Quote ="Dwayne Dibley"So called [ugreat[/u overseas players who have come to the UK and failed, should refer to State of Origin representatives,or test players;But if it's a free for all then the ultimate flop should be Joe Vickery , Rex Terp, or possibly Esene Faimalo .Wasn't there a period in the eighties when we imported some dross after the overseas ban was lifted ?On the flip side, I thought Craig Izzard/ Mark Laurie,ET did us proud.'" vickery and terp never had expectations 84-85 think we signed most https://www.therhinos.co.uk/timeline/1980s/1984-1985/ and trevor paterson was the most consistent for me .

Quote ="Dwayne Dibley"So called [ugreat[/u overseas players who have come to the UK and failed, should refer to State of Origin representatives,or test players;But if it's a free for all then the ultimate flop should be Joe Vickery , Rex Terp, or possibly Esene Faimalo .Wasn't there a period in the eighties when we imported some dross after the overseas ban was lifted ?On the flip side, I thought Craig Izzard/ Mark Laurie,ET did us proud.'" vickery and terp never had expectations 84-85 think we signed most https://www.therhinos.co.uk/timeline/1980s/1984-1985/ and trevor paterson was the most consistent for me .

Buggered his Shoulder away at Fev in the CC iirc.

Running theme for most of them is they think they can just rock up, put absolutely bare minimum effort into the side, rack up the £££'s and be a world beater.

Although super league isn't the NRL by any stretch I think it surprises a few of these egotists and they quickly cba, lose interest and respect of their team mates.

Eastwood would've been a masterstroke of a signing IF we had got him before he had his visa issues leading to his head being turned by the Bulldogs.

Orford for the Dulls was a disaster.

Hang on, he was injured so early in his Leeds career, how do we know he was rubbish?

Thank you! He's everyone's 'go to' on this topic. He only played a couple of times for us.

It's ridiculous who the fans slate. Some players just got injured and were unlucky. Others were on low wage and were a long shot.
Achurch was given a 4 year contract.
I repeat he played for Leeds for 4 years!

played an exaggeration

Beat me to it!

I actually saw achurch have some decent games attack wise when he was running wider but he was often used as a battering ram and despite his size never seemed to like that. Just didn't seem to want to get his hands dirty.

Looked like Tarzan but played like Jane.
Mitch sadly had the heart the size of a pea whilst he was at the club

If you asked the rugby gods to make you a 2nd rower they'd probably look like Mitch Achurch. Sadly, be didn't have the toughness required to be the top player he should have been.

Sam Walters is pretty much a direct comparison body wise to Achurch but I've got very high hopes that Sam will fullfill his undoubted potential and become the best Back Rower in SL in the near future
I suppose only Time will tell how good this kid can be

Had the heart of a pea

that big? seriously seemed to string a few decent games then be out for a while but played 81 games and played in a cup final and gf and may have 2 championship rings

Lol. Think he was most definitely carried by the team.

six foot four/five worked in a gym had some speed just not that something that makes a jp or moz , even his mate kirke had a defined role , give jp a rest for ten mins

Tonie Carroll shouldn't be on this list. Also whilst Toopi was beyond useless in attack and always offloading to anywhere, he was fckn brilliant in defense.

Todd Carney
Luke O'Donnell

Carney was one of the best players in his generation.
Just played for struggling teams and constant injuries over here.....

mullins was good '.....................................................in the walkabout

Quote ="Toosmooth"Tonie Carroll shouldn't be on this list. Also whilst Toopi was beyond useless in attack and always offloading to anywhere, he was fckn brilliant in defense.'" Tonie Carroll isn't is he? I was referring to Mark 'Spud' Carroll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carr ... gby_league)

Quote ="Toosmooth"Tonie Carroll shouldn't be on this list. Also whilst Toopi was beyond useless in attack and always offloading to anywhere, he was fckn brilliant in defense.'" Tonie Carroll isn't is he? I was referring to Mark 'Spud' Carroll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carr ... gby_league)

John Gallagher and Mark Brooke Cowden, both All blacks.

saw gallagher in the sts and hull games

Gallagher was taking his time to settle in to league after his converting from union but was showing some true class on attack. True his defense was a lot slower at coming up to speed but then he got spear tackled (at Saints iirc) and it finished him as a player. Never the same after that

But an absolute star and game changer at Halifax

Maybe it's just my memory but I just cannot remember him for the life of me, having stellar performances at Wigan,or at Halifax subsequently.His records at both clubs seem pretty similar.I recall an audience with Graham Murray (after Stevo was fawning over how he could spray the football all around the park),and Graham just said Stevo was talking bull**** Florimo just had a big handoff in his armoury and that was it.