1. Harris

2. Bai

3. Carroll

4. Senior

5. Hall

6. McGuire

7. Burrow

8. McDermott

9. Buderus

10. Peacock

11. Ellis

12. Morley

13. Sinfield



14. Dunemann

15. Lauititi

16. Adamson

17. Leuluai

Best rugby players as opposed to best for Leeds/longest serving, and I only caught the very end of Holmes & Ward's career:



Ettingshausen



Grothe

Schofield

Senior

Hall



Harris

Coleman



Peacock

Lowes

Crooks

Lauititi

Morley

Hanley



McDermott

Dixon

Ellis

Sinfield



Coach: Murray

ettinghausen

atkinson

godden

schofield

hall

holmes

burrow

peacock

ward

mcdermott

morely

ellis

sinfield



roy powell

fleary

newton

furner

Thornett - A Smith - Schofield - Dyl - Atkinson - Harris - Burrow - Peacock - Simms - McDermott - Ellis - Haigh - Hanley

Subs

Holmes - Howard - Morley - Furner

Harris

E.T.

Innes

Senior

Hall

Mcguire

Burrow

Mcdermott

Diskin

Peacock

Morley

Jjb

Sinfield



Dixon

Ali

Schofield

Glanville.



Although i've left out some legends likes Holmes ,Atkinson ,Dyl ,i cant honestly say they were at their "peak" when i started watching and they were names my old man used to glow when talking about.

Also harsh on players like Roy Powell ,Godden ,Fallon ,Fleary ,Farrell ,Maskill ,Furner etc etc but it's hard to choos when the scope is so wide.

RE-Hanley not making it a fantastic player no doubts at all but i always have more fond memories of Glanville for some reason.

so tough to remember let alone choose a 17 going back to 78/79 but here goes:



Harris

Grothe

Schofield

Senior

Atkinson



Holmes / Lyons - head says Lyons as was old enough to appreciate him. Heart says Holmesy as first rugby hero but sadly never saw him (when i was old enough) at his absolute peak

Goulding / Burrow - unless I've missed someone obvious, just realised that we've not had a truely world class scrum half in my lifetime of watching



Peacock

Ward

McDermott

Laurie

Lauitiiti

Hanley



Subs - Sinfield, Morley, Ellis, Powell

Thornett

Smith

Schoefield

Senior

Atkinson

Jones

Stevenson

Robinson

Simms

Peacock

Morley

Ellis

Sinfield

hanley

McGuire

Holmes

Ali

I did a number of those out of sentiment ,but I still think its a fair 17as well as once again showng I'm an old bugger

Been watching since very late seventies but going to base my selection upon players seen since mid eighties when I really started paying proper attention.



1. Ettinghausen

2. Ryan Hall

3. Brad Godden

4. Keith Senior

5. Mark Calderwood

6. Garry Schofield

7. Rob Burrow

8. Jamie Peacock

9. Matt Diskin

10. Barrie McDermott

11. Morley

12. Glanville

13. Sinfield



14. Iestyn Harris

15. Lautiti

16. Powell

17. Dixon

Harris

ET

Carroll

Innes

Fallon

Schofield

McGuire

Peacock

Buderus

McDermott

Ellis

JJB

Sinfield



Hanley

Burrow

Morley

Dixon

Always difficult these but here goes

1 HARRIS

2 ET

3 SCHOFIELD

4 SENIOR

5 HALL

6 SINFIELD

7 BURROW

8 BARRIE

9 DISKIN

10 PEACOCK

11 MORLEY

12 ELLIS

13 SINFIELD



14 DIXON

15 FURNER

16 ALI

17 MCGUIRE

1. Iestyn Harris

2. Paul Sterling

3. Brad Godden

4. Keith Senior

5. Marcus Bai

6. Garry Schofield

7. Danny McGuire

8. Barrie McDermott

9. Terry Newton

10. Jamie Peacock

11. Adrian Morley

12. Gareth Ellis

13. Kevin Sinfield



Subs: Ali Lauitiiti, David Furner, Marc Glanville, Ellery Hanley