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| I agree, may be OTT. But the list is endless. Do you have a view on Paul Charlton?
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| Quote Neville Davies="Neville Davies"I agree, may be OTT. But the list is endless. Do you have a view on Paul Charlton?'"
Sorry, but I don't have a view of him.
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| Quote wireone="wireone"The only certainties in my selection would be Alex Murphy at Scrum Half, Brian McTigue at blind side prop and Dick Huddart in the second row. There are so many worthy contenders for the other positions it is impossible to omit one instead of another
I would select Alan Davies at centre in front of some of those suggested. Eric Ashton for one.
I agree that modern players are bigger, fitter and faster than their predecessors but you can only judge players against their contemporaries. Dick Huddart was the SBW of his day. A superb, tough as teak athlete whose prowess would still stand out today given the same modern training nutrition etc.'"
Alan Davies is the best British centre I have ever seen. Boston would walk into any team. At his best he could play fullback, wing centre or stand off. With todays fitness and conditioning he would be frightening to play against.
Charlton is a very good shout for fullback.
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| Quote JEAN CAPDOUZE="JEAN CAPDOUZE"That is a very strong judgment.
However no one can deny that Roger Milward is the greatest No. 6 ever to play for Great Britain.'"
Yes they can, Millwards was a great player but played more of a running style behind ball playing forwards. I think John Holmes was a more rounded player, and just as good. Schofield is better hands down. People shove Schofield out to centre to accommodate him in teams like this, but stand off was his best position.
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| John Holmes was a great player,but so was Ken Gill,but Roger Millward in my view was about 20% above both.
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| Quote Neville Davies="Neville Davies"In 50 years I have not seen a better full back than Paul Charlton. Record number of tries in a season from full back, plus I have never seen him lose a one on one defence of the line on a break.'"
Overtaken by Neil Turley in 2001, admittedly Turley wasn't in the top flight though.
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| Quote Keith="Keith"Overtaken by Neil Turley in 2001, admittedly Turley wasn't in the top flight though.'"
Whilst his tries in a season record may have gone, I agree with previous posters about Paul Charlton being the best GB full back of the last 50 years and I was going to mention him in my earlier post but I thought that people would think that I was being greedy as a Salford fan!! Glad to see Ken Gill get a mention but he didn't really re-produce his form at international level.
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| Quote JEAN CAPDOUZE="JEAN CAPDOUZE"Didn't you ever see Roger Milward? If so, how could he not be a certain selection?'"
I first saw Roger Milward playing when he was in Castleford's youth team. He was a superb player and worthy of serious consideration. However, in my team, I would have a slight tendency for Jonathan Davies or Bobby Fulton at stand off. I know Fulton played for Australia but he was more British than some other players that have been selected. To have to leave out players like Roger Milward illustrates my point though of the impossibility of the task.
Paul Charlton again is a worthy choice and certainly had all the attributes but so did Radlinski and several others.
Boston, particularly in the early part of his career, was peerless but there are numerous other wingers who you would be loathe to leave out.
The only clear selections for me would be Murphy, McTigue and Huddart with a slight favouring for Davies and Fox at centre.
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| Tony Myler at 6 for me......mercurial stand off but was a biscuit body.
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| I would struggle to pick a best team from the last fifty years but from the last twenty five-thirty years this would be my pick.
1. Jonathan Davies
2. Des Drummond
3. Gary Schofield
4. Paul Newlove
5. Martin Offiah
6. Ellery Hanley
7. Andy Gregory
8. Kevin Ward
9. Lee Jackson
10. Andy Platt
11. Chris Joynt
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| 1, Danny Brough
2, Danny Brough
3, Danny Brough
4, Danny Brough
5, Danny Brough
6, Danny Brough
7, Danny Brough
8, Danny Brough
9, Danny Brough
10, Danny Brough
11, Danny Brough
12, Danny Brough
13, Danny Brough
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