I’ll probably get shot down for this, but if people think Barrie Mc shouldn’t be in there, then I’d say Powell definitely shouldn’t. I sometimes think people get a little carried away with how good Big Roy was, no doubt influenced by his untimely and tragic death, and his likeability as a bloke.

And whilst he was a good player, a good honest toiler who had a few standout performances, he wasn’t elite for a long period of time. I’d argue there are players like Carl Ablett who’d be ahead of him on output alone.

Pretty emotional that - well done to the club to get the likes of Buderus, Ali and Brent Webb

Yes when Brent Webb choked up I did so too

Me too

I thought todays video was absolutely magnificent. Just superb. Loved that the majority was the overseas legends being able to pay their tribute to Rob, weve not heard from them before. Thought all of them spoke superbly. Webby, Ali, Bedsy and Bluey. God what a tremendous team we had.

Robert is a Hall of Fame player no doubt about it.

Proud to be a Rhino.

Leeds do this stuff better than any club - GH needs to take a lot of credit

Man sorry you are so wrong, he played 19 times for GB whilst at Leeds including being the glue in some impressive wins against the Aussies, and by compared to modern players had a decent pair of hands as well. All whilst playing in mainly awful Leeds sides. He was was not Just an honest toiler, he was an absolute machine of a tackler and runner. Great does not mean flash, he would walk into any Super league side now.
Ablett is good and may get in, but he was not a shoe in international player for 3-4 years straight.

Spot on.

Roy's selflessness and hard work made him a fantastic player. In an era when Leeds was, lets be kind and say hot and cold, week in and week out Roy gave his all for the club. When things got tough for the team Roy would take carry after carry while half the pack went missing. His tackling and work rate was phenomenal. Any loose balls his long arms snaffled the ball everytime. God knows what his weekly tackle count was but it must have been incredible every week.

Was he going to make a 40m break like Medley? No but while Medley was taking the glory Roy was doing his own work as well as some players work. A model of consistency, a total professional and a player who gave everything every week no matter the scoreline or opponent. He made every team he played for better. If thats not a Hall of Fame candidate down the line ive no idea what is.

Loved Roy he was fantastic in my opinion.

agree - his running and passing improved so much but he was a tackling machine- never thought would be an international seeing his lazenby cup debut

Don’t get me wrong, he was a good player, but he lacked the brutal instinct needed in that era in my opinion - he did a very good job, but didn’t strike fear into the opposition, either through brutality or offensively. I actually think he’d have been a better player in the modern era where you don’t so much need enforcers.

that was going to be my original reply re any criticism of him , needed to be a bit more moz like

They might not have feared him but i guarantee they respected him and i doubt they did for many of our pack for most of Roys Leeds career.

This was one of the reason doug Laughton got rid if Roy thought he was not fearsome enough, then spent years trying to replace him with past it, never was, and pure e like mick Worrel, that Scot bloke from Workington, Mike o Neil and some forgettable others, all proper hard men (sarcasm ) Only Ellery plugged the gap tackling down the middle that Roy used to do, and Ellery was not signed to just do 40 tackles a game.

Bet they all would have had him in their team as well.