Andy Farrell - 1992-2005 All at the very top
Kris Radlinski - 1993-2006 All at the very top
Keith Senior - 1995 - Present All at the very top
Paul Sculthorpe - 1996-2008 All at the very top

There are more. KC isnt some kind of god. Yes he has been a great clubman but his bottle as an international was pathetic and many lost a lot of respect for him for that.

Oh you are clutching at straws now kidda. I've stated evidence as to why Senior had a decent test career. Why don't you give me a couple of examples of Shaun's awsomeness for GB...

KC was better than Rads.

On what basis? Completely different players and positions

If it went down to heart, passion, dedicaton and effort there wouldnt be many in world rugby that could top Rads.

Cunningham on the other hand, although a good un, has the heart of a pea when the going gets tough i.e against the aussies, got done for drugs and miraculously put about 3 stone on between 1994 and 1996 hmmmmmm (absolutely impossible)

not that I am getting at anything

How am I clutching at straws?

In my opinion Conolly and Newlove were both better Centres that Senior.

easily

Not at international level which is where most people base their opinions of quality on. I was a bigger threat to the try line at international level than Connolly.

Is it b*llocks.

KC - 1995 - present..all at the very top

I think the aussie and kiwi players have a better rating of Cunninghan than the people on this forum.
Some of the best NRL hookers have come over here in the past 5 years and they have not appeared better than Cunningham with the exception od Swain of Hull.
So I suspect he would have walked into any NRL side during his period of supremacy.

er, yeh I think we already knew that one

no chance mate!
for a body builder, maybe. Who does nothing but eat, eat, eat and lift weights twice daily.

but for an athlete who spends every day doing cardio, not a chance.
he absolutely ballooned beyond belief

Interesting that you don't mention talent or ability there.

well it is difficult to compare a hooker and a full back. Both completely different. Im sure you dont need me to list the differences

I have a belly and a lovely pair of man-breasts I'm currently fondling which I acquired in the last three years and which says you are wrong.

Are you a professional Rugby League player aswell then?

That sounds very sexy
But we both know its a little bit different

Senior has been a standout player for GB over the past few years, largely because he's about the only threequarter we've had with the physical attributes to match it with Oz/NZ - strength and speed. OTOH from the games I've seen he has no idea how to read quality attacking play and I'd argue that his service to the wing hasn't been that good either for GB. Had he gone to the NRL in his mid-20s he might have been a whole different level on both of those scores.

In terms of pure ability Newlove was a better player than Senior, and Connolly a far better defensive centre (although offering zero in attack). However, Senior's record for GB is better than either of those two.

Lets face it, aprt from a few players in the late 80s-early 90s, GB has basically produced very very few players who nobody would doubt as being 'world class'. Definites in that category IMO would be Hanley, Schofield, Offiah, Robinson. You could possibly add a few others like Kev Ward, Andy Gregory, Mike Gregory, Davies etc and more recently Morley - but the list is depressingly short.

I think - but stand to be corrected !! - that in his 36 caps, Edwards has something like a 66% win ratio against Australia and NZ.

Scored 16 tries for GB.

didnt Radlinksi retire at the end of 2005?

just checked - he announced his retirement on 2/3/2006, then came back in June 2006.

he was only 17 in 1994 - of course he would develop and grow from that point, no-one is fully grown and develop at that age.

I'd love to see those stats!



If true I bet Daryl Powell has a similar record, and he was hardly Brett Kenny!

Edwards played in an era where the Kiwis were a distant 3rd at Test level.
When he played the stats are
7 wins from 10 against the Kiwis
3 wins from 8 against Oz.