Withers
Vainikolo
Hape
Lyon
Richards
H Paul
Lam(long term brilliance gets him in over a genius playing a couple of decent games)
C Smith
Bederus(he's done nothing but i'd have him in my team everyday of the week and theres no real compatition)
Vagana
Furner
Lauititi
J Smith

Richard Swain for Hull was pure class.

Great shout.

Has to be in there.

I actually think an on form Berrigan is a decent shout for hooker, top player.

If Buderus can stay fit he'll walk the hooking spot.

Definitely. I made an embarrassing call on here a few years back saying that he should play for GB, not realising he was a New Zealander

would have Hodgson at full back instaed of withers

Brett Hodgson is better than Withers and Gidley is better than Hape IMO.

And Renouf was better than Gidley.

I maybe biased but I'd have Webb in the team before Withers or Hodgson. Plus Vaikona and Bai should be considered for one of the wing spots. Also Danny Nutley must be in with a shout for one of the prop positions.

Webb
Albert
Gidley
Lyon
Vainakolo
Barrett
Lam
Fairleigh
Swainn
Vagana
Bird
Kearney
J. Smith

There are plenty of others that you could throw in there as they are the first off the top of my head, but that team would probably give any British team of the last decade a hiding.

Char Randall has been a great import at Hooker for Harlequins

He's not had the best of times at Hull though so far in comparison to Swain who was excellent.

Agree about Buderus though. It was a real shame he missed the majority of last season because any proper league fan would have loved to watch him in action.

He was ripping us to pieces in the Big One last year. Its only when he went off that we managed to get back into the game!

Hodgson
Dallas
Lyon
Hape
Vainakolo
Barrett
Lam
C Smith
Swain
Vagana
Furner
Menzes
J Smith

A fair point apart from the fact we led had fought back from 0-10 to 18-10 up when he went off.

I bow down to your knowledge!



Could've sworn he broke his leg in the first half!!

buderus played 17 games last season and was awesome every time he pulled on the shirt! he is still truley world class.

Didn't realise it was that many. He's been an unbelievable player in his time and will go down as an alltime great.

I hope he has more luck this year and can get a full season in.

Yep got to agree with several here. Lam (who can forget the forward role try against Saints in the play offs) C Smith a giant of a guy with the heart of a lion (remember the tears after the GF defeat to Bradford) Barrett what a player, single handed won us many games. Jaime Lyon absolutely unbelievable player a fantastic talent. Big Les, what can you say, incredible! Comparable I think to Lomu at his best when he was trampling English back lines. On some days Les was just simply unplayable.

Fullback - Withers - he played on one leg for the last 3 years and nobody beat him one on one when they broke the line. Didn't have the Webb nasty head high streak either! Hodgson has only played for a year, got to have a minimum of 2 years surely?

Wingers - Vainikolo - you can't argue with the number of tries he scored, some of which were quite simply ridiculous. I'd go for Vaikona on Bradford bias, but stepping back and ignoring that, probably Darren Albert.

Centres - Lyon - pure class, he ripped us to part at Odsal in one of his first games. Not seen a perfomance like that for some time. Probably go for Hape as he made several tries for Les, avoiding Bradford bias I'd go for Tonie Carroll, he was a monster.

Halfbacks - Henry Paul - the man could do everything. Although he (Henry) didn't arrive in the 00's, I'll therefore go for Trent Barrett. Partner him with Stacy Jones - he was class at Catalan in a team that early on got a few hidings.

Props - Big Joe Vagana - such a consistent performer for so many years. Other prop - Craig Smith.

Hooker - Richard Swain - great player, with a great rugby brain.

Back row - Dave Furner had a massive influence on Leeds and Wigan in his time there. Always gave 100% and hardly ever missed a tackle. Bradford head says Danny Gartner as he was great for us, but he didn't have the "X" Factor that one or two others had. Probably go for Lauititi - a thinner version of David Solomnona!

Loose Forward - Jason Smith - class player

Does Stanley Gene count as an import ?, pound for pound great little 100% player, IMO he would have been a 'fans favourite' down here.

And would certainly be one of the top value for money imports.

To be fair Stanley Gene did arrive in the 00's.

The 1900's.

On a steamer.

Withers
Dallas
Renouf
Lyon
Vainikolo
Barrett
Lam
Vagana
Swain
Palea'aesina
Lau'ititi
Menzies
Furner