BRONCOS
1) Mark McLinden
2) Nigel Roy
3) Robert Purdham
4) Paul Sykes
5) Martin Offiah
6) Dennis Moran
7) Shaun Edwards
8.) Russell Bawden
9) Jason Hetherington
10) Tony Mestrov
11) Steele Retchless
12) Peter Gill
13) Jimmy Dymock
Subs: Richie Barnett, Karle Hammond, Lee Hopkins, Solomon Haumono

QUINS
1) Mark McLinden
2) Chris Melling
3) Robert Purdham
4) David Howell
5) Will Sharp
6) Luke Dorn
7) Danny Orr
8.) Karl Temata
9) Chad Randall
10) Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
11) Lee Hopkins
12) Jason Golden
13) Henry Paul
Subs: Danny Williams, Solomon Haumono, Scott Hill, Gareth Haggerty

Moran was a 7 not a 6. Dorn would have a shot at a Broncos team but not a Quins team. Otherwise can't disagree with a lot of that.

Edwards wasn't in the same league as Moran when playing for the Broncos. Moran took stick from time to time, but looking back, he is probably one of the best players that played for London Broncos.

Different types of players, of course, but in 30 years of watching this lot, come September, I cannot remember one other player who could galvanise the team single-handedly as Edwards did.

I'm really struggling to remember Edwards as having that sort of effect on our team, but I was quite young so I'll take your word for it

shaun was without doubt one the best half backs ever to play the game........and a top guy....and has made a great job of coaching,too.

i know ,i have worked with him

Maybe....but dennis the menace was a try scoring machine and us non-purists will always go for the glory players. Like Greenwood/NBQ....both get mentioned in dipatches, but both only really had good year each.
For Me, the Martin/roy centre partnership would be gold dust for the current team.
A for wells.....he certainly stopped more tries than he scored

To put a slightly different slant on a "best ever" squad, did anybody see in the last matchday programme Steele Retchless' choice from his period playing for the club (1998-2004).

As it was from a players viewpoint, from somebody who did the hard graft with the players concerned, it gives an interesting angle.

1. Richie Barnett
2. Martin Offiah
3. Nigel Roy
4. Mat Toshack
5. Paul Sykes
6. Karl Hammond
7. Dennis Moran
8. Grant Young
9. Jason Hetherington
10. Justin Dooley
11. Rob Purdham
12. Peter Gill
13. Jim Dymock

Subs:
Shane Millard
Greg Fleming
Russell Bawden

Agreed, and he didn't even pick himself on the bench

Edinburgh vs the Bulls in his first game back for us for instance.

Also and this may be the brain farting, but in the Canberra game when we were 14-0 down [I think] he wasn't on but came on at that point?

Your right mate. Not only that game against the Bulls itself, but how his addition also turned round the team for the whole year. I think you're right abou the Canberra game, too.

Mark Mc Linden
Martin Offiah
Paul Sykes
Mark (Sparkles)O'Halleran
Nigel Roy
Luke Dorn
Denis Moran
Soloman Haumono
Jason Hethrington/Chad Randall
L.M.S.
Steele Retchless
Lee Hopkins
Rob Purdham/Henry Paul

Can't believe you are the first to shout for Mark O'Halloran. Totally slipped my mind. Pretty good selection there Billy, I would slip in Cram for LMS though.