An exercise like this certainly shows people's age.

Can't wait to see your list

1 Henry Paul
2 Andy Wilson
3 Andy mason
4 Sid Domic
5 Semi Tadulala
6 Nigel Wright
7 Geoff Bagnall
8 Darren Fritz
9 Billy Conway
10 Nigel Bell
11 Gareth Ellis
12 Micheal Jackson
13 Ray Price
14 Richard Slater
15 David Solamona
16 Mark Conway
17 Willie Poching

As a young lad Lampo & Keith Smith were my hero's & I used to run on the pitch at full time home & away to get Smithy's tie ups - eventually got them at Rochadale! How about this lot

Midgley
Fletcher
Smith
Domic
Juliff
Lewis
Bell
Ballantyne
Maskill
Burke
Skerritt
Idle
Lampkowski

Topliss
Ashurst
Keith Rayne
Kelly

When I think of Tronc, I think back to the Leeds home game (must have been one of the first home games this season). In his first 20 or 30 minutes it's the best prop performance I've seen at Belle Vue, granted I've only been watching for about 5 years.

He must have made about 4 or 5 offloads which resulted in line breaks.

What a shame he cried off back to aus!

Agreed - if that's what happened, it's a crying shame.

I thought Tronc was great before spitting his dummy out. I would have to compare him against Skerrett, Burke, Fritz, I did also like Shelford but I think I may get shouted down on that one.

See someone's got Trevor Midgley as fullback.

Wonder if the club will run a worst 13 ever competition. I've got my choice ready for one position.

I agree. Thought Shelford was awesome.
Burke and Skerrett were my favourites.

I never saw any of them play but I used to train with John Burke at Sandal RU gym. He was a really nice guy but started struggling with illness I think.

I didn't realise how he played as a player....until my dad gave me the full run down!

He sounded pretty hard.

VERY HARD!

funnily enough, I was doing a feature on this for the next 4FS fanzine - but it never went any further as we failed to publish!

Bear with me on the length of this post, as it includes some unique perspective on players deemed 'hall of famers' prior to 1973.

The problem with this type of voting is that recent players get a dissproportionate amount of votes, because peopl vote on who they've witnessed - how do these players compare with the real greats of yesteryear? I've tried to be realistic and apply my own experiences with those of history.

I reviewed the book ‘100 Years Of Rugby – The History Of Wakefield Trinity Football Club – 1873–1973’ by J.C. Lindley with ‘personal recollections’ by D. W. Armitage. Where there was a 'Hall Of Fame' listed from the first 100 years of the clubs history - with details on why each player was included.

So – to start with, here’s the original Hall Of Fame as selected by Lindley & Armitage in 1973. Listed by their common position and year of debutmy choice for those 16 were, based on the same criteria for the first 47 - as follows:

Andy Fletcher, Keith Smith, Andy Mason, Gareth Ellis, Wally Lewis, Nigel Wright, Mike Lampkowski, Brad Davis, David March, Trevor Skerrett, Johnny Thompson, Nigel Bell, Michael Jackson, David Solomona, Ray Price and Willie Poching.

And so – the $6,000,000 question – Trinity’s greatest side selected from the 63 Hall Of Famer’s – a tough one, but based on reading up on the centurions, having seen the last 35 years and trying to strike a balance between history and personal experience – I would go with:

Full Back: Gerry Round
Wings: Fred Smith and Berwyn Jones
Centres: Billy Batten and Neil Fox
Stand Off: David Topliss
Scrum Half: Jonty Parkin
Props: Jack Wilkinson and Trevor Skerrett
Hooker: Len Marson
Second Rows: Don Vines and David Solomona
Loose Forward: Rocky Turner
Coach: Ken Traill

I don't think that I could choose my own personal favourite 13 because when I decide some one comes along and jogs my memory a little (it's an age thing) and more players come into the reckoning. Tell you one thing though I've the greatest of respect for every player that dons the RWB, because it's my team.
I think I remember Herbert Hutchinson playing.