Tracey Lazenby! What a player! Never seen someone look so scruffy and un-interested, but on his day could turn a game in an instant.

was at the game when he chased down and caught Offiah(who was in his prime athe time), very underated player tracy

Ged was more known for his hard hitting in the tackle, Brian Jackson was a favourite of mine

Lol

I liked Brian Jackson too. Big, strong lad, who loved a scrap and he hit very hard in the tackle.

Darren Fritz was a favourite of mine too. I will never forget the Challenge Cup game when we played Runcorn Highfield at home and the sight of Darren Fritz running down the field with what looked like 5 blokes on his back LOL



Priceless!

Other players that stood out for me were:-

- Steve Ella - Class act

- Ray Price - Still amazing when he came to us

- Henry Paul - A different class at the time

- Andy Mason - Ahead of his time for me, very fast, underated, great warm up routine



- Michael Jackson - a surprise package, whatever happened to him ???

- Geoff Bagnall - A real leader and very underated player

- Nigel Bell - A real work horse and put his body on the line week after week for the team

- Nigel Wright - Shame he didn't reach his full potential but on his day was a very clever and intelligent player.

- Gareth Ellis - Best homegrown player I've seen at Wakefield, you could see he had the potential and he's developed into a far better player than I ever imagined TBF to the lad.

I'm sure there's many more I've missed.....

Laurie Daley actually had knee ligament damage and had to withdraw from his contract and he didn't play out the end of that NRL season.Think he also had a shoulder problem.

He did sign before he picked up the injury albeit everybody saying it was just a publicity stunt.

Just been having another trip down memory lane and a name that crept in to my head and I don't think he's had a mention in this thread is Sonny Whakaru, he was a great player for us, imagine him Willie and Sololmona as a back three with Westwood and Ellis interchanging!

Two players I used to love weatching but weren't greats were the SDouth African Nick du Toit and Paul Round, two real rough houses who shall we say played it close to the edge! We've been pretty lucky in the back row department when we look back and with the signing of Morrison, the emergence of Fergie and the expected signing of Galea it looks like we'll be strong there again. In recent years we've struggled in the three quarters, lets hope Millard goes some way to altering this, really looking forward to see him play.

He posts on RLFANS from time to time, can't just remember is username but i'm sure someone will.

Falcon or something like that.

Does anyone remember the winger David Jones we signed from Oldham? Took ages to get his fist try but seemed to make a break every time he got the ball. I think him and Paul Round came together.

David Jones the bingo caller.


Another winger and fav of mine was Keith Slater, I think (and the memory is going) he once scored 7 in a match, but could be wrong!

Remember Jonah catching Offiah at Belle Vue when Offiah had ten yards start on him, was strong as an ox in defense but never seemed to take them on in attack even though he had pace to burn, came inside every time he got the ball. Bet he was one of the first names on the team sheet as he very rarely made a mistake.

I remember his attack being quite srong, just never a prolific try scorer. It could be said though that during those years the wingers never saw much ball.

I also fondly remember a front row once of Johny Thompson, Nigel Bell and Hugh Waddell! I think the combined age was over 100!

He's fat
He's round
He's worth 1 million pounds
Hugh Waddellllllll, Hugh Wadelllllll!

Yes I am sure he did, but I can't remember who it was against!



One forward who I had hoped to see picked in someone's team was one of my boyhood heroes - David Jeanes, a great prop forward.

David jones think toppo signed him after a barla tour came from wigan st pats remember his 1st try being in the challenge cup at carlisle, at the end he was on adrian shelfords shoulders outside the changing rooms with wakey fans chanting jonesy for britain. Fond memories.

Joint record holder with Fred Smith.

Any all time Wakey team would have to include :-
Round, Fox, Poynton, Ashurst, Vines and Turner.

Going back to the Slater 7, I seem to think it was against Batley. Then there was Barney Ward kicking about a dozen in one game.
Regarding 2nd rowers, does anyone remember Peter Harrison who we bought from Feath for about £1500, what a revelation he was. He carried the ball in 2 hands and when the opposition came to tackle him upstairs he'd push them off with the ball. Sadly his career ended one Good Friday when he was defending the Doncaster Road end (versus Cas I think) and I can still hear the 'crack' as his leg broke, the leg was amputated.
Yep David Jeanes another favourite.
Geoff Wraith was a good fullback, but Trevor Midgely under the high ball is another story.

Hope younger readers will realise the sarcasm in this statement?

ran my local in mirfield for many a year,sadly passed away now..was a great bloke to talk to

What's Nigel Bell up to these days?

From what I remember after he left Wigan for Trinity , Ashurst had some bad injuries and did not play that much. His better days being before his transfer IMO.

Lampowski was a good player though.

1.Paul
2.Tadulala
3.Domic
4.Mason
5.Sovatabua
6.Wright
7.Bagnall/Holliday
8.Shelford
9.Obst
10.Fritz
11.Ellis
12.Solomona
13.Lewis

Agreed, remember Bob Haigh as well in the s/r he scored 44 tries' for Leeds the 1st season there after being transfered from us

Poor Trevor,he cacked himself everytime under the high ball.

He would have made a good scapegoat and enemy number one in the modern era.