1 year contract at Saints at the age of 37, does that not make him London's greatest achievement in Rugby League? A real shame we were never able to bring him home.

Has a Londoner ever won as much silverware as LMS
A golden era at the club.....the hammering of Wire and shirt burning incident....Club and LMS to the fore.

Re: Louie the Great : Sun Sep 11, 2022 12:16 pm  

Not sure there is another London developed player who has made over 400 SL appearances.

Re: Louie the Great : Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:37 pm  

Matt Salter, though I doubt he even made it in to 3 figures with SL appearances.

Re: Louie the Great : Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:05 am  

Anthony Jones wrote:

Matt Salter, though I doubt he even made it in to 3 figures with SL appearances.

Not had Louie's success or longevity but I suppose you could bracket him with Dom Peters & a few others.

Dan Sarginson & Mike McMeekin have obviously done well for themselves as London developed players but as we all know there are a lot of them earning some sort of living from the game which for a club of our resources is 1 of the few admirable things about us.

Re: Louie the Great : Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:05 pm  

We could stretch it by mentioning Tulsen Tollett.
He now presents sports bulletins on the BBC in the early hours of the morning.

Re: Louie the Great : Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:01 pm  

Anthony Jones wrote:

We could stretch it by mentioning Tulsen Tollett.
He now presents sports bulletins on the BBC in the early hours of the morning.

Yes definitely stretching it AJ, but Tulsen's a great bloke & was a real Mr Versatility in the backs. However, how about although not a Londoner by birth but you could say Broncos did develope & that would be Tony Martin. Just the sort of player we could do with now.

Re: Louie the Great : Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:05 pm  

Tony Clubb must've played a fair few SL games, though not as many as 400.

Re: Louie the Great : Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:36 pm  

We're beginning to get a half decent side together. If only............