Sorry - but in my opinion was his first season with us, first away game at Odsel.

I seem to recollect the "peanut" in his hand being planted in the soil so deep that they had to dig it out.

( Back in the day when Bradford was the local Derby - not Leeds v Cas )

remember when he fended gidley off like a rag doll in the 2007 grand final?

Or what about in 2005 when wellens made him look like a 100m olympic sprinter, as the 200LB+ kiwi sped further and further into the distance from the laboured saints fullback?

Or what about last night when he patted vella on the shoulder after he gave away a penalty?

all great memories.

He compliments the Rhinos well and brings qualities to the team few can. The unsgung heroes get through the less glamorous slog in defence and go forward leaving him fresher to produce his own brand of magic. It's probably where the "lazy" tag came from at the warriors. NZW's loss our gain.

He's worth the admission money alone and truly scares the brown stuff out of the competition, especially Saints who seem to reach high levels of paranoia everytime Ali walks out against them.

IMO possibly in the top 5 Rhinos players of all time for pure ability.

That try against Wigan has to be one of the greatest displays of individual skill I’ve ever seen in a Leeds shirt.

One of, if not the best overseas signing Leeds have made.

Up there with Brett Mullins who for at least two games was the best FB I have ever seen.

Ali has been a superb addition to not only leeds, but superleague. would have been interesting to see these boards in 2004 as i recall people saying "why do we want to sign someone who has lost interest in the game?"

Ali transformed the way leeds play, especially down the left hand side and his enthusiasm and determination alone helped turn the 2007 grand final.

The one thing Ali does not get credit for is his defence, which is superb, he very rarely misses tackles and always dominates his opponents!

Unfortunately for him though, he will never overtake the greatest overseas player leeds has ever had, in Matt Adamson.

Ali made me laugh on Friday night, when the Hull KR fans were giving him grief, calling him a fat B££££££££.
What did he do? Smiled at them and started doing exercises in front of them!!!

You lost momentum by the end but good post!!

He did similar against Saints. They sang that and he just started patting his belly! Leg-end!

Anyone see him almost skipping when Smith scored to seal the game on Friday?

I saw him pick Keith up last week at Wakefield!!!!!

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I thought you were older than that.

top class - can't compare him to some of legends of old from before my time, big match player, game breaker, plays with a smile on his face.

i like him too he is a star of this era and i get the impression he knows he is part of a special period of our club

7 on Tuesday.

Ali will certainly be remembered as one of the best ever imports. Funnily enough I'll bet a whole raft of the current team will go be rated as amongst the best ever. Amazing what hindsight can do.

Should go down as one of the best imports for us in SL. Huge natural ability. Can undo teams on his own. Pace, power, skill.

A Leeds legend. What a fantastic player. He is always smiling and skipping when we score and rallying the troops when we are down. No-one can rival his energy or enthusiasm. It will be a sad, sad day when he leaves us.

One of the best ten overseas imports of SL era along with the likes of Big Joe and Vainikolo for us.

when he arrived here he was one of the most exciting back rowers in the game at that time and was awesome with the Warriors.
He has been amazing sparodically and the good points far outweigh the bad, but he does have that lazy samoan attitude sometimes, and he also has a habit of being on form when its contract renewal time.
I think he could have been a world great if he really wanted to.

Ali is simply devasting.

Look at our last 2 games when we clawed back, he was leading the fight.

Huge bloke, obvious great hands, but his technicaL ability to step and change is line is sublime. And for a huge guy that is not an easy thing to do.

When he has ball in hand he is a defenders nightmare. Raw power blended with deadly hands.

He is THE force of Super Leagu.

When he first arrived he was all about 'the hands'.

Now he's happy enough to back himself and finish.

We can talk about fitness and injuries but look at if from an opposition point of view. When Ali doesn't play they always breathe a sigh of relief.

That sums him up.

I reckon you've just summed him up in one sentence.

With the size and skills he has, he could have been one of the best players in the NRL and a NZ regular over the last five years. There's only one reason he wasn't (and that he ended up at Leeds) and that's his work rate and attitude during the end of his time at the Warriors.