Seen a couple of these knocking around on other boards so got me thinking about who would get into mine.

Due to only being born in the late 80's, I missed out on seeing quite a lot of legends such as van Vollenhoven, Murphy, Meninga etc so have just picked on the players I have seen play.

1. Paul Wellens
2. Darren Albert
3. Jamie Lyon
4. Paul Newlove
5. Anthony Sullivan
6. Tommy Martyn
7. Sean Long
8. Apollo Perelini
9. Keiron Cunningham
10. James Graham
11. Chris Joynt
12. Tony Puletua
13. Paul Sculthorpe

14. James Roby
15. David Fairleigh
16. Kevin Ward
17. Maurie Fa'asavalu

Born around the same time as me and off the top of my head I can't better that team. It certainly looks very scary.

1 - Paul Wellens
2 - Darren Albert
3 - Jamie Lyon
4 - Paul Newlove
5 - Sullivan / Meli (cannot decide)
6 - Tommy God
7 - Sean Long
8 - James Graham
9 - The King
10 - Kevin Ward
11 - Chris Joynt
12 - Sonny Nickle
13 - Paul Sculthorpe

14 - James Roby
15 - Dave Fairleigh
16 - Darren Britt / Jarrod McCracken / George Mann
17 - Tea Ropati

Some of them are tricky choices.

I love these threads.

1. Steve Prescott
2. Darren Albert
3. Kevin Iro
4. Paul Newlove
5. Anthoney Sullivan
6. Martyn
7. Long
8. Graham
9. KC
10. Britt
11. Joynt
12. Fairleigh
13. Sculthorpe

14. Robes
15. Tony Puletua
16. Anderson
17. Darren Smith

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.....

Tell me about it. I can't belive I managed to pick a side without Apollo Perelini in.

You picked Ropati. I only started watching in the 93-94 season. I belive the season before was the one that Ropati really ripped it up.
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I used to love Tea!! George Mann used to be my favourite, but when he moved to Leeds I was gutted. Think I was only 13 at the time. Was like my world had ended.

I had a BIC biro that I used to treasure because Tea Ropati had used it to write me his autograph. Sad really.

I'd be tempted to make space for "ooh aah" Shane Coopah, just for laughs.

Tough one this but here goes...

1. Paul Wellens
2. Darren Albert
3. Mal Meninga
4. Paul Newlove
5. Anthony Sullivan
6. Tommy Martyn
7. Sean Long
8. Kevin Ward
9. Keiron Cunningham
10. Dave Fairleigh
11. Chris Joynt
12. Paul Sculthorpe
13. Harry Pinner

14. James Graham
15. James Roby
16. Bobbie Goulding
17. Jamie Lyon

Missed some very good players out but this is my best ever Saints team.

this weeks 17 are the best of all time we just dont know it yet.

Ropati was a different class.

He certainly tamed Ellery (Twice)

Georgie Mann was awesome. He was one of the first in the style of maurie. Fast, strong and made break after break.

I used to love seeing his one hand carries with his cool running style breaking thru the line.

Cooper man was awesome when he first came over to saints but at the back end of his career he was awful.

Towards the end he thru so many murder balls he should have been sent down for life. ( Sean Devine will know all about that )

Well, he did alright for a man in his seventies.

At the end of hid career ever pass had a big red cross on it.

Its a bit early for the sauce, isn't it pete?

Shane Cooper is the only person I've known to run more slowly that he walked.

The legendary Ron Hoofe



As I've been watching Saints since the late '60s this could take a while for me.

Tough one cos I've seen some fantastic players so

1 Paul Wellens
2 Darren Albert
3 Jamie Lyon
4 Mal Meninga
5 Alan Hunte
6 Tommy Martyn
7 Sean Long
8 Kevin Ward
9 Keiron Cunningham
10 David Fairleigh
11 Andy Platt
12 Chris Joynt
13 Paul Sculthorpe

and a 2nd team...

1 Phil Veivers/Steve Prescott
2 Les Quirk/Sean Hoppe
3 Kevin Iro/Gary Connolly
4 Paul Newlove
5 Anthony Sullivan
6 Leon Pryce/Tea Ropati
7 Bobbie Goulding
8 James Graham
9 James Roby
10 Apollo Perelini
11 Sonny Nickle
12 George Mann
13 Tony Puletua

I only started following Saints towards the end of Coopers career, and I wasn't a huge fan from what I can remember.

Same here. He was pretty poor in his latter days, but I couldn't help but like him because I just found something about him - probably the fact that he looked so out of place on a rugby pitch - strangely amusing. He had his nasty moments though - he perpetrated possibly the most abominable act of thuggery I've ever seen on a rugby pitch, making a right mess of Martin Ketteridge's face, and somehow didn't even concede a penalty (although it ended up being his last game for Saints once the disciplinary committee got hold of the video).

Who''d be everyone's coach as well?

McClennan, DA or IM for me. Cannot decide.

He also prompted the single most ridiculous thing I've ever heard come out of Stevo's mouth.

"He's like Max Wall, one of the groucho brothers - 'ello, 'ello!"
Eddie (starting to giggle) "Who on earth are the Groucho Brothers!?"
Stevo (laughing, almost uncontrolably) "He's friends of Karl Marx and his men!"