www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/a ... d=10606457 good little read from the legend.

www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/a ... d=10606457 good little read from the legend.

That is a great little read

from that extract it looks like a good read. Hopefully he wont fall into the trap of a constant stream of played at bradford we won I played ok felt great, next week played at Widnes we lost it was a bummer for chapter after chapter like some RL books.

Good read, but I'm not sure where he gets the 'props have to run all day and still make an average of 12 tackles a match' part... Did Inga not play with Ian Roberts who put 60+ tackles in in one game?

looks a good read. we sat next to him on the train home from wembley in 99 and he was a nice guy.

No Inga didn't play with Roberts. Props would have been Skerrett, Cowie, O'Connor, Platt at first I think among others.

Inga played in a great team but would he have looked as good in any other team? He had lots of weaknesses...

Indeed - it's interesting to hear him say he went from training Tuesday and Thursday to full time... but of course WIgan were the only full time pro team of that era in the UK. I don't know how many of that wigan team would still stand out so much today. Hanley would be a star in any era and Edwards would be a good Super League player etc

Here's an interesting question with all of the current opinions flying around

Joe Lydon - good athletic centre with a turn of pace - Shenton, good athletic centre with a turn of pace. What makes Joe Lydon such a good player and not Shenton. My opinion is that he played in a full time team with the best of his era around him

Tuigamala and Hanley never played in the same team.

When do you think Wigan went full time?

I have the Wigan Annual 1990-91. In the profiles it lists the players professions.

Ellery Hanley - Pro Footballer
Steve Hampson - Drayman
Joe Lydon - Graphic Designer
Kevin Iro - Pro Footballer
Dean Bell - Schools RL development officer
Mark Preston - Insurance Underwriter
Bobby Goulding - Unemployed
Shaun Edwards - Pro Footballer
Andy Gregory - Scrap metal dealer
Martin Dermott - Schools RL Development Officer
Ian Lucas - Antique dealer
Dennis Betts - Student
Philip Clarke - Student
Andy Goodway - Pro Footballer

So it was sometime after 1991 Wigan became full time.

Lies lies and damned lies. Wigan went full time in 1895 and everyone knows it.

That list has nine of fourteen doing nothing but rugby league.

Skill and a brain mate

Are you implying that Phil and Denis shirked their studies?

Don't believe the hype. Wigan brought in a professional ethos long before they went professional.

And, as John Monie mentions in 'Monie's Magic', Wigan were the first club to bring in a proper gym, weights and fitness regime that kept them ahead of the competition for several years - they were too fast and powerful for everyone until teams started to catch up. First thing Monie did was refurbish the gym and kit it out properly, while everyone else was just playing at weights.

not buying that i know Cas players who suposed have jobs in them days but never sore work.