i was at that game, awful day.think the upgrades made on that side for the following two seasons to that, which included Iro, Eyres, Flymo, Cummins, Howard made us a fantastic side to watch at times; when we were on it was truly a pleasure and provided some of my best ever memories of watching Leeds despite the lack of success.

https://youtu.be/E5gaU0RaHCA What a player he was

https://youtu.be/E5gaU0RaHCA What a player he was

Tomkins joined the wrong NRL team. Had he gone to a stronger club he would've done better. I'm not sure he had that option though. Hanley transformed Balmain from being a good side to being genuine premiership contenders. Had it not been for a nasty high tackle by Terry Lamb in the Grand Final they would've won it.

The opposition always targeted Hanley,
Stop Hanley and you stop Balmain - Lamb admitted that.
They’d have had to go into the players lounge on match day to target Tomkins!!

My abiding memory of Ellery was watching him during a saturday morning training session at Headingley , he ran up and down the touchline in front of the North stand , he ran at pace up and down , up and down that touchline for ages , when he stopped he not out even of breath one bit , it just proved how fit he was and what a athlete he was really

He is the greatest player in the modern game ,

The first time Leeds played Wigan when Hanley had signed for Leeds the first time he took the ball up 8 wigan players piled into him .