Yes I do. I considered him but thought it was too long ago to be considered

Agree,The Fish would push Nobby hard and I always liked Alan Redfern and would have him ahead of Harkin.It's a long time ago now,but didn't we sign "concrete" from Elland,so I am not sure he fully qualifies,although he is one of my fav ourite alltime players.So if so, I would have Elliot Whitehead in the second row.He has been oustanding for Canberra this year in the toughest league of all, playing almost every minute of every game and has just landed a new contract with them.I also liked Les Gant,so would maybe have him ahead of Atkins.
It really pi**es me off when I think of what could have been had we been able to keep all the talent we nurtured and I will never forgive those that,through mis-management in one form or another,robbed us of our SL status and years of top class Rugby at Odsal.Hope Karma pays them a deserved visit.

I think the 'rules' are that Bradford Northern/Bulls had to be the players 1st pro club, so Koncrete definitely qualifies!!

Terry Holmes anyone whilst a more reasonable shout is Joe Wardle

Koncrete it is then.

On that basis,

Terry Price?Best kicker of a Rugby Ball I have ever seen.

Although Sir Keith is defnately the No1 number 1.

Agree about Price and his kicking, although defence wasn't his strongest point. Going to the NFL as a specialist kicker was definitely the right thing for him.

Not really, he never played

Heard some stroies about Tony Fisher in his time coaching Dudley Hill. Put the fear of god into people!

Not surprised, he was a 'hardcase, was Tony - though maybe not as hard as brother Idwal....

I wasn't suggesting Addy and Kopczak would make the top table, rather that they are international players and the RFL should reward clubs who develop Academy players into internationals in some way.We got next to nothing for developing Bateman, Whitehead, Ferres, Kopczak, the three Burgess brothers and Atkins, These are just the internationals and don't include Addy who is rumoured to heading for the exit.

We developed them and the rich clubs pick them up for next to nothing.That is business, but where is the incentive for the likes of Bradford to continue to develop the next generation of top international quality talent?

I remember you howling in anguish when you took Andy Lynch, Wayne Godwin, Michael Platt from Cas for diddly squat.

Surely his comments are merely suggesting that Cas should have been rewarded for that too?

The incentive is just that you hope they stay for a while before they inexorably rise higher. The days of cash transfers are pretty much done, of course, so no solace there. As a lower division club, we are just a waypoint, a place for a young player to pass through on the way to their proper station in life. Just how it is, I'm afraid.

Perhaps it just took a bit of time for him to realise.

Did Henderson Gill start at bradford ? If so not a bad shout for a winger

Chris Bridge? Rob Parker maybe. Do we need to start a a second team.....

Got him from Oldham I think. Although we will have been the first team he played in the seniors for.

I thought it was Deacon we got from Oldham.

Bridge was in the Hudders academy and then joined our academy I think.

Henderson Gill is a great shout.

Having looked it up, he played amateur rugby in Oldham, before joining Huddersfield pro when he was 16. So yes, you're right, but I knew there was an Oldham link in there somewhere!

Terry Price
Stuart Reardon
Les Gant
Steve McGowan
??
Chris Bridge
Robbie Paul
Craig Kopczak
Tony Fisher
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Rob Parker
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Terry Holmes


If we're counting recruits from rugby union there are others. Seems a bit off to claim some of them as they were fully formed players when they signed.

What's our best recruited from union 13?

That's for another thread...

He did. He came through the juniors at the same time as Ellery Hanley.

Matt Cook as well...just for tigertot.

I thought you got him from Shipley market.

Phil Jackson for prop.

And Steve McGowan for 2nd team centre and Dick Jasiewicz and Dennis Trotter for 2nd team 2nd row.

Franny Jarvis... from St. Georges school down Cliff road, opposite Peel Park..bit of a Hard case was Franny, and a dam good hooker, played for GB I think?

Ha ha, I know Franny very well one of his sons is one of my best mates, plus played for him at Undercliffe. Played a game at York, short of players Franny pulled the boots on must have been 50 at the time, nearly snapped a lad in two (legally might I add) ref told coach to take him off or he would find ways to send him off!

To be fair he played at a time where wasnt massively acceptable still for black players, went through the mill in the scrums!