Departed Players : Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:56 pm  

Can anyone help me out and advise which clubs the following former Widnes players have signed for in 2012?

Dean Gaskell
Richard Varkulis
Gareth Haggerty
Danny Hulme (Crusaders)
Shane Grady
Chris Lunt (Crusaders)
Chaz I'Anson
Matt Gardner (Leigh)
Greg Scott
Daniel Heckenberg
Danny Sculthorpe
Tangi Ropati
Dave Houghton
Anthony Thackeray
Steve Tyrer (Halifax)
James Coyle

Thanks
LS

Re: Departed Players : Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:16 pm  

Dean Gaskell (Retired from Rugby)
Richard Varkulis (Whitehaven)
Gareth Haggerty (Retired, plays the odd game for his amateur side in st helens)
Danny Hulme (Crusaders)
Shane Grady (gone to Australia)
Chris Lunt (Crusaders)
Chaz I'Anson (Swinton)
Matt Gardner (Leigh)
Greg Scott (Dewsbury)
Daniel Heckenberg ?
Danny Sculthorpe ?
Tangi Ropati (Featherstone)
Dave Houghton (Whitehaven)
Anthony Thackeray (Halifax)
Steve Tyrer (Halifax)
James Coyle ?

Re: Departed Players : Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:59 am  

WERE IS PHIL CANTILLON THESE DAYS WITH HIS SOCKS ROLLED DOWN

Re: Departed Players : Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:05 pm  

Cab Crab wrote:

WERE IS PHIL CANTILLON THESE DAYS WITH HIS SOCKS ROLLED DOWN

Smashing your Ma's back door in last I heard!

Re: Departed Players : Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:11 pm  

Redchemic wrote:

Smashing your Ma's back door in last I heard!

TOP LAD IS CANTILLON AND A HANDSOME DEVIL TOO

HOW ABOUT OWEN CRAIGY

STILL EATING BISCUITS

?

Re: Departed Players : Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:26 pm  

Cab Crab wrote:

WERE IS PHIL CANTILLON THESE DAYS WITH HIS SOCKS ROLLED DOWN

I thought you had a vast knowledge of Rugby League, Cab Crap?

Re: Departed Players : Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:44 pm  

Cab Crab wrote:

TOP LAD IS CANTILLON AND A HANDSOME DEVIL TOO

HOW ABOUT OWEN CRAIGY

STILL EATING BISCUITS

?

Don't know about Craigie ask his less talented padawan Blake Green?

Re: Departed Players : Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:09 pm  

I always liked Grady but thought that Widnes didn't seem to play him in his best position (fullback).
I watched him play there in the academy v Wigan a few times years ago and he was superb.

Re: Departed Players : Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:04 am  

I was also a fan of Grady, especially when I saw him playing in the u18's. When playing for the 1st team, however, I think everyone seemed to agree he had a lack of pace. Due to his height a lot of people wanted to turn him into a forward, which I think was the wrong move. IMO he should have stuck at playing in the backs and if the club wouldn't give him a chance he should have moved on instead of trying to make a 2nd rower. In the end people said he didn't have the speed for a back or the weight / build to be a forward. It was no surprise when he wasn't kept on for SL, which is a shame really as he showed a lot of promise when in the academy.

Re: Departed Players : Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:58 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

I always liked Grady but thought that Widnes didn't seem to play him in his best position (fullback).
I watched him play there in the academy v Wigan a few times years ago and he was superb.

He played a couple of times at fullback IIRC, but in the end he was ousted by Danny Craven and Danny Hulme.
I liked the lad as a player. His tackling in the early part of last season was terrific in some games.