Since approx 1990...

1. Harris
2. Bentley
3. Innes
4. Senior
5. Hall
6. Sinfield (c)
7. McGuire
8. JP
9. Diskin (pre knee!)
10 Barrie Mac
11. Ellis
12. Ali
13. Glanville

14.Mozza
15.Fleary
16. Hanley
17. D.Powell

Special mentions(only failed to make the 13 due to balance of team with Sinfield and Harris I couldn't afford any more chiefs): Schofield (never saw him play centre for Leeds so can't really pick him there), Burrow

Squad members: , Godden, Webb, JJB, Ablett, Godden, Mercer, Cummins (bit of a sentimental pick), Furner, Bai, R.Powell, Dixon, Creaser, Carroll, Calderwood, Walker, Bailey, Gibson


I'd have to say that 7 and 9 were the positions we had the least options and centre perhaps the most.

I'd agree with that, especially in the "90's onwards" era.

At centre you have Schofield, Gibson, Innes, Iro, Godden, Carroll, Senior and players who did a job for us there such as Walker and Blackmore don't even get a mention.

Hooker for me was a straight choice between Diskin and Buderus. In a Leeds legends team I'd pick Diskin. In a best ever watched team Buderus wins hands down.

Scrum half was either Burrow or McGuire to play alongside Sinfield - as you say limited options.

Harris
Cummins - His record for Leeds was pretty good!
Senior
Godden
ET
Sinfield - He has to be there.
Schoey
Barrie
Buderus - Based on his whole career as a great player.
Peacock
Morley
Glanville
Hanley

Subs:
McGuire
Furner
Ellis
Fleary

I know it's all about opinions, but David Stephenson at centre ahead of Senior? Really?

I'd get a headache assessing the merits and disadvantages of my ideal team just out of this years squad, let alone making my dream team of what I have seen......ever!

I sat down with a pad and pen, and I wasn't gettting anywhere conclusive.

Nice thread, but I'll sit this one out.

malcom reilly actually says as much in his book, but also says he was soft mentally and actually wanted to send hime home from that tour.

That's probably the bit I can remember about him being a bit soft.

Totally agree about the modern game, and yes, he was lightening quick for a back rower. In his time at Leeds, I can remember a couple of good performances, but my memory was more of frustration - However, I was only a young un at the time...

Fallon and Iro were two others who really used to frustrate me. On their day, they could both be immense, almost unstoppable when they wanted to be. But I used to find that they spent as much time just drifting along and large chunks of games could pass them by and they'd have done nothing. But like I say, on their day, as good as any centre or winger out there.

Medley only played in three of the last twelve Leeds games that season prior to the GB Tour in 1988. His last game was from the bench at Wheldon Rd (final league game of the season) he came on and was back off again within minutes complaining of a neck injury. Although his comment in the paper the following night was that it felt much better as soon as he got off the field again. Yeah I bet it did, he didn't play the following week, probably too busy packing his bags for the flight.

Swapping Medley for a real forward in Paul Dixon was the best bit of business Mal Reilly did as Leeds coach and the stick he got through the letters page of the YEP from the majority of Leeds fans for doing so was unreal.

Medley was a banker. He was eventually replaced during the '88 Tour by another proper forward in Widnes' Paul Hulme.

That was then though and Medley certainly took great pleasure in sticking it to Leeds once he moved on from Thrum Hall to Odsal where he finally matured and grew a pair under the guidance of Peter Fox.

Seems me and you have a similar recollection of Medley, although as I suspect you have a few years on me, your memory of that period of time is probably better than mine.

Dixon was quality. A real no-nonsense, hard as nails forward, which is what was required in those days - hence why Medley would have been better playing against todays powder puff packs with all the protection of the Sky Cameras so he never got a well deserved clout.

Thornett
ET
Schofield
Holmes
Atkinson
Jones
Shoebottom
Jack Fairbank
Buderus
Peacock
Ali
Ellis
Sinfield

Hanley
Harris
McGuire
Furner

This would be some team if all at their peak

I always thought Medley was a little unlucky to be dropped at Leeds given that most of the other forwards of the time were equally lacking in stomach for the fight at times. He complemented the Northern pack very well where he had the likes of Skerrett and Fairbank to do the rough stuff.

As has been said he'd be a superb impact player in todays game.

Never mind Stephenson, what about Peter Tunks? Guffaw. Only Backo was a bigger Aussie Test flop prop to guest for Leeds.

Still, that's opinions for you, everyone is allowed one, even the most bat looney tunes posters.

I did wonder whether I'd inadvertantly wandered onto a top 17 cravat wearing Aussie flops thread.

I was only young at the time, and it as just before I started wearing glasses so the game could be a bit of a blur to me, but wasn't Tunks going OK until Ray Ashton ran into him in the JPS semi-final and gave him an injury?