Paul Southern was one loan signing, there was another but I can't remember his name. One of them didn't play for us at all IIRC.

We signed Cruckshank, he wasn't one of the loan signings.

I'm pretty sure it was earlier than that.

This name just popped into my head for some reason.

Does Dave Whittle ring any bells?

I'm almost certain it's the above. Millward was crucified for it.

Look, I did the best I could and found the page. I can't READ it for you as well.

Thanks Mugwump. Your efforts haven't gone unnoticed.

Yeh he did play.

Whittle was a Leigh player, wasn't he? Was it the same lad who got concussed playing for Wales against the Aussie when they gave them a bit of a scare?

I was quite excited when we got Southern, as he always impressed me when we played salford. IIRC though, he cracked a rib in his first game for us (was it Bradford)?

Darren Britt, Barry Ward, Mark Edmondson John Stankevitch and I think Chris Joynt was doing some up front towards the end of that season when things got really desprate. I think it was the season after we released Sonny Nickle and Peter Shiels retired after a shoulder injury.

20th April 2002

Bradford (a) L 22-54

Wellens, Albert, West, Stankevitch, Kirkpatrick, Higham, Braddish, Nickle, Southern, Whittle, Bennett, Edmondson, Ward Subs: Gardner, Giles, Simms, McConnell.


Week before Murrayfield if I remember correctly.

Braddish, another one of those kids destined for stardom that never happened.

That's a bad team.

I think that was the one so glad i couldn't get out of work for that!

i think the Noble quote was in 2004, the game that resulted in the betting scandal. That was also away at Bradford. From memory WIlkin played centre and got sent off after about 5 mins.

I thought it was that one, Gleeson played also and scored first try.