Will take a mighty effort from any club to get close to what we achieved in 2006. Not just to win every competition we entered as stated but didn't we only lose 4 games that entire season, with margins of 1, 2, 3, and 4 points?

correct - and we almost won one of those games with our reserve team in France the week before the Cup Final.

That was a side that made Ade Gardner and international. For that reason alone it is the best British Rugby Leage side EVER.

Oh, and it winning Coach of the Year and BBC Team of the Year.

IIRC, Fozzard and Anderson missed out on both cup finals that season, so that highlights the quality and depth we had in the squad.

I'm sure Vinnie featured at Twickers.

Just checked the Heritage site and according to that he didn't. Tried to post the link but it kept coming up with the 2004 Challenge Cup Final for some reason.

I should have put P Anderson, but yes Vinnie and Foz struggled to make our full strength team.

Wigan's team is better. They have Pat Richards. He invented god, whupped Olympus' ass, created earth and then signed for the immortal Wigan side to complete their unbeatable and completely unstoppable team that romped to success last season, defeating every team they played by at least 100 points.

And he can find the G Spot.

That's by far one of your more sensible posts.

Fantastic but so true.

Thats correct, both didn't make the 17 for both finals.

Big bad bennet kept vinnie out!

Mike Bennett was a quality squad player. WOAH MIKE BENNETT!

It wasnt just the cups the team won, we got every player away available, player of the year, man of steel, young player of the year, coach of the year.

I always felt your 1996 and 2000 sides were better, definitely more entertaining than under Anderson

McCrae used to get some stick from fans for us being conservative in 96.

The 2000 side was more entertaining due to the players in it, for sure. That's what riles me about these coach comparisons and people talking about who coached the most entertaining rugby - had Potter had outside backs like Iro/Newlove/Sullivan and a young Martyn/Long/Cunningham/Sculthorpe at his disposal, I'm sure we'd have been more entertaining that we were in his two years.

Really? I don't remember that being a conservative team at all.


Indeed. That side had so many wonderful players.

I miss the Daniel Anderson days.

The defence for those seasons was incredible.

again people talking about a lack of excitement under MP, his first year wasnt that good (not bad either), but were we not the highest scoring side last year??

Yes, but that is because we could barge. If I remember correctly, we were the best team at scoring tries from within 10m. That's not really very exciting.

You sound just like Rogues,, If you can also remember, how did we get to within 10m of the opposition line to score all those trys, (Oh yes sorry, we barged our way all up the field).

That's the biggest insult I have ever had on here. At least some of posts make sense.

Was that irony?

Great team, pity about the salary cap charges in 2006

FAIL!