With the Hookers category all but decided I thought we could move onto the Second Row position.

By far, the Bulls have had more Second Rowers than any other position.

This position has 2 places in the final team so you have 3 choices. As ever the runner up (3rd) will go forward to the subs vote.

Wow. That was hard.

Peacock a shoe in.

After that, Gartner missed nothing, but Beaver was, well, Beaver.

Definatley the hardest choice given the other options available.

I based mine on who I've actually seen play, I've only really been properly following Bulls for about 5 years now so I'd go for Steve Menzies, Sam Burgess and Jamie Peacock, not seen him play for bulls in the flesh but I've seen enough of him on film I'd say.

as said Peacock a cert

I went for Beaver over Morro, just

Forshaw over Dwyer, just

That was hard

That was very tough, had to go for 3 from the golden years

Peacock, Gartner and Morrison.

Couldn't vote for Forshaw as he was a LF.

On the face of it, very hard. But.

Impossible for me not to vote for the genius that is Steve Menzies. We thought we were getting him at the back end of his career but he turned out almost as good and as fresh as ever, and the man is, quite simply, a rugby genius, and a freak.

I also can't leave out Jamie Peacock, he has been solid gold all his career and we had arguably the best years out of him, though he's hardly gone downhill since, and he was such a cornerstone of some great teams, as well as a great leader of men.

Then the choice does become hard. I feel guilty about leaving out one of my favourite imports, Morrison, but in the end it has to be Danny Gartner.

In order;

Peacock - Great player and leader - Why didn't we offer him the contract he was after?
Foreshaw - Great grafter, hard running but even harder in defence.
Gilmour - Always enjoyed watching him play. He seemed to make numerous breaks for his size, and I was pretty down when I heard he had decided to leave.

Very hard decision. I've gone with Menzies, Peacock and Morrison. Peacock would be a dead cert for most peoples choice but there are a few of really decent players that didn't make the cut (Gartner, Burgess, Whitehead...Worrincy).

this is probably the toughest category
The top five all left lasting memories and set up a lot of the good things the club has had going on. The likes of Dwyer 's try against wigan at home, nickles speed and support play, forshaw coming in from nowhere when nobody seemed keen to give him a chance and getting two tries on debut. Donougher and medley in semi finals created a lot of good memories.

Peacock I remember coming through and the effort we put into getting him upto super league standard. as a young back rower he seemed able to put men away with balls around the corner, but became a tough uncompromising go to man that resulted in his walkaway man of steel award.

Menzies and morrison I had always watched in NRL in admiration and neither disapointed both were so much better than expected. think Morrison should have more votes as mentioned in t and a earlier this week swept all awards from club in his first year and I distinctly remember him tackling his heart out on one leg in a derby game at home and he was out for weeks afterwards. Menzies played tough brilliant in defence rarely rattled and just oozed class his hands and footwork were sublime. If he were English he would never have missed a cap he was fit for.

My fourth choice would have been solly if not just for the skill and excitement he could create!

Was Solomona a flop signing then? As things currently stand he's got no votes, one less than Michael Worrincy!

IIRC Solomona was class when you first signed him (2007?), then his famed love of doing as little as possible during training set in and his weight ballooned. His fault or McNamara's?

Peacock, Menzies and Morrison

With honourable mentions to Gartner and Burgess.

Love the troll votes for Worrincy

About as hard as it gets, this one.

JP has to be in there. Anyone dare to disagree...?

Beaver perhaps the classiest player we have had in the SL era. Certainly one of the best to wach...and marvel at. Wonderful player, wonderful guy.

Sir Daniel Gartner HAS to be perhaps the most under-rated (by some, at least) forward we have had here in the SL era? Massive contribution to our all-conquering team.


So how the hell can I leave out the fantastic Morro? Or Forshaw when he played second row (although I preferred him at loose)? Or the great Sir Bernard Dwyer? To name but three? As I said, about as hard as it gets!

Guess this list shows one of the reasons we had so much success with players like this in the boiler room. You could get a pretty good 13 from these guys alone. Hopefully some of the young bloods here will move themselves up the pecking order in the next few years and I always thought it was a shame we did not keep Sir Beaver a few more seasons as if he had been able to pass on even a fraction of his skill and attitude to the younger players we would be in a better position now.

JP, Danny Gartner and Steve 'magic' Menzies. Apologies to all who missed my cut but it really is an embarrassment of riches in this department.