How Good was ..............

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steve
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How Good was ..............

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Sam Panapa......He was awesome as a sub!!!!
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A very useful squad player who had a very good step. Once watched a young Panapa tore a GB touring side apart in NZ.
DaveO
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steve wrote:Sam Panapa......He was awesome as a sub!!!!
His signing raised a few eyebrows at the time but he was a player who people perhaps thought was average who when he came here improved a lot.

We had a knack back then of seemingly spotting something in certain players who were OK-ish, getting them signed and turning them into very good players. Billy McGinty was another like that.

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Remember seeing him at an a-team game at cp and asked for his autograph very nice man and always seemed to play with a smile. Scored a great smiley try at wembley '94?

did he move to salford?
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Post by GeoffN »

DaveO wrote:
steve wrote:Sam Panapa......He was awesome as a sub!!!!
His signing raised a few eyebrows at the time but he was a player who people perhaps thought was average who when he came here improved a lot.

We had a knack back then of seemingly spotting something in certain players who were OK-ish, getting them signed and turning them into very good players. Billy McGinty was another like that.

Dave
Every team needs players like those - not all can be superstars, and I like the way the club seems to be heading now in that regard.
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warrior38
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I think he was MOM in the Premiership final against Castleford he was class player , could play in any position and never let you down.
Another player Ged Byrne local lad would never let the side down and very useful player ..
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