Quote: Bullseye "Never said Leeds didn’t buy anyone but apart from Peacock and maybe Briscoe and now Ferres I can’t think of that many proven top class British players they bought from other clubs after they’d played test rugby.
In their day Wigan bought the very best money could buy in each position – Hanley, Offiah, Gregory, Lydon, Skerrett, Platt, Connolly etc. Nowadays a club can’t go on a spending spree like that because of the salary cap so it means they have to develp their own players and it makes for a fairer competition.'"
Gareth Ellis, Keith Senior, Willie Poching, Joel Moon and Andrew Dunneman can be added to the list of those bought from other clubs.
There are also a host of overseas players as well and it's worth remembering that quality overseas players weren't really available to Wigan during their era of dominance because the seasons ran at different times and the best Ausies stayed in Australia.
Scott Donald, Brent Webb, Clinton Toopi, Ali Lauitiiti, Kylie Leuleuai, Danny Buderus, Brett Delaney and Mitch Garbutt to name a few.