Celebrating 25 years service to the Rugby League Community! |
| Quote: Bulliac "I'm looking forward to reading Stu's book, and Brian Noble's too, I can't believe they won't publish them.'" Maybe they should both have a chapter along with peacock and 'Arris in a single book so we can read any the slagging off in one neat edition. It can be called 'Bradford sodding Bulls' with a foreward by Graham Murray
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At the time I found it odd that JP should write his book (not read it yet) as he wasn't at the end of his career. Maybe another in him. As for Stu, I don't personally think he'll do a bio. and Nobby has far too many irons in the fire for a book atm, he'll write one without a doubt (I'll deffo read when that's published)
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I'd love to read Nobby'a biography, and not just for the coaching stuff. I always wondered why Nobby never got a look in for GB after captaining them in 84. He was a great skipper in very difficult circumstances yet was immediately dropped once Bamford became GB coach for HKR hooker David Watkinson who was older and slower than Nobby. When Reilly came in he preferred Beardmore (who was better in the loose admittedly) but he also preferred Paul Groves who wasn't the best and Paul Hulme who'd never played hooker in his life.
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Quote: Bullseye "I'd love to read Nobby'a biography, and not just for the coaching stuff. I always wondered why Nobby never got a look in for GB after captaining them in 84. He was a great skipper in very difficult circumstances yet was immediately dropped once Bamford became GB coach for HKR hooker David Watkinson who was older and slower than Nobby. When Reilly came in he preferred Beardmore (who was better in the loose admittedly) but he also preferred Paul Groves who wasn't the best and Paul Hulme who'd never played hooker in his life.'" The real scarey thing is how many of them had dodgy 'taches? Groves was a ginner as well which should have prevented him for representing GB.
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Quote: tigertot "The real scarey thing is how many of them had dodgy 'taches? Groves was a ginner as well which should have prevented him for representing GB.'" Here's a tached XIII from that era of GB Lydon Drummond Schofield Loughlin Ford Hanley B,Beardmore Ward Noble Fieldhouse (Ginner too) Dixon Fairbank Heron Not a bad side. Harder to think of a Ginner XIII. Thinking back to hookers in the 80s really illustrates how much the game has changed now. Back then you had to win ball in the scrum and those darts from dummy half weren't the be all and end all. IIRC the best hookers in the 80s in UK RL were Phil McKenzie and Kevin Beardmore. Both would more than hold their own nowadays.
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Quote: Shaggoth "It can be called 'Bradford sodding Bulls' with a foreward by Graham Murray'" OK, I read this earlier and I could barely watch tonight's game for the distraction of wondering... what's Graham Murray gotta do with the Bullies
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Quote: Bullseye "Here's a tached XIII from that era of GB Lydon Drummond Schofield Loughlin Ford Hanley B,Beardmore Ward Noble Fieldhouse (Ginner too) Dixon Fairbank Heron Not a bad side. Harder to think of a Ginner XIII. Thinking back to hookers in the 80s really illustrates how much the game has changed now. Back then you had to win ball in the scrum and those darts from dummy half weren't the be all and end all. IIRC the best hookers in the 80s in UK RL were Phil McKenzie and Kevin Beardmore. Both would more than hold their own nowadays.'" Agree with all of that. Before the eighties winning the ball and a solid tackling stint was pretty much everything for a number nine. Without a decent share of the ball you hadn't a chance of winning any game so if you couldn't do that basic element then you didn't play hooker, simple as. I think it's fair to say that the better a hooker was at winning the ball the more he would be forgiven for other failings. It was when the referees stopped looking for scrum offences and started to pretty much allow possession to go with the put in that hooker became more an extra half back. I still have an admiration for the Bridges, Nobles and Stephensons (and their busted knees), we won't see their like again.
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Quote: Bullseye " Harder to think of a Ginner XIII.'" I/We managed one many years ago on VT. When my head clears a bit more I will have a think. Start with: 1. Radlinski
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Quote: tigertot "I/We managed one many years ago on VT. When my head clears a bit more I will have a think. Start with
8.Graham
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4. Kris Welham 11. Brad Meyers
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is this ginner 13 a GB team? if not then 2. Brett Dallas
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Bradford | 24 | 618 | 373 | 245 | 32 | ||
Toulouse | 23 | 662 | 340 | 322 | 31 | ||
Sheffield | 24 | 594 | 472 | 122 | 28 | ||
Widnes | 24 | 513 | 433 | 80 | 27 | ||
York | 25 | 613 | 439 | 174 | 26 | ||
Featherstone | 24 | 566 | 472 | 94 | 26 | ||
Doncaster | 24 | 470 | 527 | -57 | 23 | ||
Batley | 24 | 378 | 513 | -135 | 20 | ||
Halifax | 24 | 475 | 617 | -142 | 20 | ||
Barrow | 23 | 418 | 648 | -230 | 19 | ||
Swinton | 24 | 446 | 606 | -160 | 18 | ||
Whitehaven | 24 | 414 | 806 | -392 | 16 | ||
Dewsbury | 25 | 308 | 821 | -513 | 2 |
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