I never booed him once, but as a paying supporter I can be annoyed when a player just doesn't fit the bill!

Don't get me wrong I don't doubt his commitment and attitude (he did always try hard) but he was rubbish. U talk about the "big hits" he put in, but how many tries were leaked in his centre?! He did fill in at loose forward, ansd he had a few good drives there but that really was it!

If Delaney is anything like him, this is a step in the wrong direction. I wud much rather see Shenton or Atkins, or maybe even Ratu on the last couple of outings to anyone that resembles Toopi!

Yet his club offered him a four year contract so they must have rated him don't you think?

Morris was 87-88 IIRC? Certainly not 84-85. A number of those lads signed in the mid 80s came straight from the Qld Cup when it was a very good competition in its own right, with the Broncos not having formed and a lot of Qld players staying up here despite offers to move to Sydney. Terry Webb was in that category.

What those sorts of players showed was how deep the Aussie player base was - Webb would never have got within a million miles of the NSWRL but was a regular in England for some time - he played stand off, Hooker, Loose forward, second row and even prop. He could do that just because he did the basics pretty well.

I suppose if Delaney stayed in the UK for long enough he'd qualify for England on residency grounds. He says clutching at straws...

rlLeeds' overseas signingsrl after the lifting of the ban on imports.