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Quote: cjhatesunion "UK - Ellery Hanley

Overseas - Brett Kenny'"

No surprises there Colin icon_cool.gif


SL era:
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Stuart Fielden (British; the dynamic Bradford version)


All-time:
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Quote: nickcat0 "
Quote: nickcat0 "UK - Ellery Hanley

Overseas - Brett Kenny'"

No surprises there Colin Aye my favourite two players of all time with the Black Pearl number one of course. icon_smile.gif

I see you are still creaming over Lockyer then Nick. icon_biggrin.gif

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[quote="Deano G":wqb36lm9]Come to think of it, that Saints side (1992/93) was a better side than the 2006 side and the 2009 side.[/quote:wqb36lm9]:



Some fantastic players mentioned already......

Overseas: Gordon Tallis

UK: Keith Senior (was gutted when he signed for Leeds from Sheffield)

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Ricky Stuart was the one guy I wanted us to get. We were always desperate for a play making scrum half and I think he signed only to break his arm and not come over. It was very disappointing not to see in the Red V.

As for UK players it has to be Martin Offiah doesn't it? Hanley may have been the better player but in the days before defending Offiah was an excitement machine and loved to entertain, which is a severely underrated quality.

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Quote: Noel Cleal "Dean Sampson. We should have signed him after but he had a contract to play the year after for the Auckland Warriors. As we are not a scummy club we respected that. We could have signed him instead of Bradford later in his career also.

Jamie Peacock


Henry Paul would be one of my choices, I was at that game at Belle Vue, they moved him from full back to stand off and he cut us to pieces, definately a class act.

Just to be different it would have been good to see Jonathon Davies in a Saints shirt.

It was always rumoured that he would sign for us but Widnes pipped us to it.
I don't rate him as a TV expert but again a class act on the field.

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Quote: SAINTS57 "Just to be different it would have been good to see Jonathon Davies in a Saints shirt.

It was always rumoured that he would sign for us but Widnes pipped us to it.
I don't rate him as a TV expert but again a class act on the field.'"


It was apparently the way the Saints board ostracised Alex Murphy during discussions with him that made him sign for Widnes - he didn't want anything to do with a club who valued their manager so little.

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Quote: Northampton_Saint "It was apparently the way the Saints board ostracised Alex Murphy during discussions with him that made him sign for Widnes - he didn't want anything to do with a club who valued their manager so little.'"


The one we heard at the time was he had pen in hand but needed a bit more time to think so went back to Wales and on the way back Paul Moriarty talked him out of it.How true this version is I don't know.
Ironically Moriarty signed for Widnes not long after too.

Remember ringing Saints newsline (that was our only way of accessing club info back in 1988!) and Stuart Pyke announcing he'd turned us down and signed for Widnes-was well gutted!

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Quote: Tuco "The one we heard at the time was he had pen in hand but needed a bit more time to think so went back to Wales and on the way back Paul Moriarty talked him out of it.How true this version is I don't know.
Ironically Moriarty signed for Widnes not long after too.

Remember ringing Saints newsline (that was our only way of accessing club info back in 1988!) and Stuart Pyke announcing he'd turned us down and signed for Widnes-was well gutted!'"


Dougie Laughton told a different story at one of the SPF panel nights.

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Quote: Geoggy "Dougie Laughton told a different story at one of the SPF panel nights.'"


Like I say don't know how true it was.If anyone thinks Saints rumours today are wild they were probably wilder back then.Jeremy Guscott,Garry Schofield etc.

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British/ jason robinson or tuigamala growing up these two players inspired me to play league over union.

Overseas thurston/ all round class act great kicking game to

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RLFans finest: [quote="Saint77777":3t42372l]Maguire was a black mark on RL in this country. Whilst coaches like Daniel Anderson and Brian McLennan won championships on the back of exciting Rugby league, Maguire set out to win at all costs, evident by the way Danny Maguire was seriously injured and laughed at on the floor by the wigan players as he writhed in agony. Then there has been the constant bending back of limbs, trying to seriously maim the opposition. Even Phil Clarke has jumped on the bandwagon with his disgusting comments about the Danny Maguire incident. I think its fitting that the 2 fairest teams in the comp, who have been on the receiving end of Wigans tactics should contest the Grand Final and make it a proper family day out instead of the knuckle dragging, salivating neanderthals from Wigan, that would pour into manchester on grand final day. I for one cant wait to mingle with the Leeds fans and have a beer with them, rather than having to watch my arms and legs, should wigan have got there.[/quote:3t42372l]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_54062.gif



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I remember when the first new stadium was announced, someone " in the know told me Saints had lined up a marquee signing non other than Brad Fittler, who I think was the Aussie captain at the time. I suppose it was a big a lie as the new stadium we were promised!

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