https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/r ... -1-9561017 A big part of some legendary teams, and obviously a huge performance stepping in for Webb in one of the Grand Finals https://twitter.com/Smith2lee/status/10 ... 8377144320 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdrd1oUHpZU

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/r ... -1-9561017 A big part of some legendary teams, and obviously a huge performance stepping in for Webb in one of the Grand Finals https://twitter.com/Smith2lee/status/10 ... 8377144320 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdrd1oUHpZU

we lose a top class full back 2 days before a grand final. winger Smith drops in, gets man of match and we win.
same happens to cas and they fall apart and make excuses.

great lad Smith, never let us down. good luck to him

Good player, but one of those that could have been truly great, but went to Union just as he was in his prime, like Chev Walker and was never the same, lesson there for young players. the YEP headline describing him as Rhinos legend, not sure about that. Could have been (see above) but would not say Legend, classic example of overuse of the word.

He was certainly a legend for me that night we won the GF with him stepping in for Webb at the 11th hour......I had £5 on him to win the Harry Sunderland at 33-1

Got MoM for England in the following international aswell IIRC. I remember thinking at the time, why on earth are you going to RU! Great player.

he was sublime that night and stepped up and performed regularly on the big stage, but could have been so much more. i wonder if he looks back and thinks, i should have stayed in league. he was there (union) less than a year, but then its a year lost and other year just to get back to where you where never mind 15-20% better, than its your absolute prime years gone and slow decline after that.

He also scored in 3 consecutive Grand Finals...!! Not many can have done that!

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Personally, my favourite Lee Smith memory will always be, Leeds v Wigan, 2010 CC quarter final @ Headingley, one of the weirdest games I’ve ever witnessed, and played in awful conditions. Smith had just returned from RU and scored a last min try in a game where all the other points came from penalties. We won 12-10.

Great game that. Heroics by peacock at the death to claw it back

He is part of Leeds RL folklore without a doubt , he always had talent and undoubted potential, but I think his career took the right road when Tony Smith made him water carrier for a game . The. He went to the other code and once again not the same player

Spot On.

Probably the most naturally gifted player to come through the ranks at Leeds in the last 25 plus years.

I remember watching him come through the Academy and he looked a shoe-in for first team right from the start. Very talented all-round player.

Given that your full-back should arguably be your more highly-skilled player (IMHO), Leeds have spent a long time without a real standout. Walker has the potential too if his temperament is right; but in Whitton and Stephens we have other players coming through behind him too, which is a great position to be in.

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Wasn't that the lunchbox incident?

Quote ="DHM"Wasn't that the lunchbox incident?'" Yes it was https://namvideo.com/watch/3dKDBG-3V0I

Quote ="DHM"Wasn't that the lunchbox incident?'" Yes it was https://namvideo.com/watch/3dKDBG-3V0I

Back to back to back title wins, playing in a different position each year.

And we'll never forget that perm, Lee.....

The one try game vs Wigan in the cup, final minute, what a game.

I know he got the try, but JP was immense in that game. Amazing performance in atrocious conditions.

Why the lunchbox incident?

A flying box of sarnies narrowly misses Bentham's head just after we scored that late try. It may even have hit the touch judge. Bloody wigan fans, weren't they involved in the bog brush incident too?

Haha, I never knew about this!

Fantastic player on his day, his Union stint followed by a sometimes questionable attitude to training/diet stopped him from building on his early career promise. But still achieved more than most in his career. A really nice kid too - if I remember correctly one of the reasons for going to union was to follow his then Mrs down South.

Says he wants to be a player agent - not sure how that'll work out, from what I've seen of him over the years, he ain't the sharpest tool in the shed.

Liked his sauce too much much did Smithy. That was his undoing.

In the video clip I posted you can see Bentham picking up the offending Tupperware box.

Led to the installation of Tupperware detectors at every ground.