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I don't know what this lot are on above me, but any fule knows that Cas have never employed a 'hard man', nor will they. Gentle giants the lot of them, who play(ed) the game firmly but always fairly and who on occasion may have been called upon to give a good account of themselves when, due to circumstances beyond their control, things got a bit tasty on the playing field.

It's all the other teams who have the dirty b**tards, honest.

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Quote: tigerman49 "2 more to add to that list for the older supporters are both backs and as hard as nails Colin Battye and Jack (Cowboy) Austin.'"

Just beat me to it!

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Michael smith! Hardest man in the showers!

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Some but not all of the above, definitely Dennis Hartley, Johnny Ward,Clive Dickinson Mal Reilly, Alan Dickinson, Ronnie Gibbs, Heppy
One not mentioned was Brian Hughes, not the biggest of props, but he never took a backward step and was definitely as hard as nails, God rest his soul.
Also does anyone remember the red haired prop who played for us in the 70's, I think his first name was John ....can't remember his surname though, quiet and unassuming off the field, but put him a Cas shirt on and bang!
Not too many real hard men in the modern game.

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Quote: danny boy1 "Some but not all of the above, definitely Dennis Hartley, Johnny Ward,Clive Dickinson Mal Reilly, Alan Dickinson, Ronnie Gibbs, Heppy
One not mentioned was Brian Hughes, not the biggest of props, but he never took a backward step and was definitely as hard as nails, God rest his soul.
Also does anyone remember the red haired prop who played for us in the 70's, I think his first name was John ....can't remember his surname though, quiet and unassuming off the field, but put him a Cas shirt on and bang!
Not too many real hard men in the modern game.'"

Would that be John Burke Cas signed him from Wakefield and if my memory is correct the first time he played agaist Wakefield at Wheldon Lane he knocked out one of the Rayne twins.

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One name thats been missed is Tony Fisher

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Well i must say in my 35 years as a Rovers fan and 30 years as an amateur player i have never in my life known anyone from Cas who was remotely hard

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Quote: gingdong "Well i must say in my 35 years as a Rovers fan and 30 years as an amateur player i have never in my life known anyone from Cas who was remotely hard'"

Apart from Jeff Hardy. icon_lol.gif

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'mad' Jack Austin , later of Bramley fame,when he had calmed down a bit icon_lol.gif

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Tony Marchant, 12 stone of dynamite, and what a top geezer too

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Quote: gingdong "Well i must say in my 35 years as a Rovers fan and 30 years as an amateur player i have never in my life known anyone from Cas who was remotely hard'"


One of your greatest players and Hardest is a Cas Lad

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I was on youtube on super league fights and found this one. Grey Viane floors Westwood, is he considered a hardman?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep5-dWvHmfc
I was on youtube on super league fights and found this one. Grey Viane floors Westwood, is he considered a hardman?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep5-dWvHmfc


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Can't separate Dickinson,Reilly,Fisher,Hartley,Hughes or Lockwood...and who in their right mind would try icon_smile.gif

Pound for pound though I'd go with Brian Hughes.

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Quote: smoking monkey "Can't separate Dickinson,Reilly,Fisher,Hartley,Hughes or Lockwood...and who in their right mind would try
Would not have stood a chance against Hartley,Fisher or Reilly these three were hardmen.

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