Schofield.
As has already been said far more accomplished at international level and a tremendous success in Australia.

Schofield, edwards was just a good support player.

Tony Myler.

Schofield for me too, played against him once.
Edwards was a great club player, Schofield was a great International player.
Both had a fantastic talent to read the game but Schofield had the edge on the bigger stage.

If I wanted to score tries - Schofield.
If I wanted to win - Edwards.

Brilliant post.

However, that doesn't mean to say Edwards couldn't score and set up tries. Edwards was a born winner though. This is spot on.

I didn't realise Edwards was such a good defender?

Seriously, I can’t agree with this statement. Edwards was a very good rugby player who absolutely made the most of his abilities but he was also very fortunate to play in a Wigan team that was head and shoulders above the rest of the league. Edwards undoubtedly contributed to this success but certainly no more than Hanley, Gregory, Lydon, Bell etc (and I don’t have any bias here, I am a Wigan guy who stood on the terraces of Central Part through the 80’s and 90’s)

I would sum it up by saying what would happen if you swapped Schofield and Edwards from their Leeds and Wigan teams respectively in that era. For me, Schofield would have shone in a multi talented Wigan team and Edwards would have been a good pro in the Leeds team

Add to this the success of Schofield at Balmain and Wests and some of the match winning international contributions and the conclusion is that Schofield was the better player

Only because it dug you out of the hole you dug yourself after your clueless, ignorant comment on the first page

It's just so difficult to not be swayed by Their respective performances since retirement.

Would not have swapped Edwards for big fat Gary.

Based on what I saw of both of them at Test level and in Australia Schofield was far better.
Schofield was very highly regarded in Oz.
Edwards was barely rated beyond "solid" either for GB or his Ozzie Club Balmain where he spent 7 games from 12 off the bench including his last 6 games.

Schoefield