Re: Full Games on Youtube : Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:14 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

McDonald was so underrated. He was one of those players nobody rated when we signed him, so he passed under the radar during his time here. But he was our best prop in that 03-05 period IMO.

70 metres through the entire Saints team - best props try ever.

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Mon Apr 20, 2020 4:19 am  

thackerays takes some beating

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:22 am  

Think people are getting bit carried away by Dunemann and Mcdonald. Good players but not world beaters.....

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:38 pm  

At the time (2002-2004) Dunneman was superior in all around game to Burrow and McGuire. He also filled in brilliantly at 9 when we lost Diskin in 2005. I still am convinced that if Joe Vagana had not fallen on Senior's leg in the home league game- basically ending his season (even though he "played" in the CC final) we would have won everything in 2005 and Dunneman would have been a key part of that. We played the best rugby I've seen from a Leeds team and were so close in everything (and let's not forget the Bulls salary cap breach that year and Adrian Morley appearing for their playoff games).

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:40 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

thackerays takes some beating

He was a bit of an enigma.

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:53 pm  

for some reason smith flogged the players every session in 05. they had nothing left come gf time.
having said that the bulls should have been stripped of that title. blatant cheating the cap

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:20 am  

DHM wrote:

At the time (2002-2004) Dunneman was superior in all around game to Burrow and McGuire. He also filled in brilliantly at 9 when we lost Diskin in 2005. I still am convinced that if Joe Vagana had not fallen on Senior's leg in the home league game- basically ending his season (even though he "played" in the CC final) we would have won everything in 2005 and Dunneman would have been a key part of that. We played the best rugby I've seen from a Leeds team and were so close in everything (and let's not forget the Bulls salary cap breach that year and Adrian Morley appearing for their playoff games).

didn't hull and wigan also breach everyone we came to 2nd to .............................best rugby that season ali at his best but faded , dunneman great transitional link
.mcdonald , feather thackray had their moments but missing the mongrel/attitude of jp/dicko (paul but even a bit of big roy would have done)

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:23 am  

DHM wrote:

They were great (Leon Pryce was such a pr!ck - nearly taking Gareth Ellis's head off and crippling his brother simultaneously).

I watched Leeds -Widnes from '89 the other night, The Moriarty elbow game (I was there). That was quick, very solid defence (5m PTB) and aggressive running. I had forgotten why Moriarty was "upset". The first time he carried the ball he got absolutely tw@ed by four Leeds "tacklers". I think Martin Offiah was punched in the face every time he was tackled.

any link to this and the big roy/gorley incident

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:02 pm  

The Biffs Back wrote:

This game always makes me smile when it is mentioned as on the Saturday night before the game I was in the Town Hall Tavern and quite a few of the Leeds players were also in there too,a few of the boys were clearly a bit worse for ware,But non more so than Craig Izzard who was absolutely 5hit faced and could barely walk come 11pm

Fast forward to game day and I met my pals in the South Stand bar and felt confident in telling them that there was no way that Izzard would play as he was probably still p1ssed even now.
Izzard went onto having a storming game and also tw@tted Joe Grima too...How wrong was I?

The Moriarty hit on Hughie was sickening to see and reminded me of the time that Dannatt did the same to Hanley

was at hull then and hanley got jeered by some at the boulevard , last player i saw in tht was cookson with no hair didn't recognise him, schoey once only other customer in stoggies, days of smiths arms too;;;post match david ward used to have all players visit each supporters bar when they were all in main stand, murray's side drank together at marquee and skyrack .......ts culture ended drinking a lot though remember bluey celebrating gf at walkabout

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:08 pm  

DHM wrote:

Odd to reply to my own post but I was watching the scrap when Izzard went after Grima and at the end I saw Paul Hulme lying on the deck very, very worse for wear. I spent a few minutes trying to work out what happened to him and then there it was, Steve O'Neill knocking his own player out. Gary Lord had stuck one on O'Neill at the start of the fracas and as things were calming down O'Neill saw Lord come into range and swung one - unfortunately Hulme was stood between them and copped one flush on the chin. I'd never noticed that before. Extremely funny. Wonder if O'Neill owned up afterwards

Lordy is a good friend of mine and he hasn't changed much in that regard!