1. Derek Finnigan
2. Chris Hicks
3. Matt King
4. Jonathan Davies
5. John Bevan
6. Alex Murphy
7. Lee Briers
8. Adrian Morley
9. Michael Monaghan
10. Les Boyd
11. Mike Gregory
12. Ben Westwood
13. Paul Sculthorpe

14. Allan Bateman
15. Ken Kelly
16. Kevin Tamati
17. Bob Jackson

6/17

Against King and Senior ??? check out his try for GB at Wembley he goes round Bradley clyde goes past Steve Renouf and Leaves Wendell Sailor in a different post code.....then rounds 6ft 3 Brett mullins for a try in the corner

he'd Make King and Senior look like clowns if he played next week....

Yeah Davies and Bateman would have had no problem in the modern game. They came over from RU as amateurs and a few months training in an RL environment and they were top RL centres, in an era when there were better centres around than there are today (eg Newlove, Bell, Gibbs). I reckon if you put Davies and Bateman in todays SL training schedules they would be the best 2 centres in SL today.

From the replies so far it seems like Morley and Westwood are in everybodys teams, and most people have Monaghan as well, and a lot of mentions for Hicks. When they are put alongside the other names that have come up it puts into context how these guys are going to be remembered as Wire legends.

1. Davies
2. Drummond
3. Bateman
4. TKL
5. Hicks
6. Briers
7. Langar
8. Morley
9. Monas
10. Nutley
11. Jackson
12. Burns
13. Gregory

14. Westwood
15. Harris
16. Jackson
17. Sculthorpe

5/17 from current squad

Are you sure that is the best pack you can create? When did you start watching?

PS Jackson is listed at 11 and on the bench.

1. Johnson
2. Drummond
3. Blake
4. Davies
5. Hicks
6. Briers
7. Langer
8. Morley
9. Monaghan
10. Boyd
11. Roberts
12. Westwood
13. Gregory
Subs:
14. Burns
15. Mann (Duane, not George!)
16. Bateman
17. Jackson
5/17

1. I Harris
2. D Drummond
3. M King
4. J Davies
5. C Hicks
6. A Johns
7. A Langer
8. L Boyd
9. M Monaghan
10. A Morley
11. M Roberts
12. M Gregory (C)
13. P Sculthorpe

14. B Westwood
15. P Blake
16. D Mann
17. K Tamati

18. B Jackson
19. L Davidson
20. N Vagana
21. L Briers
22. M Gleeson
23. A Gregory
24. B Johnston
25. K Shelford

That squad would win everything.

Like to see you keep that lot under the salary cap

mmmm...some 'creative accounting' required for sure!!

wasn't thinking too hard at the time!!

Can't believe the great Duane Mann has only got 2 mentions so far (well done Pirate) and one of those was a sub. I was gutted when Duane left after 92/3. If he'd have stayed 1 more season, we'd have walked the league the following year, when we ended up finishing up on level points with Wigan/Bradford. Who did we have as hooker that season.....the legendary John Thursfield (...goes for a lie down in a darkened room, sobbing at the thought). IIRC, Duane was the club's top try scorer in his last season, not a bad achievement from hooker.

As for wingers, what a conundrum.
In my watching lifetime, I've had the pleasure to witness
John Bevan (my first sporting hero along with Ian Botham)
Dessie (he was playing for Leigh when I went to my first ever away game. The Leigh speccies would go beserk whenever he got the ball - frightening)
Fa'afili (never knock anyone that scores tries)
Hicks (an unbelievable finisher from within 10 yards of the line)
without even thinking about Henare and Penny (good luck for the future, Kev) who were both extremely entertaining.

As for second row, Mark Roberts gets in front of Les Davidson every time....test caps, SOO or not. What a devastating waste of such a brilliant talent. I was at the A team game when he made his comeback from injury...he limped ONTO the field. Don't think he ever played again

Full back...Brian Johnson, 10 times the player David Lyon ever was (sorry Lyon fans, and I like Lyon). Think Johnno only played 1 bad game for us, (v Wigan JPTrophy 85/6).

I'd be here all week regarding centres.

Even though we've won precious little over the last 30 years, we've been blessed with some FANTASTIC talent on our books.

I can't believe it myself....Mann was a world class hooker, arguably the best in the world at the time. And yes, if he had stayed an extra year then we would have cruised that title, as Thursfield was undoubtedly the weakest point of that side, which was carried massively by Jiffy. (How did a side with Teitzel at prop ever come so close to winning a title?).

Whilst Monaghan is a fine hooker, he is nowhere near what Mann was, both attacking and defensively.