The Parra Legends side isn't a patch on Ron's one. Dean Pay? No Ray Higgs? Wally Wynn wasn't one of our best 2 second rowers, either.
Canterbry people, get fair dinkim,andlook at your clubs history, not just the 1980's. The front row gebnerally regarded as the best in any club ever was Edie Burns, Roy Kiraldy, Henry Porter. Give yourselves a triple!
Re Saints, Blacklock is a big callover Lumsden et al, but he has to be considered. His record speaks for itself, as did his GF try in 1999. Offiah? Not in the same league.
Saints pack has the be entirely from it'sgolden era, save for Albert Young. Backrow HAS to be Raper, Provan, Bath.
I'll do a Norths one:
1 Tappy Taplin
2 Ken Irvine
3 Sid Devereaux
4 Herman Peters
5 Harold Horder
6 Greg Florimo
7 Duncan Thompson
8 Don McKinnon
9 George Green
10 Billy Wilson
11 Gary Larson
12 Mark Graham
13 Billy Moore
and a Souths one:
1 Clive Churchill
2 Benny Wearing
3 Ray Branighan
4 Eric Simms
5 Johnny Greaves
6 Alf "smacker' Blair
7 Bob Honan
8 Jack Rayner
9 Elwyn Walters
10 John O'Neil
11 George Treweek
12 Ernie Hammerton
13 Ron Coote