Leon Pryce

Don't forget the times where David Waite would play Farrell or Scully in the halfs just to have any extra tackler in the side...That plan died on its Ar$e...

Not sure if it was about having an extra tackler, that was just something that fans on forums said. It was Scully who played stand-off, Farrell played 2nd row under David Waite with Forshaw at loose. IMO the real reason Scully played there was he was a better stand-off than any of the other options. Briers back then was pretty inconsistent so I can see why there were doubts. Some of the 'peoples choice' picks look embarrasing with hindsight, I remember when everybody was saying we should have picked Orr, Horne or Thorman at stand off instead of Scully....really? Scully was GB's best performer (from stand-off) in David Waite's era, and he won back to back Man of Steel awards at Saints. I can't really see how we would have been stronger with Orr, Horne or Thorman. Briers would have brought a good kicking game but back then even as a stand-off Scully was ahead of Briers.

Talking of the "peoples choice" I remember when people were banging their heads against the wall at Forshaw's continued selection saying it was time to give Danny Tickle a chance....another Waite decision to be proved right, Tickle has never hit the standards Forshaw did, ever.

didn't sculthorpe win man of steel playing from stand off.

he was pretty bloody good i tell thee

On paper that's a bloody good side

Yes he won it twice playing stand-off for Saints in the 2001 and 2002 seasons.

Ironically I think if Scully had been a bad tackler he would have been better accepted by GB fans as a stand-off. He was far and away GB's most consistent player in those times, in fact I would say since the days of Hanley, Schofield and Davies, Scully has been the best British player in the international field. He was right up there with the Aussies. But a lot of fans used to blame GB's defeats on Scully being stand-off rather than Briers, Orr, Thorman or Horne, all of whom Scully was streets ahead of (bearing in mind this was the inconsistent Briers not the complete version of his later years). When there were arguments on fans forums the usual argument was "yes Scully looks OK at stand-off in Super League but he's not a stand-off at international level"....completely ignoring the fact that he was performing well there.

Scully's constant fighting/sin binning would sometimes go towards the scape goating

scully was immense.

Scully had his best games for GB at stand off. I'd go as far to say that scully at one point was the best stand off in the world.