Always a threat from anywhere on the field with his pace off the mark especially his dummy half scoots. Best player in the world in the other code when he converted, even other converts like Rogers, Tuqiri and Saillor couldn't live with him. I couldn't comment on his attitude having never met him.

Some interesting bits of info and stories in reply to my query (even if I don't know a lot of the names!). I like it when you all volunteer your knowledge in such ways - your wisdom and wiseness is valued (by me at least)

The guy that signed him was "superscout" Eric Hawley, a Leeds man working at Wigan. Hawley also signed a young Ellery Hanley from Corpus Christi in Leeds earlier in his career when he worked for Bradford Northern. Maybe Leeds should have paid more attention to the quality of their scouts back then. To miss out on 2 of the greatest players of the modern era from your home town was unfortunate to say the least.

Eric Hawley also scouted for Leeds, but I think he was something of a freelancer at times. I remember talking to him in the early 70's and he spent hours on the touchlines at both school and local club matches.

IIRC David Ward was the Leeds 1st team coach when Robinson was turned away. It apparently revolved around a game Robinson wanted to play with his current teammates that clashed with a trial match being held at Headingley. Robinson chose his mates and Leeds passed on a future great.

I have in the past posted a picture on here showing a very young Jason Robinson attending a colts training session at Headingley run by one of Ray Abbey or Norman Smith or possibly both.

Think it would have been Norman Smith back then, working from memory. Think Robinson is about five years younger than me, so it would have been around 1990ish?