Try watching decent RL team from time to time, you might learn something about quality players.

If a player deserves to be in an international squad then surely he is world class.

Seriously?

Lee Smith played for England in the centre but wasn't quite international standard there......

IIRC Kevin Penny made it into the 2007 England squad too.

One man for whom the hugely talented but ultimately doomed, drinking, clubbing, wenching, fighting the police and general nuttiness bill, could have been written, was the one and only Green Vigo. Had he knuckled down he'd have had legend status.

Another one from the 70's/80's was Billy Melling. Should have been an absolute world beater.

Is the entire USA RL team world class?

England have a team full of international players with a couple of World Class players, Australia have a team of World Class players with a couple of international players!! Thats why we have beaten them in ages!

For example Jack Reed is International standard but Greg Inglis is World Class or possibly even a class above that.

Before S.L. a lad called Steve Goby scored hundreds of points in junior Rugby,
signed for Bradford & then moved to Saints I think,but certainly never realised his
potential.
More up to date what about Mark Calderwood or Gareth Rayner?

Graham Holroyd

Had him in mind along with Marvin Golden

Karmeichal (sp) Hunt. Could have been truly awesome had he not gone to AFL

Marvin Golden was the opposite of a wasted talent. Made absolutely the most (even if that wasn't very much) of very, very limited ability.

Marcus Vassilakopoulos was definitely a wasted talent.

Many good judges rated him the best ever junior talent ever to come out of Hull, and they were largely vindicated when he was playing in a Challenge Cup Final for Leeds at just 17.

Within two or three seasons, he was warming the bench for Sheffield Eagles!

I thought the accepted definition of world class was "would walk into any side in the world".

In Paul Kings testamonial programme (think it was in that) Brian Noble GB coach at the time, stated that if he could have shown the same committment as if my memory serves me right Peacock that he would have been a GB regular. Instead he loved his local and cigs to much, shame, now i think hes at York.

Another one who did a season in London. Occasionally looked really good, most of the time didn't look interested.

Where is he now?

Of course not. That would mean that Darrell Goulding isn't world class, and we all know he is because he's played for England, which is apparently the definition.

Farnley Falcons, pennine league division 5

David Vaeliki, Dennis Moran, not fulfilling talents.

One of the most amazing stories ever. Aside from what O'Neill did the article contains the following from the business partner of the boy's dad;

[iA stupid act like that could have had fatal consequences because that suit is highly flammable[/i

[iThe suit is very difficult to get into and is impossible to get out of without any assistance[/i

[iThe suit is worn by my business partner's 13-year-old son[/i

WTF! Get that kid into care now.

Ha ha, another London old boy. He was our leading try-scorer and a pretty decent player. Then Wigan waded in with the cheque book to snap him up and he turned rubbish.

Tim Hartley, looked like a belter when he broke onto the scene at Salford, left went to London and didn't make the grade, moved to Leigh in the end but sadly had his career ended by injury.

Ricky Bibey?

11 pages and no dean lawford waste of talent he could of been the next Andy Gregory.