Quote ="Deano G"Really? I think you're falling for the Sooopah Dooopah League hype. Morley in his prime yes, but he's past his best and only shines now due to the mediocrity of his competition. Graham and Burgess have a lot to prove IMO.
Just in case anyone is in any doubt as to how far things have slipped since the modern era heyday of British RL in the early 90s, this was the side that lost the World Cup Final 10-6 in 1992
1. Joe Lydon; 2. Alan Hunte; 3. Gary Connolly; 4. Garry Schofield (c); 5. Martin Offiah; 6. Shaun Edwards; 7. Deryck Fox
8. Kevin Ward; 9. Martin Dermott; 10. Andy Platt; 11. Denis Betts; 12. Phil Clarke; 13. Ellery Hanley
Replacements: John Devereux, Alan Tait, Kelvin Skerrett & Richard Eyres
Or look at this side from earlier the same year, which lost the Ashes decider in Brisbane 16-10 (it seems unbelievable in these Soooopah Dooopah days but we were that close to the Aussies once upon a time)
Steadman (Castleford); Eastwood (Hull), Powell (Sheffield), Newlove (Featherstone), Offiah (Wigan); Schofield (Leeds, capt), Edwards; Skerrett, Dermott, Platt, Betts, McGinty, Clarke (all Wigan).
Substitutes: Harrison (Halifax) for Skerrett, 50; Hulme (Widnes) for McGinty, 50; Connolly (St Helens) for Newlove, 62; Lydon (Wigan) for Schofield, 75.'"
Great days ... a real competitiveness that seems long lost. I'm afraid I cannot muster anywhere near as much enthusiasm nowadays. I actually voted "not really" but now think I should probably have just voted "no"....very sad.
)on a wet friday night in the middle of October had anything to do with it or the fact that Eastmond or Tomkins didn't get a full run had anything to do with it but from, the crowd, the team and the national anthems the whole thing just smacked of cheap tat. It was Embarrassing to watch on TV, just glad I didn't jump on the M180 and wasted my money watching it.
