Absolutely loved Tommy Smales. You don't seem to see that kind of guile and craft in the modern game.



RIP.

Tommy Smales was one of the first GREATS I saw at Northern.I too remember the DUMMY run.Smales/Stockwell/Rae,a great trio.I was HOOKED straight away on this great game. RIP Tommy,you was a gud un.

Tommy Smales was one of the first GREATS I saw at Northern.I too remember the DUMMY run.Smales/Stockwell/Rae,a great trio.I was HOOKED straight away on this great game. RIP Tommy,you was a gud un.

Not old enough to have seen him play but he was one of those previous players who my Grandad would tell me stories about. Sounded a great player.



A few years back I spent two years at college with Tommy's son Ian (a great player in his own right). Terribly sad news and I feel for Ian and his family at this time.

Quote ="bullinenemyland"Not old enough to have seen him play but he was one of those previous players who my Grandad would tell me stories about. Sounded a great player. A few years back I spent two years at college with Tommy's son Ian (a great player in his own right). Terribly sad news and I feel for Ian and his family at this ">time.'" I think Ian Smales was another Tommy Smales`s son. He played at the same time but was a loose forward for Featherstone

Quote ="bullinenemyland"Not old enough to have seen him play but he was one of those previous players who my Grandad would tell me stories about. Sounded a great player. A few years back I spent two years at college with Tommy's son Ian (a great player in his own right). Terribly sad news and I feel for Ian and his family at this ">time.'" I think Ian Smales was another Tommy Smales`s son. He played at the same time but was a loose forward for Featherstone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Smales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Smales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smales

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Smales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Smales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smales

Quote ="ifallwerelikemumby"He also formed a great partnership with our loose forward at the time Johnny Rae. At a Scrum he would shoot round the back and pretend to pick the Ball up and carry on running down the blind side with an imaginary ball attracting defenders to him, meanwhile Johnny Rae had picked up the ball and often had a free run to the line. Great memories of a great player RIP ">Tommy.'" Absolutely right he did also score tries with that ploy himself, as the opposition thought he would use the JR ploy again. but it was JR who would use that tactic whilst Tommy crossed the line. He was also the assistant coach to Dave Hobbs, and if you ever get chance to talk to Roger Simpson you can ask him who taught him the art of the side step. We had Tommy as one of our legends in the original gallery of excellence in the Trevor Foster Lounge, as was. We as a club more than ever should honour and remember those Players who helped us to the success of latter years. They were etched into the memory banks of us older supporters, and at least we have been able to tell our children and our childrens children about their exploits. Rest Easy my Friend and all the other greats we have known.

Quote ="ifallwerelikemumby"He also formed a great partnership with our loose forward at the time Johnny Rae. At a Scrum he would shoot round the back and pretend to pick the Ball up and carry on running down the blind side with an imaginary ball attracting defenders to him, meanwhile Johnny Rae had picked up the ball and often had a free run to the line. Great memories of a great player RIP ">Tommy.'" Absolutely right he did also score tries with that ploy himself, as the opposition thought he would use the JR ploy again. but it was JR who would use that tactic whilst Tommy crossed the line. He was also the assistant coach to Dave Hobbs, and if you ever get chance to talk to Roger Simpson you can ask him who taught him the art of the side step. We had Tommy as one of our legends in the original gallery of excellence in the Trevor Foster Lounge, as was. We as a club more than ever should honour and remember those Players who helped us to the success of latter years. They were etched into the memory banks of us older supporters, and at least we have been able to tell our children and our childrens children about their exploits. Rest Easy my Friend and all the other greats we have known.