he took newsagency to a whole new level as well

Now I don't completely agree with this being the best team I've ever seen but that team would take some beating!

Remember Steve Geogarlis,used to see him on a Sunday night in Reflections,must have smoked 40 marlboro a day as well,he never was without one.

Andrew Leeds
Andy Wilson
Gareth Ellis
Sid Domic
Damien Blanch
Henry Paul
Danny Brough
Adam Watene
Brad Drew
John Glancy
Willie Poching
David Solomona
Ray Price

Billy Conway
Darren Fritz
Adrian Shelford
Richard Slater

Squad Players

Nigel Wright
Michael Jackson
Adrian Brunker
Nigel Bell
Gary Price
Nat Wood
Andy Mason
Collum Halpenny
Ben Westwood
Michael Korkidas
Jason Demetriou

the wakefield team/squad from circa 1956-64 was a fantastic team in 1960 they should have done the double when they got hammered 27-3 at odsal by wigan in the championship final on week after trouncing hull at wembley in the cup final, i suspect they were still hungover and feeling the effects .

mark graham
andy wilson
andy mason
jd
andy fletcher
toppo
geoff bagnall
john glancy
billy conway
darren fritz
david solomona
gareth ellis
ray price

steve ella
james leuluai
mike lampkowski
henry paul

Wakefield scored first iirc, it didnt help though when Neil Fox limped off after the first few minutes' with a leg injury.

Henry Paul
Andy Wilson
Gareth Ellis
Sid Domic
Damien Blanch
Brian Jackson
Danny Brough
Adam Watene
Sam Obst
John Glancy
Willie Poching
David Solomona
Ray Price

Korki
Darren Fritz
TVL ( best impact player )
Richard Slater

and before all rants start i never saw toppo play live so im not counting him!

Do you really mean Mark Graham at fullback. Was one of the best we have ever had but back rower. He was 6 foot 4 and full of muscles (and skills).

Can someone just explain to me about Andrew Leeds? What year was this?

least someone agrees

It was the Centenary season - 1995/6 - in the build up to SL. It was only about a 5 month season.

Andrew Leeds came over and played full-back - one of the last generation of players to come over in the Ausie 'off-season' and play 12 month RL.

He was a brilliant full-back - pretty much flawless in attack and defence. Head & shoulders the best full back at Wakey in my time watching.



And he was called 'Leeds' - FFS!

1. Leeds
2.Lino foi????
3.Ellis
4.Domic
5.Blanch
6. Lewis
7. Ella
8.Shelford
9.Bagnall
10.Fritz
11.Mark Graham
12. Solomona
13 Ray Price

14.H.Paul
15.Mortimer
16.Watene
17.Jackson

now that team would take some beating!!!

Isn't it great to see a team full of home grown talent !!

Any 13 blokes that took the field wearing a Wakey shirt in the early to mid sixties

Here's a team from the district

G. COOPER

F.SMITH N.FOX I. BROOKE D.SMITH

H.POYNTON K.ROLLIN

T.SKERRETT M.MORGAN J.BURKE

G.ELLIS B.HAIGH

D.TURNER


D.TOPLISS
N.BELL
A.KELLY
D.BROUGH

yeah hands up harolds ex paper boys

Fair point, my best English team (as I'm not always sure who is local and who is not) is:
1. Les Sheard
2. Andy Fletcher
3. Keith Smith
4. Andy Mason
5. Lyndsey Rotherforth
6. David Topliss
7. Danny Brough
8. Trevor Skerrett
9. Alan McCurrie
10. Nigel Bell
11. Andy Kelly
12. Gareth Ellis
13. Mike Lampkowski

14. Ryan Atkins
15. Michael Jackson
16. John Burke
17, Keith Rayne

Ryan on the bench partly because the backline needs some power. Speed to burn but not really a lot of umph.

and if Lampy had played in the modern era, I think he would have been one of the best hookers in the game - great pass (England RU scrum half after all - top tackler - and made yards from dummy half for fun, though I'm not sure his nose would agree!)

Billy Conway, Phil Fox were unlucky not to make the cut.

Plenty of players played good rugby as an old man like Steve Norton, Len Casey and Nigel Stephenson but obviously by the time they were with us they were past their best, even though I enjoyed watching them.

1. Geoff Wraith
2. Berwyn Jones
3. Keith Smith
4. Neil Fox
5. Andy Fletcher
6. David Topliss
7. Mike Lampkowski
8. Trevor Skerrett
9. Alan McCurrie
10. Darren Fritz
11. Bill Ashurst
12. David Solomona
13. Ray Price

Am i correct in thinking he then played union in England. Never saw him play but my mate really rated him. Was he that good?

I'm sorry and not having a go but the names Phil Fox and Ryan Atkins should not be mentioned on this thread because they simply are not good enough.

Did Gareth Ellis play in the centres? He played his best spell for us at stand off in the top 6 season after Rooney broke his leg at Castleford away.

He was really good, and well past his best when he played with us.
I thought the thing that stood out about him was that he made intelligent decisions. He didn't just run it back at speed, he always seemed to make the right choice when faced with two defenders and a winger outside him etc.

Think he went back home to Oz though. Think he worked at Parramatta back room for a while.

Here I go again. Sorry but how can Mark Graham be included. Only played from September till November in his one and only season for Wakey and decided to call it a day. Now onto Steve Ella although a great player he did not make it through the full season. Had a recurring shoulder problem. We won all our games at the end of that season to secure survival when he was not playing. Chris Mortimer. The story went that we thought we were getting his brother Steve and ended up with Chris. As I remember it we thought we were getting a flair player. He turned out to be a tackler and I think he settled in at the back of the pack eventually. Big disappointment. Sorry If I upset folk with this but my excuse is I am having a bad day and this post has made me feel a little bit better. I love these debates!

Didn't we also have Brent Todd in the same team as Mark Graham and Steve Ella? Imagine if we had all 3 in their prime?!!

Does anyone remmber Tracey Lazenby? On his day a match winner.