Mr Idle without a doubt.
Others
Nigel Bell, Mcdermott , and a centre we got from Hull could have called him Day. He also became captain for a short spell.

players who were tackled by Wrigglesworth usually went down like thy had been shot with a gun...

Idle was a machine as was Paul McDermott...

Belly came good but I still remember his first couple of seasons (after his Wally partnership) when the team was poor and badly coached and he looked fat and lazy and played like it... I never really forgave him for that period and consequently he was never a favourite player of mine.

Players like John Glancy and Richard Slater deserve mention but my vote goes to Ray Price.. he seemed to hit like a steam train!

Watching olds tapes of Nigel Bell you have to laugh at his "gull wing" technique of laying on in the tackle.

You are talking about Terry Day we got him from york and sold him to Hull.

Thanks for that Cheshire cat.

Nigel Bell

Wondered when someone was going to say Ray Price !!!
Ran/tackled his blood to water in every game and I seem to remember him saying at the time that if you didn't come off the pitch completely knackered then you hadn't been trying...absolute legend

One he wasn't a legend but lets not go there



Yes he was a great tackler but with only one season under his belt it's not enough for me.

What he did do was something I've rarely seen at BV and that's the sense of professionalism he exhibited and the way others followed.

Some hit hard and some hit often

The likes of Ray Price and to a much lesser extent Richard Slater, tackled over and over with good technique and high fitness levels. Every team needs one of these. The important part of that is not to miss any. If you stake your claim to tackle everything, you can't run out of steam otherwise you leave a big gap. Belly at his best was that guy too, he made up for fitness with outstanding effort. I've seen all three of these run past team mates to make a tackle when others have given up.
As said Graham Idle was like this too. Never gave up. He'd fit in today's game quite well.

For big hurtful tackles, Ellis was one of our best. He always hit hard, especially when he went to 13. That proved to be his fortune in Oz.
Trevor Skerrett was a big hitter and I remember Dick Jazervich (spell?) coming from Bradford for a short stint and showing how good he was but I don't think we've had that many of this type. Ironically, considering how much Belly gives him grief, Anderson, when he was on the field was a rock in defense. Wasn't spectacular but when people ran at him the looked like they were always surprised how hard they stopped.

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one Vasty...definitely one on my top 3 Trinity players of all the time I've been watching (nearly 40 years). The other two being Wally Lewis and Toppo

Now you are being g daft Vastman, Ray Price isn't just a legend he is THE legend. Toughest man on the planet with the heart to match.