Learn something new every day, i didn’t know his wages were paid by a businessman. Well providing Trinity made bank in those 10 games then I don’t have a problem with it, I still don’t see why he’s regarded so highly.

I do and I wasn’t there, it’s not difficult.

Best player in the world from the vibrant up and coming Australian game. Joining a club that had been on the down for years in a comp that was going nowhere.

It’s like when the Beatles and the Stones first hit America, it just blew people away.

Maybe he was not quite as great as people recall I don’t know, there is always a level of exaggeration in nostalgia. That said who can blame them and even if Lewis was only half the player some make out he was still a superstar the like of which we have rarely seen since.

To put it in perspective, this was the equivalent of MC signing SBW five years ago when he was still worth signing and then bringing Tredesco along to make up the numbers, that is how stellar it was.

The only negative to his Legacy as far as I can see is his length of service. Ten games I think it was?? Not really enough to be a true Trinity in the real sense of the word, sorry. However as a player he transcends that and judging by the opinions of those who saw him he was pure magic in each of those ten games, what more do you want?

I count myself as jealous.

Did we sign mark Graham at the same time memory not the best ?

No a few years later.

Was a bit of a let down when Hull beat us at Belle Vue in Wally's debut game. Their debut signing Peter Sterling being the man of the match. Remember the Hull fans having a banner "No Wallies in our team"

I think that may have been more to do with the rest of the Hull team being better than ours and Wally literally stepping off the plane to play.

Nail on the head PT.

Wally would not get the number 6 spot in my all time Wakey team only played 10 games.Would have him as the best number 6 I have ever see play.When he came into the Qeensland team along with Sterling they were on one of the longest losing streaks in Origin.He turned their fortunes around and went on to be captain of Australia , witch he lost when he Bungee jump of a stadium for a bet.

Thinking along the same lines as you Legend,Wally was far and away the best player I've ever seen, end of! In those 10 games we got to see what a superstar really looked like, good footwork, superb footballing brain, deceptive pace,a pass on him for speed, accuracy and length that I'd never seen the likes of, before or since.To add to all this, a good tackler and,by no means least, as tough as they come.Toppo was my all time favourite stand off.

I have made it a mission to see every game I can of Wally Lewis.
I saw him in 82 on tour. Saw every game. And then got the video of the State of Origin games.
Saw all the Queensland games when they toured in 83.
Then our games of course. Something special.

Since then I've seen him every time he came back on tour.
Met him at Briggs's pub when he was over but I was only a kid.

In the digital age I've found a few games when he played for Valleys in Brisbane and all the SOO many many times.

He's the best I've ever seen.
I agree he is a legend of the game and his visit was an impossible dream that came true but in the history of Trinity it is a cameo compared to other Trinity legends.

PS legend. Sterling was NSW.

So much so we lost half of those 10 games and were relegated the same season. I know what he’s done for the game and I understand why signing for Trinity at the time was huge but I just think it’s almost disrespectful to those who have offered more over years of service.

It’s kind of like in the amateur game where the lad who’s nowhere to be seen during the week to train but shows up on the weekend expecting to play halfback, it shows a complete lack of respect for those who put the time and effort in.

By all means acknowledge his spell at Trinity but it wouldn’t take long to find someone from the same era who’s more deserving IMO.

Point is Dreadnought, we would probably have lost the other half of the 10 games had WL not played. He lifted the team.
I for one wouldn't make comparisons with other Trinity stalwarts or legends , because WL was neither. He was the best player in the world at the time we had him and he was a short term 'guest' of the club.
I have to say it was an absolute pleasure seeing him play and I wish we had him at 6 for the coming season!

Never seen passes before or since better than Wally's during his short stay here. In his first game against Hull he sent accurate passes covering half the width of the pitch. I'm proud to have seen the great man play over here. I remember seeing him alone, and forlornly sat at a window seat looking out in McDonalds on the corner of Boar Lane/Upper Briggate in Leeds whilst here.

You really do have a staggering ability to miss the point, a point everyone else does.

No I don’t, many on here are simply selective of what they read when I post.

I understand he was the best player in the world at the time, with the signing Trinity will will have well been under the spotlight and the attendances improved. I didn’t know until yesterday that his wages were paid by a businessman so I’m presuming Trinity will have seen the full benefit of higher attendances.

But why do we still have him coming over 35 years later with his name in lights now? We have players who have done just as much if not more who won’t even get a mention.

IMO he might of been the best player at the time but there was certainly no major success on the field that came from the signing.