Quote ="TrevLovesJanice"So I'm STILL the only one who was gutted when Hasler, Doyle, Grant and Divet left at the same time ???
Can't believe no-one else has mentioned them !!'"
Used to love all four of those players.
Hasler was a class above anything we had had at the club since P Sterling and was at the top of his game when he came over.
Jeff Doyle was also a fantastic player who was the ultimate professional. Wasn't he the first player signed by the then newly formed Perth Western Reds? I know he became their first signing and I managed to get one of their shirts and got it signed by him at the end of season awards night the was held at LA's that season.
Danny Divet was a great player for us who wore his heart on his sleeve. Remember a CC game at the Boulevard against Wigan when they were in the middle of their unbeaten run. I think we were about 19 points up at ht, but ended up getting beat despite an amazing performance from Divet.
Jimmy Grant had pace to burn and seemed to score from long range at will. I remember a game at Headingly against leads where we were getting tonked by 20+ at ht. Royce Simmons must have really got into the boys and they came out all guns blazing. Grant scored 2 of the best tries of the season. Hull were something like 30-34 down when Grant got the ball and went on a 80 meter run only to be tackled by Alan Tait about a foot short of the line just as the final hooter went. One of the best games I have ever seen.
I can't believe that after 12 pages Tony Grimaldi has only had one mention. At that time we had been used to over paid average at best overseas signings. Grimaldi was a fantastic player who did all of the hard graft and was a great leader. He left us to go back to Canterbury Bulldogs and had another 3 or 4 good seasons for them in the NRL. At that time it was very unusual for players to go from super league to the NRL and be succesfull, which he was and indicated to me what a great player he was.
