I was only 10 when wally played for Wakefield but even at age I could tell he was on another stratosphere compared to every other player in England. It's hard to describe how good he was because it was just spell binding what he could do..

On the other side of the coin, probably the most disappointing overseas Trinity player that I can recall was Mark Graham, the New Zealand skipper. He never lived up to the hype.

I thought Graham did alright for us. It was his sidekick Brent Todd who I think was by far the worst overseas player I've ever seen. He was shocking.

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Sure you don't mean Brent Todd? Graham wasn't great but he was quite old when he joined us. Todd was a current kiwi international and was utter pants - think we asked him to leave

I once spotted Wally Lewis cutting a lonely figure sat all by himself in the McDonalds on the corner of Briggate and Boar Lane in Leeds. He was staring thoughtfully out of the window. I can't remember if it was when he was with us or with an Aussi tour.

Yeah I think he did, however if I recall Todd blamed the club and Toppo in particular whilst Graham at least kept his jap shut and retired.

Funny really because Ella was a bit of a legend at BV in the same team and barely played due to injury.

But fair enough nobody could call Graham a massive success.

TBf if my if memory recalls we won the first 4 games beating a top Wigan side at home then mark Graham went back to nz and the season went down ,not sure what year is was ? 1986 ???

88-89 season

Even more disappointing than Hickey now he was bad

Brent Todd bloody crap

Hickey has to be the worst import ever, shocking excuse of a player.

Saw Ray Price yesterday. Old fella walks like he is 90 years old. That body got put through the wringer over the years.

He walked like a ninety year old when he came onto the pitch for us, but when the whistle blew that was a different matter.