Not sure who deals with the SS home page but is it not time to add to the Hall of fame considering the great success we have had over the last decade? I assume candidates for entry must be retired or moved on from the club so here are my candidates since 2007 -

Keith Senior
Brent Webb
Danny McGuire
Jamie Peacock
Ali Lauititi
Kevin Sinfield
Rob Burrow

Brian Mclennan

Missed anyone?...

Ian Kirke.

Knew that would be the first response



Seriously though, am i being harsh leaving Ryan Bailey off the list?

I take it you are joking with regards Benchman Bailey. We are talking about the Hall of Fame which many very very good players have not been included. It should be only for the best of the best.

Kylie?!

He should be so lucky...

Yes, and i agree.

I think the ones i have listed just about fall into that bracket.i can only think of Diskin who i have not put down who i'm sure many would include.

Diskin and Leuluai as mentioned. I suppose it depends how many players should be in a Hall of Fame, but if you include Webb you'd have to include Kylie, and in terms of performances in GFs Lee Smith probably outdid Webb - MoM as his stand in one year plus good performances from wing and centre in two others. You could also argue Scott Donald would be about level with Webb as well.

Given that in terms of success (i.e. major trophies) 2004-17 dwarfs any comparable period, it ought not to surprise people if it seems overrepresented in the Hall of Fame.

If you're looking a bit wider than a Hall of Fame then all of the above ought to be in with a shout. I've still got the '100 Best Players' book from 2004. so many in there should be replaced by players from the Golden Era. There are a bunch of players from the Golden Generation who should definitely get in a revised edition above and beyond the obvious Hall of Famers.

Completely agree

there is the latest inductee ceremony of the Leeds rlfc rhinos taking place tonight apparently . The criteria is 150 apps ,made a contribution to Rugby in the city and played a representative game. My choice of the inductees tonight would be Atkinson , A Smith , Hynes , Shoebottom .

Joe Thompson .Bev Risman ,Jeff Stevenson ,Garry Schoefield

Really glad they inducted Joe Thompson - he held all the kicking records for about 30 years before Lewis Jones broke them. As well as Smith and Atkinson, I'd really like to see the club continue to honour these players from long ago.

Liam Botham

Maybe we should introduce a Hall of Shame, to honour all those players who were utterly manure. Liam Botham wouldn't even get in the running.

Joe Vickery must be a shoe-in

Paul Bell, Mark Massa and Pat Mitchell surely all deserving of a Hall of Shame gold jacket???

I love the concept of the Hall of Fame but they need use a bit of discretion with the rules. As it currently stands the likes of Keith Rayne and Dave Heron will get into the Hall of Fame whilst Eric Harris and Ellery Hanley won't.

No disrespect to Rayne and Heron who was both decent players and I'm sure there are worse examples I could have picked but Harris and Hanley were different gravy and have to be in any Hall of Fame Leeds RL have.

explain what are the cirteria. Dave Heron superb player, keith Rayne not so much

Eric Harris qualifies he played a representative game ,cant remember which ,but it was stated last year .Hanley's Hall of fame is at Wigan

criteria

Played a minimum of 150 first team games for Leeds
Have made an exceptional contribution to rugby in Leeds
Achieved representative honours during their playing career
Retired for a minimum of 5 years

Ellery would miss out as not quite played enough games. 114 appearances 106 trys. shame really yes his best days were at Wigan And Bradford but RL hall of famer played for us should be considered.

If Eric Harris qualifies how has he not been named already??? Eric Harris, Arthur Clues and Fred Webster have to be in the first 8 to be named surely.

It certainly makes for an interesting topic.

I suggest you go on to the Leeds Website where the chairman of the Heritage committee explains the criteria . He said' they are chosen in no particular order and this year it spanned from the 1990s ,1960s .1950s and 1920s ,next year they might be grouped in one era ' there are approximately about 129 players qualify out of 1500 at present ' Phil Caplans words not mine !...Eric Harris was named last year when someone commented about Harris not qualifying ,he replied ' yes he did apparently he played a for a combined RL team against a French team in the mid 30s. All the players that you mentioned get discussed by the committee as candidates before they come to a decision . Like I said go on the website and hear Caplan explain the procedure

There will be plenty more announced over next few years, club making an event over releasing 4 players at once, I would expect (excluding players from golden generation) the likes of Dave heron, Roy Powell, maybe Carl Gibson, Sydney Heinz, les Dyl, all to be addd at some point.

Actually I expected John Atkinson to be inducted this year not only for his great record at the club . but as a gesture of compassion to his family.
I think there are three from Fred Webster's era, himself "Bucket" Young and Dinny Campbell that's if Campbell played a representative game