[Bullseye]

Re: 1982 Walk off at Hull KR : Thu Mar 16, 2017 5:39 pm  

He also awarded us a fair penalty try in the Yorkshire Cup final in 89.

Maybe he wasn't all bad.

Re: 1982 Walk off at Hull KR : Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:34 pm  

My dear old dad used to play for Bradford Northern pre and post WW2 and it was the first time he went to watch Bradford since he retired. Had to really persuade him to go to the game as he had a bit of a chill. The rest is history....only got half a game. But he did enjoy it.

Re: 1982 Walk off at Hull KR : Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:08 pm  

I was at both the games, of the Queensland match, Len Casey was banned. But when the Aussies started niggling, he came down from the seats wearing a club blazer and prowled around the dog track. The frustration of not been on the field was killing him.
After the walk off, I remember some of the Bradford players came into the supports bar. I seem to remember someone trying to get free beer, claiming he was only getting half pay for the match. I think it was a very young Brian Noble but can't be sure, the old memory not what it use to be .

Re: 1982 Walk off at Hull KR : Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:02 pm  

Just watched the game was at it but was only 10 can't argue with any of the sending offs in fact crooks should have gone also and Grayson earlier but he did have a good game and Hanley looked a good player whatever happened to him

Re: 1982 Walk off at Hull KR : Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:07 pm  

fun time frankie wrote:

Just watched the game was at it but was only 10 can't argue with any of the sending offs in fact crooks should have gone also and Grayson earlier but he did have a good game and Hanley looked a good player whatever happened to him

Yes I think we got Hanleys best years before he went to Wigan and faded into mediocrity

[Bulliac]

Re: 1982 Walk off at Hull KR : Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:30 am  

roger daly wrote:

Yes I think we got Hanleys best years before he went to Wigan and faded into mediocrity

Not the best at remembering records, but did he ever better the 50 odd tries he got for us one season?

Re: 1982 Walk off at Hull KR : Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:55 am  

Bulliac wrote:

Not the best at remembering records, but did he ever better the 50 odd tries he got for us one season?

In his second season with Wigan he scored 63 tries playing either centre,stand off and loose forward.In total he scored 189 tries with them in five years.I notice that even has his playing days were winding down he still managed 106 tries for Leeds in 114 appearances.Some player was Chapeltowns finest.

Re: 1982 Walk off at Hull KR : Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:06 am  

Johnbulls wrote:

In his second season with Wigan he scored 63 tries playing either centre,stand off and loose forward.In total he scored 189 tries with them in five years.I notice that even has his playing days were winding down he still managed 106 tries for Leeds in 114 appearances.Some player was Chapeltowns finest.

Certainly was a great player. But I remember that a lot of his tries for Leeds came from him starting from an offside position and then running back into an onside position to get behind the player who had made a line break