It does seem high, remember a certain percentage is/was paid in overseas image rights though.

Is that an intended understatement? If it was remotely close to that figure, it would put him far and away the best paid player in SL. I think we all know who/what the answer to that question is.

Who have you got in mind?

150k is the most he will be on. That figure is so high.

Record transfer fee in SL, cap dodging. Left prior to a testimonial.

Can you tell who it is yet?

When he signed, I do remember the press, might have been the Aussie press, saying King's the highest paid centre in the world. Pretty sure they quoted figures of something like $1.6m Australian dollars, whatever that exchanges to...

That's all rumours though.

a massive let down has to be kevin campion. he came over with a big rep, saw wilderspool and had it on his toes. didn't even give it a shot. 4 grand final apperances and 6 soo apps. reckon he could have been a good player for us.

Don't I remember reading somewhere that there are only four (or was it five) people who know what King's salary is? I'm sure that "inner-sanctum" will take the information to the grave with them, the rest is pure conjecture.

Gareth Davies came with a good rep when he joined us in the mid 90's and turned out to be gash.

Dave "Doc" Murray was laughable as a RL player.

Sullivan ??

you sure thats right, or is that including after he shat on us?

Don't care who this upsets but i suggest Andrew Gee. He thought one brilliant performance against bradford excused him being s**t the rest of the time. All it did was show how good he was when he could be ar**d. He really did my head in.

King.

I remember there being a lot of hype around Desai Williams at Wigan a few years ago, and loads of their fans bought Afro wigs to wear in his honour, and then he turned out to be truly atrocious.

ooh, that's a good call that. i've purposely avoided nominating nikau, i've complained about him on here far too much in the past.

Tony Tatupu was another, we hid him in a safe house so the warriors couldn't find him, and was described by murphy as the alan shearer of rugby league.

Some say we went after kearney and got this fella instead...

i think.....

once for the dragons in 96
twice for the broncos, the last before he came over to us, then once after for nzw

For me it was Steve "blocker" Roach. He had nothing but an extended holiday for us whilst Les Davidson played his heart out in every game. I remember at the time being really let down over his apparent lack of effort and commitment. World beater in Aus mediocre at best over here.

YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT RUGBY LEAGUE!

JOHNS WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY!


NOW GET BACK TO SCOFFING PIES!

YOU may have watched joey on TV however you did not attend the leeds match which was worth every penny he got, go away you irritate me!

Kevin Penny will get a few mentions no doubt. Could prove to be the case in the end, I hope not.

No hype, Dale Cardoza was a criminal waste of an athlete, had the physique, just no bottle.

Just shame he got injured in second game and didn't recover sufficiently.

Tony Tatupu

apparantly the "Eric Cantona of Rugby League" according to whoever signed him....Van de velde probably

Hear hear.

I always felt a bit sorry for Terry Holmes - came to League with a massive reputation, but injuries prevented him showing how good he was. I do remember him, together with John Woods, destroying us at Wilderspool for Bradford in the mid-80's, though, knocking us out of the CC in the process.

They didn't destroy us, they won by a couple of points and that was only cos kevin meadows knocked on with the line at his mercy in the last couple of minutes. John Woods is a legend in my eyes though.

This Michael Jackson memorial has been a let down thus far. Paul Gambacini just introduced a Reverend as 'not Mariah Carey'.

Sullivan and Monaghan have been let downs although Monas gets something of a pass due to his great effort levels.