I liked when he went on Dancing On Ice

Proof that he really did walk on water.

Ha ha ha. Great memories.
What did he have against women? This doesn't sound good.....

Tomkins is/was a great player but not in the same League as Hanley. I wouldn't;t even have him in the top 5 SL payers of all time.

Ive been fortunate to see quite a lot of my League legends play live (Sterling, Lewis, Kenny, Johns, Hanley). My favourite all time player is Peter Sterling, but I think Hanley probably beats him as an all round player

It would be interesting to see where he would play if he came through now, I don't think he'd be a 13 or a 6.

Danny McGuire is the best player ever.

Hanley was one of the most naturally gifted atheletes I've ever seen play the game. If you could catch him he had a really peculiar sideways running style but still managed to go forward and a hand off to keep pretty much everyone off him at half speed and above. Was a pleasure to see him play but my favorite (unfortunately in a Wigan shirt) was Brett Kenny. Just a beautiful runner and he could find a pass when you would think there wasn't one.
Favorite player of all time, Wally Lewis. You will not convince me that there has ever been a better player.

Watching some of the replays of early 90s games on the Rhinos YouTube channel does remind you though just how average some of the rugby was, defensively especially.

I've seen many eras Hanley was the best player this cou try has produced. Not a great passer of the ball ,but wonderful natural athlete a pleasure to watch . Wigan fans saw more than us from Tomkins so they may have something ,but Isaw Hanley at Wigan as much as Tomkins . That try he scored at Wembley. Halifax when he danced sideways like he was saying ' come on, come on ,come on ' it was contemptible, but a superb player showing his athletic skills

Lewis for me too, Hanley devastating runner attacker and yes great natural Athlete, but Lewis could totally dominate a game like no one else with passing, handling kicking, and still dangerous runner in his own right specially closer to the line.

Tompkins not even in top 25 super league players never mind comparing him to Hanley, superb for 3-4 years then just good, not had a dominant consistent career like Sinfield, or Mcguire and think McGuire had loads more natural ability and so did Burrow. Never produced the goods in the really big games. I would put Long, Harris and maybe even Briers above Tompkins.

The trouble with tackling Ellery is that he’s always two feet further away than you think he is...

That was John Joyner’s opinion and one I’d trust.

Here's the team from that day -
Tait
Fallon
Irving
Innes
Fawcett
Schofield
Gregory
Molloy
Lowes
O'Neill
Dixon
Mercer
Hanley

Holroyd
Anderson

There's I reckon at least eight quite or really good players in there (plus some not very good admittedly) but at least 10 of that 15 played their best rugby league away from Leeds. Which sums up the era.