But we are talking about LEEDS greatest No.13

Hanley isnt a patch on Sinfield for that !

Quote: miscreant "It was shared for the first time, in 1988, between Peter Sterling and Hugh McGahan. Being pedantic, Hanley won it in 1989, the first of only two British winners. The Aussie players and press were stunned when Andy Farrell got it in 2004, an absolute joke. No one quibbled when when Hanley won it, partly because he had almost single-handedly taken Balmain to the 1988 grand final and then took the Lance Todd in 1989.'" According to Wikipedia (agreed, it's not the most valuable source for accuracy)... [i"The award was founded in early 1985 by the British magazine Open Rugby and was awarded to Wally Lewis for his performances throughout 1984. Lewis and the other pre-1990 winners were initially recognised for the years that they collected the award, not for the year of their performances, but this was changed by Rugby League World magazine in 2010"[/i en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Leag ... rd#Winners

Quote: miscreant "It was shared for the first time, in 1988, between Peter Sterling and Hugh McGahan. Being pedantic, Hanley won it in 1989, the first of only two British winners. The Aussie players and press were stunned when Andy Farrell got it in 2004, an absolute joke. No one quibbled when when Hanley won it, partly because he had almost single-handedly taken Balmain to the 1988 grand final and then took the Lance Todd in 1989.'" According to Wikipedia (agreed, it's not the most valuable source for accuracy)... [i"The award was founded in early 1985 by the British magazine Open Rugby and was awarded to Wally Lewis for his performances throughout 1984. Lewis and the other pre-1990 winners were initially recognised for the years that they collected the award, not for the year of their performances, but this was changed by Rugby League World magazine in 2010"[/i en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Leag ... rd#Winners

Wasn't Schofield recently awarded one retrospectively for 1990?

Did he have a brother called Ian?

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That's not why I picked Hanley over Sinfield. Hanley spent four seasons at Headingley and in the final one of those scored 41 tries. Yes, Leeds didn't get to see the very, very best of Hanley but they still got to see a modern great going about his business with a focus and determination to succeed without equal.

It's a team sport and no single player, no matter how personally driven, can compensate for players around them who are not prepared to give 100%

I imagine Sinfield will be honoured to be mentioned in the same company.

The same can be said of Sinfield



I imagine Hanley too would be honoured to be mentioned in the same company as Sinfield.

Hanley was certainly a more powerful physical player than Sinfield. But Sinfield is certainly a more creative player than Hanley and a better passer with the ability put others into space and make regular scoring opportunities for others

I don't have a problem with anyone not sharing my opinion.

Sinfield had a better kicking game too.