who was Huddersfields dirtiest, roughest or meanest player that you can remember.

It is a bit hard to work out due to the fact that pre superleague RL was a very different one to what it is now. In years gone by the game was much dirtier and rougher ( contested scrums definitley) contributing to the gladatorial element.

van Bellen had a tough reputation and i remember that in the 70s and 80s jimmy Johnson and Graham Swales were usually involved when things kicked off.

Now we have Keith Mason as the enforcer which Peacock learnt the hard way.

But i would have thought that in recent times it must be Paul Reilly. Ultra competitive and one of the few players who could start a fight when in posession of the ball. Still a Fartown legend and someone you would rather have on your team than against you.

We've never had any

Lock it

This is asking for trouble !!

Andy Dickinson
Joe Naidole
Garry Coulter

from my early days to name 3 - probably loads more i've forgotten

Coulter was a right sod



How about Seth

Nah it is a good rugby topic. Particularly as it will all be historical as we are now one of the cleanest teams in the league.

Aye Seth can have a mention too

i meant for the 'visitors' - how long before someone mentiones our whole squad and thinks its funny

Point em to the Fair Play Index, guess who props that up

Highfield ?

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Steve Lyons
David Jeanes
Dennis Fitzpatrick

to name just a few who haven't already been listed

gary senior was no slouch in the fighting dept

paul reilly
rob roberts

talking of 2Bobs - he has been sacked for Oldham for an 'off the field incident'.

Jeez talk about a player that utterly wasted his talent.

Who was that Swales fella that played for us in the 80's? Think he was a bit of a nutter. I'm sure he once flushed the ex Blackpool Borough's coach's wig down the loo after a game against them years back.

Got to be Gary Senior closely followed by Dennis Fitzpatrick

Dennis was in my brother's year at school, hard and rough even then. But pleasant too!

In his first spell he did'nt seem too dirty but when he came back he was built like a brick s##t house and was unstoppable on his day but with a really evil streak

That would be Graham Swales as mentioned in my FIRST post. Do try to keep up at the back.

And you are right it was Geoff Fletcher's wig he flushed down the bog. Now Geoff fletcher was someone you did not mess with a right big rough house. A pure Rl man though But i would hav ethought he was with Huyton then . Unless i am getting two stories mixed up as i remember someone did that to Fletchers rug.

I did,nt think Swales was dirty just mental although he was a pretty skillful
loose forward

Brandon Costin

unless he didnt bathe i wouldn't have had cozzy down as a dirty player but each to their own

Yeah ,when he hit Sean Long late on a kick and knacked his knee was a bit naughty also he wasnt shy at giving facials out in the tackle