Re: Aussies... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:43 pm  

Kieran Kerr and Brad Watts, remember them? i thought both faired pretty well in the short spell with us.

Re: Aussies... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:29 pm  

widnes eric wrote:

Troy Stone was a legend!!!

remember when he completely battered dean sampson at the jungle, it was a week or two after sampson had done one of the cheapest shots ever on adrian lamb of wigan. remember talking to stone in the albion on the last day of the season, he was banned after said fight, we asked him was it worth missing was it worth missing what should of been his last game to beat up sampson. his answer yes bought him a pint for that

Re: Aussies... : Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:35 pm  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

Who did Rod Howe and Grieve get on once left Widnes?Did they play first grade NRL rugby?

IIRC John Grieve suffered a serious knee injury - could even have been here at Widnes and didn't play a lot after that. Perth Western Reds is ringing a bell or 2.

Rod Howe played for amongst others Melbourne Storm, Newcastle Knights, Western Reds and NSW. He also played for the full Aussie side. Reknowned as an aggressive defender, I'm sure he also got banned for substance abuse.

Re: Aussies... : Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:20 am  

Never really took to Carter as a young lad. But even then, I could appreciate his influence and leadership on the field.

Troy Stone was my favourite player back then.

But Millard was the man. I remember reading in the League Express that he was hanging up his boots to start a bricklaying business after leaving St George, or something. I think Neil Kelly must have read the same article, because he signed for us two weeks later. I always remember the Saturday night game at home to Wigan, I think in 2004, his performance clinched us the win and ultimately helped us stay up.

Re: Aussies... : Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:51 pm  

-VIKINGMAN- wrote:

Kieran Kerr and Brad Watts, remember them? i thought both faired pretty well in the short spell with us.

Yep, Watts in particular for me. I heard an interesting tale at the time. Didn't they come in under Endaflopp?

Well anyway, I knew one of the bargirls at the Wids which is where the team were training at the time. Kerr and Watts turned up at 9 as told and basically had to sit in their car for the next 45 mins as the rest of the team arrived. Then when training finished the lads carried on by themselves for another hour because they were so amazed how light it was.

Remember Justin 'Justified' Murphy.. he impressed me in his short time whilst he was here... not least because of the number of times he could spew during a match.

Re: Aussies... : Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:53 pm  

vikinggriff1979 wrote:

remember when he completely battered dean sampson at the jungle, it was a week or two after sampson had done one of the cheapest shots ever on adrian lamb of wigan. remember talking to stone in the albion on the last day of the season, he was banned after said fight, we asked him was it worth missing was it worth missing what should of been his last game to beat up sampson. his answer yes bought him a pint for that

I didn't think Stone got the recognition at the time he was here. Didn't recall his name being banded around quite as much as some of the other players at the time, but I'm glad that so many had the same opinion of him.