Ryan Cross and Garrick Morgan.

yeah wally lewis was a RU player.

lewis was a RL junior. he played junior RL 5 years before he tried union, and he never stopped playing RL.

for a couple of years he went to an exclusive school where RL wasnt played so he also played union, in conjunction with RL on the weekend

went on a wallabies schoolboy tour to GB whilst still being a RL junior before and after

found union boring and threw it in

but because he was so good the union trolls claim him as one of their own

the way it works it :

if you play 1 year of RU as a junior this overrides any number of years playing RL

basically in australia 80 - 90% of the kids who play union as juniors also play league because we are the dominant sport

RL isnt played in exclusive schools, its only union and soccer so some try it in school, but still play RL on the weekends

many current wallabies had extensive RL junior careers

Craig Innes played in two grand finals with Manly and was a former all black

Matthew Ridge (watch the hate come on now) pretty much similar

For example Rocky Elsom (Wobbilies flanker) played in the same Jersey Flegg side as Jonathon Thurston, Matt Utai and Roy Asotasi

rocky elsom and wycliff palu were basically nrl reserve graders who were pushed out from their clubs because they had no future in RL

they readily got a S14 contract and then played for the wallabies

heck elsom has even captained them

failed nrl player = wallaby captain!

good call on ridge he was a fantastic convert

since you dont know much about the nrl ill help you

elsom was told by his clubs the dogs to forget about RL, and that union was his sport

his body was totally unsuited to RL and they told him to go back to union where he captained his country

palu was another convert to RL who came over fat and slow and after 1 offseason with the dragons we got him into shape

he failed to crack first grade and the waratahs offered him better money, clearly he had no future in the NRL

the waratahs coach even praised the dragons for getting him fit

its not surprising 2 failed NRL players make the highest level in union

pretty much all our stars went to union and made a massive impact straight away

to be expected given our training systems

Elsom played league on the weekend for Noosa Pirates

Jonathon Davies did so much for RL it was riduculus. The guy didn't shine as much for Cardiff as he did for widnes, then he went to a very poorwire and nearly scared Wigan in93-4, but to top, remember that try at wembely, when we were a man down and we as a nation needed some magic...... It didn't come from betts, joynt, Farrell, Connolly, steadman,.... It took a former RU player to get around the best full back at the time....,, (which offiah couldn't do)....(mullens) and prob one of the greatest try's in a GB shirt scored at wembley....... Say what u want at RU. But some of thier greatest players came from league and some of our greatest players came from RU

Lewis Jones still holds the record for points scored for Leeds, from a time where the try was worth 3. That tells you a little about the great man.