Thornett - A Smith - Schofield - Dyl - Atkinson - Harris - Burrow - Peacock - Simms - McDermott - Ellis - Haigh - Hanley
Subs
Holmes - Howard - Morley - Furner

Harris
E.T.
Innes
Senior
Hall
Mcguire
Burrow
Mcdermott
Diskin
Peacock
Morley
Jjb
Sinfield

Dixon
Ali
Schofield
Glanville.

Although i've left out some legends likes Holmes ,Atkinson ,Dyl ,i cant honestly say they were at their "peak" when i started watching and they were names my old man used to glow when talking about.
Also harsh on players like Roy Powell ,Godden ,Fallon ,Fleary ,Farrell ,Maskill ,Furner etc etc but it's hard to choos when the scope is so wide.
RE-Hanley not making it a fantastic player no doubts at all but i always have more fond memories of Glanville for some reason.

so tough to remember let alone choose a 17 going back to 78/79 but here goes:

Harris
Grothe
Schofield
Senior
Atkinson

Holmes / Lyons - head says Lyons as was old enough to appreciate him. Heart says Holmesy as first rugby hero but sadly never saw him (when i was old enough) at his absolute peak
Goulding / Burrow - unless I've missed someone obvious, just realised that we've not had a truely world class scrum half in my lifetime of watching

Peacock
Ward
McDermott
Laurie
Lauitiiti
Hanley

Subs - Sinfield, Morley, Ellis, Powell

Thornett
Smith
Schoefield
Senior
Atkinson
Jones
Stevenson
Robinson
Simms
Peacock
Morley
Ellis
Sinfield
hanley
McGuire
Holmes
Ali
I did a number of those out of sentiment ,but I still think its a fair 17as well as once again showng I'm an old bugger

Been watching since very late seventies but going to base my selection upon players seen since mid eighties when I really started paying proper attention.

1. Ettinghausen
2. Ryan Hall
3. Brad Godden
4. Keith Senior
5. Mark Calderwood
6. Garry Schofield
7. Rob Burrow
8. Jamie Peacock
9. Matt Diskin
10. Barrie McDermott
11. Morley
12. Glanville
13. Sinfield

14. Iestyn Harris
15. Lautiti
16. Powell
17. Dixon

Harris
ET
Carroll
Innes
Fallon
Schofield
McGuire
Peacock
Buderus
McDermott
Ellis
JJB
Sinfield

Hanley
Burrow
Morley
Dixon

Always difficult these but here goes
1 HARRIS
2 ET
3 SCHOFIELD
4 SENIOR
5 HALL
6 SINFIELD
7 BURROW
8 BARRIE
9 DISKIN
10 PEACOCK
11 MORLEY
12 ELLIS
13 SINFIELD

14 DIXON
15 FURNER
16 ALI
17 MCGUIRE

1. Iestyn Harris
2. Paul Sterling
3. Brad Godden
4. Keith Senior
5. Marcus Bai
6. Garry Schofield
7. Danny McGuire
8. Barrie McDermott
9. Terry Newton
10. Jamie Peacock
11. Adrian Morley
12. Gareth Ellis
13. Kevin Sinfield

Subs: Ali Lauitiiti, David Furner, Marc Glanville, Ellery Hanley

1. Andrew Ettinghausen
2. Carl Gibson
3. Garry Schofield
4. Keith Senior
5. Marcus Bai
6. Iestyn Harris
7. Cliff Lyons
8. Barrie Mcdermott
9. David Ward
10. Jamie Peacock
11. Adrian Morley
12. Roy Powell
13. Ellery Hanley

14. Kevin Sinfield
15. Jamie Jones Buchanon
16. Gareth Ellis
17. Ali Lauitiiti

Started watching properly in 1987 so:

1. ET
2. Hall
3. Godden
4. Senior
5. Donald
6. Harris
7. Burrow
8. Peacock
9. Diskin
10. McDermott
11. Morley
12. Powell
13. Sinfield

14. Schofield
15. Hanley
16. Lyons
17. Innes


Lots who missed out too. Gibson, Innes, Fallon, McGuire etc..etc.

