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Sir Steve Menzies has done well - could well turn into a decent player...
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| Quote: sanjunien "Sir Steve Menzies has done well - could well turn into a decent player...'"
He'll never make it, can't fight. |
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Why are people mentioning Jamie Lyon? He was a SOO test player before he went pig farming. He only came here because he couldn't play in Aus.
Matt King was mentioned in the OP - test & SOO player.
Danny Nutley needs a mention - on the scrap heap in Aus, came over here and ended up eventually playing SOO when he went back.
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| Quote: LifeLongHKRFan "IIRC Meninga was already an up and coming player who only came for 1 season. Whereas Miller was virtually a nobody.'"
He still went back a better player than he came though. |
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Andy Purcell, the former Hull forward, is a good shout. Came over here as a total unknown, was turned away after a trial at Batley, played a season with Swinton, and then popped up a year or so later in first-grade at Cronulla Sharks.
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| Quote: suttonrobin "Which player do you think came over here did ok/half decent, only to go back and be at the top of their game and make you think wow why not do that for us?
My personal one is Glenn Hall for the Cowboys and had two mediocre seasons at Bradford, regularly playes for NQC and high up on stats too. Also Fulton was pretty bad for Hudds, again he is a regular for Wests Tigers.
The following players all played round 21 over the weekend.
C.Best , C.Newton , J.Ryles , Ryan Hoffman , G.Bird , D.Johnson , G,Hall , G.Ellis , L.Fulton , S.Berrigan , D.Buderus , W.Mason , J.Graham , G.Eastwood , M.King , S.Burgess , L.Burgess.'"
Didn't realise these were overseas players 'who went back'.
Pedantic I know.
Top of my head though, Heremaia has got to be up there. |
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Shane Elford for Huddersfield aswell. He was dropped to the reserves at one point left by mutual agreement with him still in contract. Moved back to Australia and had a better season with Penrith. Fulton aswell.
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| Quote: R.B.A "Martin Bella. Paul Langmack.
For Fax fans out there with long memories.'"
Deffo, could also add Dan Stains, Michael Hagan to that. Grant Rix would have gone on to be a top class player aswell had he not suffered badly from injuries and retired young. |
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Jamie Lyon, hands down.
Left Aus as a nutty pig farmer and has won it all since returning.
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Gavin Miller. He might have played Origin briefly but by the time Rovers signed him he was playing reserve grade at Easts & his early career potential had disappeared.
Roger Millward revolutionised his game, turning him from a grafting back rower into a ball player. He won the Man of Steel at Rovers.
After he went back he dominated the game for 3-4 seasons, winning the Dally M & Rothmans medals, captaining Cronulla to the minor premiership, captaining NSW & playing for Australia.
Rovers only signed him because they couldn't get a work permit for Noel Cleal. He arrived a virtual unknown & went back the best player in the world.
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| Quote: Wildmoose "Gavin Miller. He might have played Origin briefly but by the time Rovers signed him he was playing reserve grade at Easts & his early career potential had disappeared.
Roger Millward revolutionised his game, turning him from a grafting back rower into a ball player. He won the Man of Steel at Rovers.
After he went back he dominated the game for 3-4 seasons, winning the Dally M & Rothmans medals, captaining Cronulla to the minor premiership, captaining NSW & playing for Australia.
Rovers only signed him because they couldn't get a work permit for Noel Cleal. He arrived a virtual unknown & went back the best player in the world.'"
Have to agree Miller was the 1st i thought of, then Martin Bella & Tony Martin when he went from London to Melbourne. |
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| Quote: LifeLongHKRFan "Although he played excellently for us, the player we had who went back to Aus and ripped it up was Gavin Miller. He was almost a nobody when he came to us but went on to play origin on his return to Aus.'"
YES and did he not win man of steel when he played for us at the time he was god  |
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As a Leeds Fan these players certainly went back better players
Mark Laurie
Andrew Ettingshausen
Dean Bell
Cliff Lyons
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Tonie Carroll. Came over here as a Kiwi, went back Australian. Awesome turn around because I thought he was pretty ordinary over here.
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