I thought it was Robbie Paul.

Can't recall who it was but Bradley, Calland and Paul all played in that 'four seasons' game in '98 when Harris really burst onto the scene.



Lee Brierley? I remember Mike Brearley, not sure he'd have enhanced the Leeds pack in the seventies though.

Ditto. Conversely I never minded Phil Clurke as a player.

Always considered Edwards to be tough (as in being able to take the punishment coming his way) rather than being dirty himself. Of course people will point to the takle on Clyde at Wembley but that was for me largely out of character and more a desperate, mis-timed act rather than a premeditated, 'I'm going to knock his head off.'

To be honest I don't really care whether they're likeable or not provided they do a job on the pitch.

True, but I can categorically confirm that it was Calland (who also scored the only Bulls try that day). My favourite Leeds Bulls game of the SL era, even though it was only a league fixture.

He did have a bit of a flair for high shots to be fair. He was also a right little niggler. Not in a particularly nasty way, more in a spiky, absolute nightmare to play against sort of way.

Motive and intent are notoriously hard to prove, but the Wembley '94 incident didn't look the most accidental to me....

Tough he most certainly was though.

Was that the match at Odsal in the nasty white and red kit when Harris got 3?

One of the niggliest, nastiest, toughest games I can remember in the post-SL days (i.e. after they switched to summer and abolished proper prop forwards with moustaches). We had a nasty pack in '98 and '99. You just don't see many really nasty packs of forwards these days.

Sam Tomkins is the type of player you would love if he was at your club! A bit like Robbie Savage in terms of football

Worst. Example. Ever.



I'm a Man City fan. I'd be gutted if we signed Robbie Savage.

Probably explains why I struggle to recall Edwards as being a 'dirty' player. In that type of company he was like your favourite hamster.

He was no Smales, Sorenson, Dannat, Skerrett, Fairbank, Harrison, Dixon that's for sure. He probably would have been if he was bigger though.

What is it with you and Ian Smales?

I dunno really. Probably that I can oly remember him doing one thing that wasn't a high tackle (a rather nice diaganol kick in a Regal Trophy final at Headingley). In my mind him and Edwards are synonymous with the phrase "high tackle." I can't help it.

And wasn't it great? The pack would clobber teams for a bit, then Harris would move up from full-back and slice them to ribbons. Happy days.

When the RFL gave us a warning for being a bit too tough, I was so proud.

Happy days GCH!
I also remember when we played Cas at HQ and all the "Cotton eyed joes" cheered when Sampson came on and cries of deano rang out..............................until his 1st hit up and the "Head-hunters" got him cue cries of laughter from the SS as "Deano" was helped from the field not knowing if he was on this earth or Fullers!!

And to think your hero once came within 24 hours of signing but Leeds backed out when they heard he needed an operation to remove his flat cap.

True story.

I remember seeing the rumour in the YEP at the time.

Oh he's just full of class is old Deano. I played against him a few years ago in an amateur game. He was pathetic, tried a few big hits and big runs, got embarrassed by a bunch of fat lads from York, got sinbinned and went off abusing the spectators and didnt come back on again.

It would be a creamfest on here if you signed Sam Tomkins

Did it look something like this:

Funnily enough, it did!

Interesting reference to the 19-0 win away at Wigan that season.

I honestly believe that I have some kind of memory deficiency. I often read you guys recalling incidents that happened in games from years ago - I can't remember games I watched last season.

There has been occasions where I can't remember going to a game.

It annoys me.

I'd put money on them not being able to remember games from last season either. But 35 years ago, now you're talking...

It's only 10 o'clock and I can't remember what I had for breakfast. I can remember rugby matches from when I was 9 though.

What were we talking about?

Anyone seen my keys? I had them a minute ago. Put them over there, in the, err, thing. What?