In my latest blog I've had a go at selecting a Team of the Decade based on performances in Super League from 2000 to 2010.

The only criteria was that the player needed to have made a significant contribution to SL during the past decade. I hope I've not missed any obvious contenders, for context I started watching RL regularly in 2002/3.

My team is...

1 Wellens
2 Albert
3 Lyon
4 Senior
5 Vainikolo
6 McGuire
7 Long
8 Morley
9 Cunningham
10 Fielden
11 Farrell
12 Peacock
13 Sculthorpe

Would welcome others ideas and selections. My full blog with reasoning and those just missing out is [urlhttp://jimcgreen.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/the-super-league-team-of-the-decade/[/url

Id have to say id mostly agree, however id make some slight changes.. and would be easier with a bench ([inot a conventional bench[/i) aswell for those who just miss out on a starting roll;

1 Wellens
2 Albert
3 Lyon
4 Senior
5 Vainikolo
6 Robbie Paul
7 Long
8 Paul Anderson
9 Cunningham
10 Fielden
11 Farrell
12 Chris Joynt
13 Sculthorpe

14 James Lowes
15 Peacock
16 Tommy Martyn
17 Kevin Sinfield

There were some awesome players who started their career pre super league, but did actually play in super league at the back end of their careers like Sean Edwards, Frano Botica, Richie Blackmore and Lee Crooks. Fielden shouldn't be in that team. I don't see a reason why Peacock should be in 2nd row either when there have been players like Cassidy, Joynt and even Solomona.

I would love to see Tawera Nikau in that squad even if it is on the bench because Sculthorpe was unbelievably good.

Off the top of my head:

1. Paul Wellens
2. Brian Carney (injury free)
3. Jamie Lyon
4. Keith Senior
5. Lesley Vainikolo
6. Danny McGuire
7. Sean Long
8. Barrie McDermott
9. Kieran Cunningham
10. Jamie Peacock
11. Mick Cassidy
12. Andy Farrell
13. Kevin Sinfield

14. Robbie Paul
15. Adrian Morley
16. Terry O'Connor
17. Paul Sculthorpe

Jules O'Neill could have made it.

Remember it's post-2000.

Your decade is 11 years.

Technically it should be 2000-2009 as 2010 is the start of a new decade.

10. Ryan Bailey

Surprised no one mentioned Gareth Ellis.

I would just say Brandon Costin to be included.

If you're going to get pedantic, the year 2000 was the last year of the twentieth century, so the first decade of the 21st century is 2001-2010. There will be some who disagree.

Ah balls. I'm so old I forgot about the 00's. It was a crap decade anyway. Nikau played for wire in 2000 - 2001 season. That's good enough for me.

Pedantic is good and as to disagreeing, yeah, me.

99 was the last year of the nineties, therefore, that makes 00 the first year of the noughties and as such to me that is the start of a decade.

1 Radlinski
2 Richards
3 Lyon
4 Senior
5 Vainikolo
6 McGuire
7 Johns (or Adrian Lam if he wasn't here long enough to qualify)
8 Morley
9 Cunningham
10 Burgess
11 Farrell
12 Peacock
13 Sculthorpe

11. Worrincy

I raise you a ''Ricky Bibby''

...and I'll try and match you with a "Sala Fa'Alogo".

So basically what we are saying is that the last ten years of SL has provided very little in way of quality. Would be good to do one from the 80s and 90s and compare

Radlinski
Vainikolo
Senior
Lyon
Dallas
Martyn
Long
Peacock
Cunningham
Anderson
Solomona
Farrell
Sculthorpe

McDermott (Barry)
Ellis
Henry Paul
Morley

Not to be included:
Leon Pryce
Karl Pryce
Sean Long
Jon Wilkin

Here's mine:
Radlinski

West
Senior
Costin
Jensen

Tompkins
Robinson

Ellis
Newton
Crabtree
Galea
Hansen
Sinfield

Robinson
Morley
Webb
Greenshields

5. Karl Pryce

I would imagine that Fielden has been selected because in his peak Bradford years he was by far the most dominant forward in Super League for a number of years. To suggest that the Stuart Fielden of the 2005/6 cannot be in a Super League team of decade but Cassidy, Joynt and Solomona should be is quite ridiculous (all fine players but nowhere near the best of Fielden)

Is that a serious team or not? Robinson the best 7 SL has seen in the past decade? Crabtree and Ellis the best 2 props?

And 3 fullbacks in there?

Also who are Costin and Jensen?

EDIT: Looked them up and they were some overseas Huddersfield players, should have guessed

1. Richie Mathers
2. Kevin Penny
3. Paul Johnson
4. Martin Gleeson
5. Karl Pryce
6. Leon Pryce
7. Matt Orford
8. Stuart Fielden
9. Wayne Godwin
10. Richard Moore
11. Mike Wainwright
12. Michael Worrincy
13. Sean O'Loughlin