Eddie Rombo played nine times for Leeds and scored four tries. The scorcher at Castleford was his first for the club and he scored two in a Challenge Cup win at home to Dewsbury the following week and his final try came in his final appearance away at Rochdale. Rochdale were so afraid of Leeds' wide men they moved the touchline in 10 metres to the minimum. The game IIRC was played at Spotland.

A winger and a centre in the back row with another winger on the bench.

I can remember being "less than confident" when the team changes were announced over the tannoy, let's put it that way.

Click twice on the top image to read the text. Another example of the YEP disconnect between headline and article content.



And another from the game:

Is that Craig Innes on the floor?

I'd have perhaps gone for Gary Mercer. They both played in the match so it's one or the other.

And while I've got this scrapbook out

Quite an achievement for a RL player -




And what a fantastic night even if it were only for two comp points -



We mentioned this last week somewhere on here - with a Leeds connection



Right you can get back on topic now.

Cheers Teev. My uncle played in that game.

One of my earliest rugby memories is sitting on the wall at Headingley right near the pitch cheering him on.

I'm guessing it wasn't uncle Jamie, Vila, Sonny or Audley.

So one of uncle Terry, Mike, Dave, Alex, Mark, Wayne, Colin, Glyn, Brendon or Tony?

None of the above...

It's Brendan.

Gav’s Half-caste

I'm pretty certain that i went along to watch his first ever Leeds match, it was a pre-season game/or even a possible lazenby cup game against Bramley at McLaren Field

I can recall a quote from Rombo which goes along the lines of:
[i"You've signed the worlds best full back in John Gallagher, why not now go and sign the worlds best winger"?[/i

If it was the same year we signed John Gallagher, it was a pre-season game at Bramley, one of two we played that year, the other being at (Ryedale) York.

After the Bramley game I went onto the ptich and shook John Gallagher's hand and welcomed him to Leeds. Some say that the rot set in from there........

Lol not quite lad. Born and bred Yorkie me.

Uncle Bren played for York, Featherstone, Hull and Doncaster during his pro days. Although he was never close to playing for Leeds as far as I know.

As you were...