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| Didn't Mal win the Lance Todd at Wembley, granted the GB world cup wasn't at Wembley but why does there have to be some iconic picture to associate the statue?
Offiah is a gobsh*te, Edwards is now a union name.
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| A statue of the George Hotel
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| Neil Fox is the obvious choice for all rugby league fans who have the ability to see beyond their own club colours.
He is the world record point scorer in the game
He is the brother of Don Fox who unfortunately provided the country and our sport with it's most iconic moment
He holds the record for most points in a CC final
He is a RL Hall of Famer
His name is known across the RL playing world
He carries himself with a dignity that speaks volumes about the values of our game
He hails from Sharlston which is the quintessential type of mining community which spawned our game. To choose Neil Fox would be to tip our hat in the direction of those thousands of players from our proud history that shared Neils heritage and who's roots many of us still share today.
in my humble opinion he is the stand out candidate amongst many deserving legends of our game.
Edwards, Offiah, Hanley, Murphy, Sullivan, Van Vollenhoven etc can have their statues in the future because who says that we're allowed only one, but Neil Fox MUST be the first.
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| Dally wroteicon_biggrin.gifon Fox on his knees? Surely the most iconic Wembley image.
This, by a country mile. Plaque underneath simply reads 'Poor lad!'
oh i like that !!
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| Got to be the Don. Nothing else comes close.
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| Hey dad who is that a statue of? said the little boy in his first visit to Wembley.
That son, is a guy who lost his nerve when it counted and let all his team mates down and countless fans.
Why is there a statue of him?
Because the country likes to celebrate losers lad, and rugby league is small time, we had so many winners to choose from and we picked a guy who lost his bottle.
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| Quote: Horatio Yed "Hey dad who is that a statue of? said the little boy in his first visit to Wembley.
That son, is a guy who lost his nerve when it counted and let all his team mates down and countless fans.
Why is there a statue of him?
Because the country likes to celebrate losers lad, and rugby league is small time, we had so many winners to choose from and we picked a guy who lost his bottle.'"
Don't think he lost his nerve, lost his bottle or let anyone down!
He was trying to kick a goal in a swimming pool, he also won the Lance Todd trophy in that match so let's not rewrite history.
I do take your point though about choosing to celebrate success.
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| If it's a Wigan player it's Hanley or none.
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| Quote: The Clan "Neil Fox is the obvious choice for all rugby league fans who have the ability to see beyond their own club colours.'"
Really? Who did he play for?
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| unlike football we have not won a world cup at wembley, so any thing on GB, does go with wembley
now Lanc Todd has given his name to MOM award.
or how about the cup. with or without a player.
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| Bobby Goulding, anyone? No? How's about Barry Jon Mather?!
Seriously, for those who've said it; why does the fact Edwards is now coaching Union mean we couldn't have a statue of him? Did everything he achieved at Wembley in our game get written from history the minute he took on a job outside of our game? Edwards all the way for me.
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| A faceless figure holding a rugby ball . Possibly in an action pose such as diving over the line . With the number 13 on his back .
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| Quote: Conroy "Andy Greg.
NEVER lost at Wembley. First player to win two Lance Todds. Won 8 times there and drew 1.
He wasnt the first player to win 2 lance todds.
For me offiah on his knees is THE iconic wembley image (unfortunately)
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