See I dont rate Vinny Andersons tackle on Tickle as a big hit. Vinny just kinda braced himself and tickle was so unfit he just bounced off him :S

For illegal big hits, Mark Geyer has too many too mention along with Sampson on Skerett

Legal wise I cant remember who it was but at the Paris v Saints game at knowsley road Vila absolutely anihilated some poor french guy. The stadium rocked with the force of the hit, the ball flew up about 10 meters vertically in the air and the whole stadium let out a collective "oooohhhhh" and then just silence because everyone though the french guy was seriously injured!

It is a noise that cannot be described, the crowd is impressed, whilst also feeling the pain, wincing, gasping, applauding, going 'oooh' and then the silence while you see what state the poor bloke who feels like a trucks hit him is in.

Mark Broadhurst on Shane Bernadin, HKR v Queensland, 1983. It might have been illegal though

1994. It's on ewetube, Cassidy gets up as if nothing has happened. One tough bugger.

Kelvin Skerrett on McCracken at Knowsley road, either 92 or 93. Straight red if I remember correctly.

Barrie McDermott vs Paul Sironen when the Pies played the Aussies at Central Park in 1994! Mind you, it was an accident as he only has one eye.....

That video is also on some sort of website too!

Isn't that the one where the dirty one eyed f*cker smashed Sironen with his elbow?

And Sironen still got up.

Bailey on Mary.

It totally knocked Mary out and cause James Graham to act like a girl on the pitch

He didnt get up from the second one though did he, not without falling back down anyway

Yes that's the one.

And I think you'll find Sironen went down like a sack of spuds, ate grass for a bit, took a very very very very very very long time getting up - with assistance - and then veeeeerrryy slowly left the pitch, arm over physio's shoulder, looking 10 years older.

If that's what you term 'Sironen still getting up', your ocker hard men mustn't be up to much.

Search for "Barrie McDermott v Paul Sironen" on YouTube if you dispute any of the above.

Burgess has come up with some belters.

There should be an official website with these on.
youtube only has a couple of them

I really don't know why anyone is praising the McDermott elbow on Sironen. It was disgusting, just about as bad as Clint Newton on Ashton Sims, and should have seen him banned for a very long time.

I don't see anyone praising it - it was indeed a disgraceful hit. Remember though, such things weren't that uncommon back in the day, though Barrie always managed to raise the bar a little.

Still, it was pretty dramatic and knocked seven bells out of Sironen and the little devil on my shoulder always smiles when an Aussie gets flattened in test matches, whatever the circumstances.