www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/25 ... -in-search Offiah or, preferably, Boston, surely? How the flip did Alex Murphy make the last 5?????????!

www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/25 ... -in-search Offiah or, preferably, Boston, surely? How the flip did Alex Murphy make the last 5?????????!

The group representation is surely the best; all clubs could then identify with it.

Murphy won the Cup at Wembley as captain of 3 different teams, and also is unbeaten at Wembley as a player & coach...I think thats a pretty good reason to make the last 5. Very surprised Shaun Edwards didnt make it to the last 5, can only think this is down to his Union association nowadays as (even though he is a pie) he would have got my vote for how many times he played/won at Wembley

Murphy won twice as player coach, 71 & 74 but lost twice as non-playing coach, 75 & 84, both times against Vin Karalius/Widnes.

Why wouldn't Murphy be in the last five? Especially if the statue is of him winking from a stretcher.

Surely Murphy lost in '89 too. Not that I agree with the OP's sentiments. Great player and coach.

Yes, I'd forgotten that he was at Saints then.

Meh.

Murph gets my vote

The reason I wouldn't have Murphy is, despite his obvious achievements, he's now perceived as a bit of a dinosaur. The old flat-cap days. You know, the 'well in my day, we wouldn't have put up with this and that etc etc'.

Offiah isn't. And whilst there's nothing wrong with celebrating history, Offiah is part of the generation of players who helped drag RL out of it's past, and into a professional, credible sport that can compete in the 21st century, for all the problems off the field.

What do I know. I still reckon it should have been Clarv Sullivan.

Offiah could run fast , end of , he needed a team of RL players to make him look good and score trys

Alec Murphy is widely recognised in this country and Australia as probably the finest/cleverest player ever to play the game , between him and Offiah it is no contest

Group representation makes the most sense to me.

Murphy.

Got to agree

group for me too.

Yorkshire calling!

List isn't long enough. Out of those, I would go for Risman.

Complete joke that Clive Sullivan isn't on the shortlist.

I'll vote for the 'group representation' thing. Hopefully their 'artistic interpretation' could be a broze kangaroo, arms folded with it's foot on a flattened Lion? That would be quite apt.

Indeed!

Has to be the group for me, preferably Offiah and Fox side by side with head in hands for very different reasons

obvious player is missing from list, only player to appear in and win 8 finals in a row and also in every round of those 8 campaigns...

Shaun Edwards.........

the RFL missed a big opportunity by not making him an offer to coach England.........

He was also a winner in the 1985 final and lost the 84 and 99 finals.

9 wins in finals a Wembley, 11 appearances, he also captained GB there. How on earth is he not on the list?

I understand that the RFL have issued yet another statement, saying that it is pure coincidence that the selection panel for the Wembley Statue are also all on the Committee of the same Working Mens Club in Wigan?

He's a union guy now bud. No place for him on a statue of British rugby league. Put one up in your hometown by all means but let's not desecrate our great sport by celebrating a guy who never won a Lance Todd trophy, despite playing in more winning sides than anybody else, during his teams' greatest period of dominance.

Besides this statue is going to be in a public place so think of the children.

How world record points scorer,member of RL Hall of Fame, Neil Fox can be omitted is beyond belief.
Also unbelievable no player from Yorkshire.
Group rep. for me