You spelt Bev incorrectly, Smiffy.

Yes I remember them well ... Fraser, Asotasi, Challinor, Naughton or Pickavance, O'Grady, Greenough & Edwards etc.

I guess we have Daryl Powell to thank for a number of signings.

Vaughan
Harrison
Crowther
Bullock

Some not so good though

Gil Dudson,
Josh McGuire,
Greg Minikin,
Peter Mata'utia,
Oliver Holmes
Billy Magoulias

How about the monster that was Craig Teitzel?

Just shows how things have changed BSkyB showed a game per week & no internet to speak of & living 170 miles away ... I can't remember him. But he must have been special if you are recommending him.

You really didn`t miss anything with Craig Teitzell he was only slightly better than Asotasi, in that he could play more than 10 minutes either side of half time which was all Asostasi could manage.

Sorry Smiffy I was actually being sarcastic, I forget not everyone is as old as me. Boss Hogg was being generous in his estimation!

I knew. Wall to wall RL now but not in 1990

I will trump your Craig Teitzell nomination with Dallas Mead.

Honey monster maybe!

Asotasi is the one that really gets me. He just took the p - or rather the £££.

Dave Allen was another..... that is best forgotten

In terms of his ability as a rugby player and impact on the game.. i would say better.

I’m out of the love-in for Vaughan atm.
He needs to earn some merit.

I’ll see how he goes this weekend.
So at this time, if I could only keep one of them, I’d keep Fitzgibbon.

I think that's harsh on Vaughan. Vaughan just keeps delivering the performances that are way, way, ahead of our other props such as Musgrove and Philbin et al. Fizgibbon is also an excellent signing.

My pack 'stars' are

Vaughan
Harrison
Fizgibbon
Crowther

i would add Walker into there, who has on the whole, has been excellent.

Currie and Nicholson are not far behind those 4

Vaughan and Fitzgibbon are our best two Aussie forwards for ages.

But if you compare their first ten games for the club, Vaughan wins hands down. Vaughan's season and a half compared to Fitzgibbon's half a season and it's much closer.

It`s hard to believe how Crowther has progressed from his initial loan signing from Wakefield.

He had signed a deal with Castleford for this season, & wasn`t even getting into the Wakefield team who were bottom of the table.

With Cas and Wakefield vying to avoid relegation, Wakefield wanted him away from their squad and wouldn`t release him to Cas early, as it would strengthen their squad.

Hence he was loaned to us, we liked what he had to offer and paid Cas a modest fee to retain him here.

I can`t give the guy enough credit for the way he has fitted into playing us.

Well done Jordy.

In the past Crowther is exactly the kind of player who would play like he is now but elsewhere, come to us on big money and get lazy a la Westerman, Holmes etc. I'm just glad he's building his hype here rather than us having to buy it.

Back on thread, Fitzgibbon is a leader in both mentality and physicality. Those crash balls on the half turn make me wince, only to see him smiling and calling the opposition something i suspect is unsavoury.

Reminds me of the prop forward we labelled the crab, was Steve Hogan that guy? We've had a beach full of crabs in the past, so there will be other names given.

If you carry on with nightmarish players I will have to bring out the human milk bottle…

Crowther & the entire youth contingent are really impressive & an indicator of the good times to come if we can keep them all together.

Vaughan and Fitzgibbon show Nrl class in every game they Play for Wire. That standard is stepping in to the other players who have raised their own game. Walker, Currie are just two examples.. Musgrove just gets better with each game as well. He seems to keep up the intensity of play and makes good yards.

Should Musgrove not already be at that intensity then?

Both are an upgrade on an aging Mike Cooper and you were pretty quiet about his performances.

Mike Cooper has been and gone (thanks for your service) but I agree without any disrespect at all but our pack with these two guys leading and Harrison playing a big part setting the example as Bobby D states is in the healthiest state that it's been for years