was a phenomenal player for us even past his prime and after that horrific broken jaw he took off Andy Dannatt right at the start, he was the shining light of Laughton's Leeds side that had some proper class in it and would have won a few trophies were it not for That Wigan team. posting over 30 tries a season in your mid 30's... as a forward. unreal.

in my opinion he is the best ever, 86-90 untouchable.

https://youtu.be/E5gaU0RaHCA What a player he was

https://youtu.be/E5gaU0RaHCA What a player he was

Tomkins joined the wrong NRL team. Had he gone to a stronger club he would've done better. I'm not sure he had that option though. Hanley transformed Balmain from being a good side to being genuine premiership contenders. Had it not been for a nasty high tackle by Terry Lamb in the Grand Final they would've won it.

The opposition always targeted Hanley,
Stop Hanley and you stop Balmain - Lamb admitted that.
They’d have had to go into the players lounge on match day to target Tomkins!!

My abiding memory of Ellery was watching him during a saturday morning training session at Headingley , he ran up and down the touchline in front of the North stand , he ran at pace up and down , up and down that touchline for ages , when he stopped he not out even of breath one bit , it just proved how fit he was and what a athlete he was really

He is the greatest player in the modern game ,

The first time Leeds played Wigan when Hanley had signed for Leeds the first time he took the ball up 8 wigan players piled into him .