Rockpig wrote:Wildmoose wrote:Throughout the wilderness years in the National Leagues we had a lot of good players come & go. Stan, Wilkin & Raleigh got their chance in Super League, but what of the others? With full-time training, better coaching & better players around them could any of them have developed into SL players? Some suggestions…
Garry Brown -did he play top flight rugby? I did nt think so
Richard Oliver -thought he only played for us in lower league
Alasdair McClarron - never played in top flight
John Okul -did in Oz, after injury the rest is history
Whetu Taewa -made it
Paul Mannson -most of career in lower leagues
Gary Chatfield-yes played for us in top flight, not for long
Neil Wardrobe
Alex Thompson - crap
Jon Aston -top flight with hull, us in the lower leagues
Paul Fletcher -legend
Rob Wilson -most of career in lower league
Adrian Rainey -cant remember him
Andy Smith never played top flight.
Going from my hazy memory. Maybe the Oracle RBA can prove me wrong?!!
It depends what 'made it' means. Rovers had a lot of players play for us for a short period of time, and just because it was a handful of games in the top division I would not say that was 'making it'.
Gary Brown, Richard Oliver and Neil Wardrobe all played top flight rugby for the Robins.
Would be interested to know what your definition of "making it" is. In my opinion if you are good enough to play top flight rugby then you have most deffo made it. I would also suggest that somebody like Jon Aston who didnt play top flight rugby but had a long career with Hull, Rovers and Rochdale in the lower leagues also has fair claim to have "made it."
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