In my life time...

Davies
Offiah
Schofield
Senior
Hall
Scully P
Gregory
Ward
Cunningham
Fielden
Peacock
Morley
Hanley

Farrell

And actually it's Garry...

Davies
Robinson/Drummond
Schofield
Newlove (on ability)/Senior (on longevity)
Offiah
Myler
Gregory
Ward
Cunningham
Graham
Sculthorpe
Farrell
Hanley

Peacock
Morley
Platt
Roby

Peacock on the bench is no reflection of ability as he's right up there with Graham and Ward (just watch Ward in that Third Test in Australia - he literally eats the Kangaroo pack alive)

Picked Roby because most teams tend to rotate hookers. There could be an argument for Lowes.

Looking at the above - it's noticeable that we have REAL problems in the centres and halves. Had Scott Gibbs played longer in League I think he would have walked in.

Thought about Harris - but his lack of pace was always a big turnoff for me.

Picked Myler mostly on what-might-have-beens. Personally, I think Tommy Martyn is destined to be forever overlooked (even in fantasy lists). Aside from possibly Jamie Lyon he's still the most naturally gifted footballer I've seen in my lifetime at Knowsley Road.

Possible inclusion of Edwards and I guess Dennis Betts might feel a little hard done by.

Drummond lacked Robinson's footwork - but he made up for it with balls of iron and the ability to run devastating diagonals, which I can't remember anyone repeating or even coming close.

Crooks is one of those should-have-beens. He had as much talent as you'll ever see in a forward. But his fitness often let him down and I honestly think he p!ssed away most of his career.

I can understand some people arguing Newlove was quiet in big games. He was. Yet I think it would be utter insanity to leave out someone whose inside-outside step could bamboozle even the best defences (see Wendell Sailor in the WCC vs Brisbane). No better balance have I seen in a centre. I'll never forget him falling upright the best part of thirty metres to score was it a hat-trick at Old Trafford?

On the issue of Gregory. He was a superb player with outstanding vision. But if the game can't produce a single challenger to him in fifty years we have serious junior development problems.

The back row is clearly the strong point of the team. Perhaps it's not the best idea to play two loose forwards in the second row. But as the Australians have proven time and time again - great players can adapt.

There is an argument which says Farrell should be listed at prop. He certainly played his best rugby there.

If I think of any additions or deletions I'll post.

Id argue Phil Lowe should be in the 17.

Nah, Eric Bristow - shurely.

Would have thought Alan Hardisty would be candidate at 6?

Tony Myler at stand off?

Anyone who picks someone other than Roger Millward at no 6 obviously never saw him play. I did.

I also saw Brian McTigue, who was the most creative and clever prop forward ever seen.

Seeing as you've made space for a couple of might-have-beens, I think you could consider Goulding a challenger to Gregory. For two-and-a-half seasons at Saints he was magisterial, and it's easy to forget he was still in his early twenties at the time. Pity he chucked it all away; a real wasted career, that one.

If you saw McTigue then why would you need to 'research' Paul Charlton and why would you omit Ashton and Fox as centres ?

Is the correct answer.

Far and away our greatest full-back of the past 50 years.

A scandal that he was overlooked whilst at Workington - missing out on the 1966 and 1970 Lions tours but going in 1974. He almost immediately made the test team following a big-money move to glamour club Salford and starred in the '72 World Cup triumph.

Because I was a very young lad at the time, and I did not remember the names of all the English players I was watching. However what struck me was how clever the English forwards were, how they often bamboozled the unsopsticated Australian forwards with reverse passes and flick passes, and the name that they always mentioned in the newspapers and on TV in this regard was Brian McTigue. On the other hand I knew that the Australian outside backs were much more talented than their Englsh opponents. Reginald Gasnier and Graeme Langlands were the standouts, followed by Kenneth Irvine. The English centres Neil Fox and Eric Ashton seemed so mediocre by comparison.