Alan McGlone was as hard as they came, he and Frank Foster probably the other mobs hardest I've seen were always at each others heads. After him it's gotta be Paul Rose.

The hardest player I have seen is Paul Woods no one else comes even close, the guy was legend.

Cas away 1980 we where getting beat by Cas and the Hyde decided to take on the line with only Paul Woods to beat, we all knew what was going to happen. Dropped him and just walked off I do not think the ref actually sent him off. The same Paul Woods who was banned before the 1980 Wembley final for 8 matches and had it reduced to six so he could play in the final.

Knocker was a bloody hard bloke as well lets not forget that, he could and did mix it with the best of them but he was not a nut Like Woodsy.

I think Radford has a reputation for being hard as well and rarely gets much aggro on the field as his reputation precedes him.

Crooks, Rose, Skerritt and Woods from the past. From more recent times Greenhill and Radford.

Always remember the tackle by Skerritt, the Rose punch on Rod Reddy in 82, Woods with the ball ignoring a huge hole so he could run straight into the breaking scrum headfirst and also Fred Ah Khoi battering Casey at craven park.

Adam Maher. Who was the Huddersfield forward he leathered?

I think it was in the Floodlight Cup against HKR Phil Lowe
made a break he came up against Paul Woods and he just throw the ball into a empty
space rather then be tackled by Paul Woods

The Floodlight Cup against Wovers was the one where woods just ran over Paul Rose. Rose, was unconscious on the floor and then as the minutes ticked by with the first aiders at his side, over the tannoy "is there a Doctor in the ground?"
Everyone just peed themselves as Paul Woods stood there as innocent as a Choir boy. Rose was eventually stretchured off.
Without doubt, Paul Woods was the hardest player I have ever seen.
Must be something in the Cumbrian water because the other one on my list is Eddie Syzmala from Barrow (think I've spelled his name wrong) but he was as hard as nails and his face looked like it had been through a mincing machine.

That was Mick Scott mate, the best scrummaging open-side prop EVER

uoteA story I was told and have no reason to doubt (from a family member) about Mick Harrison.
Hull were away to Warrington (Old Wilderspool Ground), now for those who remember, the changing rooms were under the stand that the supporters used to sit and at the end of the game spit on us (if we were lucky) as we left, well at the back of that stand was the coach/car park.
Well on this particular day, as Mick got off the bus and was walking behind said stand he had to pass the Home changing rooms, these had small high up slotted windows (frosted mind) that opened outward and as Mick was passing under one of them he heard a voice inside say, what we have to do in this game lads, is take out Harrison, if someone can sort him out early, this game should be ours....what did Mick do....He walked staight into their changing room, dropped his kit bag and said, "why wait for the game, lets sort it out now" and proceded to beat £uck out of three of them before he was dragged out by some of his team mates who'd heard the comotion.
It goes without saying FC won the game that day and by all account Mick had a good game as well....lol
The thing is, from what i've heard, Warrington at the time had some very hard men of their own which only goes to show how tough Mick Harrison was.
AFAIK he died in a forklift accident on the docks.
Anyone got any other similar stories/memoirs????...pre 1978 that is as that's as far as i can go back.'"

Sorry, yes...got my Micks mixed up....lol

1st game he played at the Boulevard. Nailed the bloke and got a 3 game ban i think?? Never took a backwards step.

Greenhills scrap with Ward has to be one of the best on TV but the full version isn't on U Tube anymore

Lee Radford is the hardest player to ever wear the Black and White shirt. Paul Woods was hard but also mad, Lee is a tough nut and a disciplined player. I once heard that Andy Dannatt once grabbed hold of Vinnie Jones in a London nightclub many years ago when Vinnie was wendyballs tough guy.

Hepi was a grade a w.nker just like two Bob Roberts. Woods , Crooks , Rose , Stone , Regan , Harrison, Wilson & Street were probably the player that stand out .

I think the hardest puncher was Mark Jones as per Barry Mac's book