Wayne Pearce
Mal Meninga (thanks Ray ********* French)
Ray Price
Brett Kenny
Gavin Miller

Gordon Tallis
Brad Fittler
Ben Kennedy
Mal Meninga
Shane Webcke

brad fittler
darren lockyer
ricky stuart
mal meninga
trent barrett

For me and all at the same time with Grothe and Hunt already in the team, with Jack Gibson as coach instead of Bamford.

Peter Sterling
Brett Kenny
Mick Cronin
Steve Ella
Ray Price

Bradley Clyde
Brett Mullins
Wendell Sailor
Mark O'Neill

I've gone blank.

Rodney Howe! Contract agreed, then had a knee op a the end of the australian season to be fit for the start of the UK season and Hetherington went cold on the deal!

Paul Bell?

Brian Bevan

I believe he either had a trial or was refused a trial at Leeds.

well the first one must be
the great brian bevan
harry bath to partner arthur clues they both played together for other nationalities and got rave reviews
reg gasnier
johnny raper
Dally messenger
i dont think the ones from the 80s would have done us much good we were very poor as a club in that era

Jamie Mathiou?

Didn't Leeds refuse him saying he didn't look like he'd make a rugby player.

You a Parra fan or summat?

Not particularly these days but i was back in the early eighties. Bandwagon jumping glory boy or what?



Hardly Jamie Mathiou as he played three and a half times as many games for Leeds as the others put together.

Give yourself one of your Whooooooooooosh comments.

Can someone remind me of the Meninga story...I'm quite young and have a limited memory of the 80's

I believe that Harry Jepson and co. went to Australia to recruit and had Meninga lined up along with Grothe (and possibly Wayne Pearce if really wild rumours were to be believed). I heard that Ray French was out there also and had a chat with Mal and convinced him to sign for Stains instead, even though he wasnt't working for Stains at the time.
Meninga was truly awesome that year.

Mal Meninga
Alan Langer
Brad Fittler
Lawrie Daley
Andrew Johns

Peter Sterling had a two year contract signed with us in the late eighties but injuries prevented him fulfilling it. What a pleasure it would have been to see Sterlo in blue and amber!

Won St Helens the Lancashire Cup and Premiership almost single handedly.

The Premiership final was at Elland Rd on the same day and same time that Valley Parade burnt down. Mal Meninga put a shoulder into George Fairburn that afternoon and Fairburn just laid there crumpled in agony. It was also Stan 'Max' Wall's last ever game in charge of St Helens, I mean Rugby League as a first class referee.

They just don't have days like that anymore.

Ian Roberts
Laurie Daley
Gorden Tallis
Glen Lazarus
Paul Harragon

Reg Gasnier
Wally Lewis
Peter Sterling
Benny Elias
Steve Price

I read an article I think by Phil Caplin who apparently said this is a myth and in fact Beven never had a trial or asked for a trail at Leeds.

I have the grand final wins on DVD.

I've probably still got them on VHS somewhere but just like the rest of my tapes/discs they'll spend their remaining days gathering dust scattered around the house.

Roberts got me thinking. I wonder if the 'barmies' would be so keen to sing certain songs if he'd played?

I heard the same story. One of those urban legends.