he used to be a regular name on here with previous posters. Maybe its a generation shift.

User name?

It would be intersting to read his thoughts - even if it was afew years ago

We must have started to watch the Wire around the same time. Greenall was the complete nutter. Vinty told the tale of how Greenall, then a senior professional, led a post match delegation into the Oldham dressing room to continue hostilities. He loved inflicting pain and was the ringleader of the dirtiest team I have ever seen but he also took it. As i have said before Ray Price handed out some real pastings to him and Greenall used to boast that he had broken nearly every bone in his body.
My favourite Greenall moment was when we were playing towards the cop end and Bev got the ball and went round the Saints winger, Brian Howard, whose son, Harvey, later played for Widnes. Anyway Howard dived and managed to get hold of Bev's ankle, Bev was trying to yank his ankle free when Greenall came charging across and launched himself at Bev from about six foot away. If he had connected God only knows what would the consequences would have been, However Bev had the finely tuned instincts of a flight animal and crouched to the ground. Greenall went flying over him on to the cinder track and into the wall. After some time, Greenall staggered off with his shoulder beneath his waist and that is my earliest recall of thinking that there is a God in Heaven after all.
Bill McFarlane was yet another example of someone wasting their god given talent. IMO he was immensely talented and, if he had half the application of Vinty Karalius, he would have been the stuff of folk lore. Instead he used to go out round Wigan on a Friday night, get popped up, start trouble and get locked up and have to be bailed out to play on the Saturday. A life style that would only end one way.

What? He became a referee?

Touche. I like it

I think thats a bit harsh deckchair, when the adrenaline is flying in the opening stages of a grand final we can all get a bit carried away.

I can remember the touring 86 Aussies, and us getting a bit of a pasting in the first 2 Tests.
The Monday morning after, Maurice Bamford called up 2 Neanderthals to the side, so we didn't get bullied.
Chris Burton and David Watkinson both of Hull KR, and both certified nutters.

Oh, and if we're going to mention Sonny Nickle, how can we also be so forgetful as to dismiss his partner in crime, Vila Matautia from our thoughts.

Remember the Huddersfield team under Tony Smith, that had come back in to Super League. They were fed up of being whipping boys of SL. Right dirty set they were, with Jim Gannon, Jamie Bloem, Paul Reilly.

To be honest though - not many have punched an unconscious man whilst he was on the ground.





(but actuslly I don't now whether this is typical of his play or not.... maybe under Wane....)

Big Jim Mills, nutcase

kurt sorenson..dirty or just a hardman

Kurt The Skirt.......Boydies Bitch

Boyd DESTROYED Sorenson and Widnes that day, was only on the pitch for 60 mins and played with a broken nose.

I'm gonna have to add Nikau into this debate in modern times. He loved a bit of biff.