John Woods

Great player, very underrated, similar to Darren wright, and John pendlebury

I think more should be made of the hall of fame. Regual inductions for one thing. One or two every year at the man of steel awards for example. Have a short list like the NFL then it is a bit of an event and story.

People from the super league era who'll probably be in are Peacock, Sinfield, Farrell, Sculthope, Cunningham i would have thought

SL era? I'd have to include at least one Bull (I'd include peacock for his feats at Leeds). Big Les for me.

Robbie Paul? Paul Deacon? James Lowes?

& Sir Desmond of Drummond too !!!

Without doubt.

Yep, we should celebrate and honor our former greats more. I like the idea of inductees every year at the MOS ceremony. Perhaps 2 pre SL and 2 SL era players every year?

I think we should follow the NFL HoF rule where you aren't eligible until 5 years after retirement.

I like that we don't have that many in. The scarcity of it makes it a bigger honour IMO. I wouldn't want it saturating.

Membership of the Rugby League Hall of Fame is restricted exclusively to the greatest Rugby League players of all time. Each player must have:

• A record of outstanding achievement at the very highest levels of the game;
• A reputation that transcends the era in which he played;
• Made a contribution to the game that will last as long as rugby league is played.

To be eligible for nomination to the Hall of Fame, players must have:
• Played professional Rugby League in the UK for at least 10 years;
• Played his last professional match in the UK at least 10 years before the date of the Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

That's the official stuff BTW, not my suggestion...

The official guidance should be stuck to. While I agree we should celebrate our heroes we can do that at club level with our own Halls of Fame.

The Official RFL Hall of Fame is for the crème de la crème. For those who won Ashes series or who came very close. For those who excelled in UK and Australian competition. For those that were instrumental in winning trophies. For those who were record try scorers and goalkickers.

For that reason a lot of those mentioned already I’d only really consider Andy Gregory and possibly Clive Sullivan at a push. The rest, although great players, don’t meet the criteria for the top echelon.

Very subjective

It is a bit but being sensible all of the current incumbents meet those criteria. Most of those suggested on this thread so far do not IMO.

Some of the names mentioned in this thread would devalue the whole thing. People are just listing their favourite players from their team who have since retired.

Regards

King James