Simon Geohagan, former Irish RU player. Trained with us a couple of times but that was it.

There was a big Sean Long rumour on here a few years back, when he was at Saints.

Joe Mellor.

Chris Oti (English RU winger late 80's early 90's) was another

We were linked with Scully and Sinfield?

God does no one keep me in the loop?

We were waiting until Boxing Day to tell you.

Good shout for remembering Naas Botha. I don't remember it at the time but in one of my old Rothmans books it mentioned that we'd been linked with him.



Some names here that I had totally forgotten.



Kimmorley I always hoped would come to us. We were linked with him several times and when we signed Michael Monaghan there was something in the Warrington Guardian saying we had the chance to sign Kimmorley but chose Monaghan over him.



I was disappointed when the Neil Turley deal didn't come off although it seemed like he'd been trying to push and push for a bigger and bigger deal. With hindsight it is crazy how he was hyped up as such a big name signing, considering he had only played in the U21s and NFP. When he did come into SL in 2005 he was just average. I think we dodged a bullet with Turley, he might have been the Ryan Leaf of rugby league. When he couldn't sign Turley, Plange signed Westwood instead.



Also remember the April Fool about Iestyn Harris when somebody photoshopped Iestyn Harris' head on Mark Hilton's body and sent it out as a press release from a fake email address supposedly from Gina Coldrick, which got all the newspapers buzzing.

we got him in the end though!!!

This thread could run and run.....

James Graham

And next year you can add Tony Puletua to your list

Shaun Edwards put his hat in the ring in 2002, if his foreword to Chris Joynt's autobiography is to tbe believed.



Tickle was already prepared, ready to sign until he did a Turley.

Us signing Erol Crabtree did the rounds a few years ago.