I've been watching Saints since the mid eighties and that team will take some beating! The only change I definetly would make, off the top of my head, would be Roy Haggerty at 12, with TP replacing Fa'asavalu on the bench. That's only because Haggy was my childhood hero whose offloads, at times, were magical!

The rest I need to think long and hard about.....

"Does this guy play chess, or WHAT??!!!"

First went watching in late 80s and more regularly in the 90s

Wellens
ALbert, Lyon, Newlove, Sullivan
Martyn, Long
Fairleigh, KC, Graham
Joynt, Puletua
Sculthorpe

Subs

Roby, Ward, Perelini, Pryce

Unlucky: Tuilagi, Elia, Quirk, Groves, Super Coops, Ropati, Britt, Darren Smith, Hunte, Veivers

Shows my age but I just about remember the last matches of Vollenhoven, then Murphy and my real hero was Ken Killeen people think Foster can kick a ball! well you ain't seen nothing, a hard job to pick 17, but many of these players were so much better than now, but the game now is completely different, no more working all day and then going to training on a cold winter night!

If he was your real hero surely you'd know he was called Len

1 Phil Veivers
2 Darren Albert
3 Mal Meninga
4 Paul Newlove
5 Anthony Sullivan
6 Tea Ropati
7 Sean Long
8 Kevin Ward
9 Keiron Cunningham
10 David Fairleigh
11 Andy Platt
12 Chris Joynt
13 Paul Sculthorpe

Bench:

Roby, Perelini, Graham, Martyn

* Based on performances for Saints. If quality as a player generally is the measure, I'd find a place for Gary Connolly at the expense of Veivers.