This would be my team...tempted to put Jimmy Irvine on the bench though
George Fairbairn Garry Clark Mike Smith Gary Prohm David Laws John Dorahy Gordon Smith Mark Broadhurst David Watkinson Bryan Niebling Chris Burton Gavin Miller David Hall
David Watson Stanley Gene Phil Hogan / Chris Close Paul Fletcher
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muddyboots wrote:Who was that real good Welsh guy you got from Union in the early 90s?
was it David something?
Yeah, Bishop, good player, probably could have been a lot better but liked the odd sherbert.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
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Wildmoose wrote:This would be my team...tempted to put Jimmy Irvine on the bench though
George Fairbairn Garry Clark Mike Smith Gary Prohm David Laws John Dorahy Gordon Smith Mark Broadhurst David Watkinson Bryan Niebling Chris Burton Gavin Miller David Hall
David Watson Stanley Gene Phil Hogan / Chris Close Paul Fletcher
I'd go along with a lot of that but I be tempted (out of the players I've seen play) to put Anthony Sullivan in for Clark, Paul Harkin in For Gordon Smith and stick him on the bench in place of Dave Watson, dropping Chris Burton for Ben Galea and maybe Mick Vella in for Bryan Nebling.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
pmh wrote:I'd go along with a lot of that but I be tempted (out of the players I've seen play) to put Anthony Sullivan in for Clark, Paul Harkin in For Gordon Smith and stick him on the bench in place of Dave Watson, dropping Chris Burton for Ben Galea and maybe Mick Vella in for Bryan Nebling.
Vella & Galea didn't play for Rovers in the 80's or 90's....
Clive Sullivan certainly DIDN'T join Rovers for any kind of payday....
Anthony Sullivan played his best rugby at St's and only had one full season of top flight rugby at Craven Park, Clark despite his injuries after 1985 was the scorer of some fantastic tries, two in successive JPS Semi's stand out, David Laws scored the greatest try ever by a Rovers player at the Boulevard in Oct '83...
Fairbairn Clark M Smith Prohm Laws
Dorahy G Smith
Broadhurst Watkinson Niebling Casey Hogan Miller
A cast of many, many talented players missed but with unlimited interchanges I'd be here all day.....
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FLAG EDGE TOUCH wrote:Vella & Galea didn't play for Rovers in the 80's or 90's....
I really need to pay more attention to what I'm typing and the subject of a thread, I'll consider myself rightly chastised!
Clive Sullivan certainly DIDN'T join Rovers for any kind of payday....
I knew when I was writing that I was phrasing that badly, I was more interested in whether he really hit the heights that he had for Hull and GB once he'd seen the light and crossed the river.
Anthony Sullivan played his best rugby at St's and only had one full season of top flight rugby at Craven Park, Clark despite his injuries after 1985 was the scorer of some fantastic tries, two in successive JPS Semi's stand out, David Laws scored the greatest try ever by a Rovers player at the Boulevard in Oct '83...
Again, I'll consider myself educated and bow to your superior knowledge on A Sullivan versus Clark (I started watching Rovers around 83 and not being from an RL family I never had anyone to educate me on what was happening at the time, I thought we'd be the best team for ever, the last 20 years have come as quite a let down!) and I think I've seen that Laws try on the popular video sharing site that shall not be spoken of and it is indeed a magical try.
Fairbairn Clark M Smith Prohm Laws
Dorahy G Smith
Broadhurst Watkinson Niebling Casey Hogan Miller
A cast of many, many talented players missed but with unlimited interchanges I'd be here all day.....
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
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Rupert Pupkin wrote:Watson was very exciting to watch, I think he also played a bit at full back for us to.
Yeah, you're right I can remember that.
He left to go and win the Challenge Cup with Sheffield Eagles in their famous 1998 victory over Wigan in a team that included one of my favourite players of the day Waisale Sovatabua.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
Bit of a "rare bird" to put it mildly was "Winker Watson", had a couple of spells at 'Fax and Bratfud Northern before his day in the sun at Wembley if I recall....
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