1-harris
2-calderwood
3-schofield
4-senior
5-hall
6-sinfield
7-lyons
8-morley
9-buderus
10-peacock
11-ellis
12-medley
13-hanley
14-burrow
15-mcdermott
16-heron
17-lauitiiti

1. Ettingshausen
2. Grothe
3. Currie
4. Gibson
5. Atkinson
6. Holmes
7. Schofield
8. Powell
9. Ward
10. Pitchford
11. Eccles
12. Morley
13. Hanley

14. Lyons
15. Paterson
16. Dixon
17. Tunks

After much deliberation, here goes:-

Iestyn Harris

Eric Grothe
Garry Schofield
Syd Hynes
John Atkinson

John Holmes
Mick Shoebottom

Mick Harrison
Tony Crosby
Terry Clawson
Bill Ramsey
Bob Haigh
Ellery Hanley

Kevin Sinfield
Jamie Peacock
Ali Lauitiiti
Mick Crane

COACH: Roy Francis. ASSISTANT COACH: Graham Murray

Sounds like fun..will give it a go (watched from 1977/icon_cool.gif:

Ettingshausen
Alan Smith
Schofield
Senior
Atkinson
Holmes
Lyons
Peacock
Buderus
Pitchford
Powell
Cookson
Heron

Harris
Lauititi
Morley
McDermott

Connolly
Calderwood
Iro
Stephenson
Phil Ford
Gregory
Goulding

Wane
Newton
McDermott
Furner
Goodway
Hanley

Howard
Millard
Botham
McDonald

Good effort, I'd have struggled to come up with so many without some serious research!

ET

Grothe
Iro
Senior
Hall
Holmes
Schofield

McDermott
Sinfield
Peacock
Ellis
Morley
Hanley

Harris
Powell D
Lauititi
Dixon

Tigertot- I can understand your logic playing Sinfield at hooker but in 14 years at Leeds I bet he's only done it 5-10 times. Not sure you can name him there in a greatest side. Although it's all about opinions!

agreed it is all about opinions but to accomodate sinfield at nine when we have had some very good hookers play there over the years ward ,fisher, simms, maskill, disko, newton, jackson and buderus is just plain cheating

Don't forget Mick Shaw!

Mission impossible - been watching the game too long...

Okay here's my somewhat considered response...

John Holmes

Eric Grothe
Syd Hynes
Keith Senior
John Atkinson

Iestyn Harris
Mick Shoebottom

Barry McDermott
David Ward
Jamie Peacock
Bill Ramsey
Phil Cookson
Ray Batten

Kevin Sinfield
Steve Pitchford
Aidrian Morley
Ali Luaitiiti

Better post this quickly I can sense my mind changing already

Easier to pick an all time Leeds side you'd enjoy watching most. Much as I'd like to include the likes of Gallagaher, Tuipolutu and Ian Scott this Leeds side would take some beating for entertainment value:

Andrew Ettingshausen
Eric Grothe
Garry Schofield
Craig Innes
Norman Francis
Cliff Lyons
Bobby Goulding
Barrie McDermott
Tony Fisher
Gary Rose
Craig Izzard
Alan Rathbone
Ellery Hanley

No one would mess with that pack of forwards!

1: E.T.
2: Carl Gibson
3: Tony Currie
4: Keith Senior
5: Eric Grothe
6: Garry Schofield
7: Cliff Lyons
8: Craig Izzard
9: David Ward
10: Jamie Peacock
11: Ali Lauititi
12: Gareth Ellis
13: Kevin Sinfield

14: Paul Medley
15: Wayne McDonald
16: Barry McDermott
17: Danny McGuire

It was more based on his limited appearances there for GB. I'm not sure I've ever seen him there for Leeds, but I felt I had to fit him in somewhere. Ward was past his best when I first started watching Leeds. Maskill was average. Diskin was just coming to his best when he was cruelly injured for GB. Newton was far better at Wigan. Jackson, I almost put him on the subs bench, but concluded he wasn't at Leeds long enough. Buderus, while a better hooker than any of the aforementioned modern players is not the player he was, nor has he contributed to the extent of Sinfield in his time.

Tigs you should go for Tony Fisher given that we watched him on that cup final video versus Leigh!