Legendary quartet to be inducted into league’s Hall of Fame

The illustrious quartet are to be inducted to the Rugby League Hall of Fame at a World Cup celebration dinner in Huddersfield, welcomed by current members Billy Boston MBE and Neil Fox MBE.

They are the first to join the game’s pantheon in eight years and will take the number of legends included to 21.

Rarely can there have been a more talented footballer than Jones, who joined Leeds for a record £6,000 from Llanelli in 1952. During his dozen years at Headingley, the majestic centre broke countless records but will be best remembered for helping to deliver the club’s first Championship title in 1961.

Equally at home at stand-off or full-back, Jones was similarly impressive on the international scene, whether with Wales or Great Britain.

However, the doyen in that department was Dewsbury-born Sullivan, the powerful winger who made a record 46 Test appearances for Great Britain, scoring an unsurpassed 41 tries.

The prolific Huddersfield player was in Great Britain’s World Cup winning sides of 1954 and 1960 as well as four Ashes-winning series.

Sullivan was also involved in record-breaking transfers when joining Wigan for £9,500 in 1957 and moving on to St Helens for £11,000 four years later.

A Lions tourist on four occasions, Schofield equalled Sullivan’s 46-cap Great Britain record when appearing in his sixth Ashes series, as substitute, in the final two Tests in 1994.

Renowned as a predatory centre when emerging through the ranks at Hull, he developed into a stand-off of real repute after moving to hometown Leeds for a world-record £155,000 in 1987.

Schofield captained his country on 13 occasions, including the 1992 World Cup Final against Australia at Wembley, a year after being named Man of Steel.

He scored 328 tries in a British career of almost 500 games.

However, his Lions team-mate Offiah became the highest try-scoring Englishman of all-time amassing 501 career touchdowns.

The lightning-quick winger started in rugby union but after starring for Widnes soon became the world’s most expensive player when Wigan signed him for £440,000 in 1992.

He also joined the exclusive band of players to win the Lance Todd Trophy twice when scoring his iconic length-of-the-field try in Wigan’s 1994 Challenge Cup final defeat of Leeds.