Jonathan Davies. Possibly not the best player ever to grace the Primrose n Blue, but certainly my favourite

From my era (me being 34) its difficult to see past Davies... he was such a talent.... he could play any position in the backs.. infact it was difficult to know his best position.

I remember my dad and grandad (who were big widnes fans) taking me to watch a few widnes games when he played for them... the one that stands out was against the touring australia side.. think it was the same year dessie butted mal meninga... anyway Davies played at stand off and ran the show... if i remember correctly widnes won the game and Davies scored and amazing try.. he did one of those 5 meter wide side steps straight through the aussie line... he then did the same step straight inside the fullback and went under the posts.

fullback, centre, wing, stand off..... didnt really matter where he played.... he was fast, he had great hands, one the the best side steps ive ever seen, amazing acceleration and a great rugby brain... he also had one of the biggest kicks i have ever seen.... the distance he could kick the ball out of his hands into touch was freakish.... also a deadly goalkicker under pressure.... you would have thought that defence would have been his weak point due to his size... but it wasn't really.

very difficult to find an area of his game that wasn't exceptional.... so Davies for me.... by quite some distance.

From my time watching the Wire from the 86 season, i'd day Jonathan Davies is the best player i've seen in primrose and blue, i was watching the highlights from the 93-94 season the other day and some of the tries Davies scored (on muddy boggy pitches) were stunning! He must have scored at least 10 that were contender for try of the season. The only other player i've seen in my time who comes close in terms of skill was Phil Blake.

John Bevan, closely followed by Sir Leslie.

The greatest player for me was Davies, followed by Langer. The greatest Wire forward? Morley.

Parry Gordon

in no particular order
sir les
dessie
jiffy
mike greg
andy greg
mark roberts
johnno
blake
adrian morley
ken kelly
john bevan

there are great servants to the club who are outstanding class still in the team. Moz is still in the top two props in the league and never tires. Benny Westwood is adaptable and a machine, a real pleasure to watch. Michael Mon can play great in a load of positions and is untouchable at 9.

but for me, and it's a cliché, it is Lee Briers. Like Moz getting better with age but has been the dictionary definition of a servant to the club. A real rugby hero in my eyes and a truly nice bloke. His abilities are vast. I think he is the best in his position in the league. He can create a chemistry with the players he supports and one need only look at a certain match at the end of august 2010 to see his true class. Also that drop goal against Hull Kr was real class.

I was shocked when my really dyed in the wool (to the point of comedy) saints fan friends said they'd have loved to have had him in the team. He is that good.


I do hope when this is asked in another decade people say R Myler

Jesus Christ Steve, I didn't realise you were that old. For me it can only be Parry. The best endorsement of his skills came from Bobby Fulton who stated that he was the best Scrum Half he had ever played with.

Jonathan Davies

Interesting to see so few players from the current side mentioned though, despite them being the most successful Warrington team in decades and presumably the majority of people on here's lifetimes.

bob jackson for me , true wire legend

Never saw Jacko have a bad game. Hero.

Lee Briers for me. Great servant, matchwinner, points scorer, Legend.

Quote: lefty goldblatt "Blake oosed class, but couldn't tackle to save his life (mind you, you didn't play Phil Blake for his defence), so no-where near Bateman For those too young, YouTube him, and look out for the try in a mudbath......unbelievable.'" Quote: lefty goldblatt "Those that remember Phil Blake will remember his chip and chase tries, you just couldn`t see it coming, in the blink of an eye whilst in full flight he had chipped the ball over the oppositions defence then regathered and the rest is history. He had that quick burst of speed which all the great backs have that takes them away from defenders, the closest ive seen in terms of quality since Phil Blake is Jonathon Davies, a smaller player but with a very similar bag of tricks. '" This is what i was referring too in my earlier post about Phil Blake especially the part in bold. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAWqpO5_c_U www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T5de2GDHJk Some other clips of Phil Blake in action www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw9FIwaP ... re=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtqlzoZA ... re=related

Quote: lefty goldblatt "Blake oosed class, but couldn't tackle to save his life (mind you, you didn't play Phil Blake for his defence), so no-where near Bateman For those too young, YouTube him, and look out for the try in a mudbath......unbelievable.'" Quote: lefty goldblatt "Those that remember Phil Blake will remember his chip and chase tries, you just couldn`t see it coming, in the blink of an eye whilst in full flight he had chipped the ball over the oppositions defence then regathered and the rest is history. He had that quick burst of speed which all the great backs have that takes them away from defenders, the closest ive seen in terms of quality since Phil Blake is Jonathon Davies, a smaller player but with a very similar bag of tricks. '" This is what i was referring too in my earlier post about Phil Blake especially the part in bold. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAWqpO5_c_U www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T5de2GDHJk Some other clips of Phil Blake in action www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw9FIwaP ... re=related www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtqlzoZA ... re=related

John Woods