Warrington were not even close to Wigan at this time. Look at our 1988/89 season. 11th in the league. Started the season with three straight losses. Lost 7 out of 8 between December and January. Lost 6 out of 8 from March to finish the season. Where in any universe was this a team close to being challengers?

As for our great cup runs:
Lancashire Cup: beat Runcorn and Carlisle, knocked out by Salford
John Player Special Trophy: beat Oldham and Bramley, knocked out by Widnes
Challenge Cup: beat Halifax, Keighley and Hull KR, knocked out by Wigan

So the only top division teams we beat in the cup were Halifax and Oldham. So Roach and this great pack, who saved their best for the cup, proved themselves against lower division teams in front of crowds of 3000 or so.

www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seaso ... mmary.html

But hey maybe if only we'd got the Wembley money in 1989 that team could have gone on to dominate rugby ahead of a Wigan side that had Hanley, Edwards, Gregory, Bell, Hampson, Gill, Lydon, the Iros.....

The side I get nostalgic about is the great team of Daryl Van de Velde that reached back to back Challenge Cup semi finals in 2000 and 2001 with a great pack that included Gee, Farrar, Nikau, McCurrie, Knott and Nikau. If only we had got past Bradford in one of those semis we would have won either of those finals....in 2000 we had smashed Leeds a few weeks before Murrayfield and in 2001 we smashed Saints just before Twickenham.

As for John Woods and Paul Bishop or Rocky Turner I raise you Allan Langer and Lee Briers.

And DVDVs side had guys like Kohe-Love, Hunte and Smyth that were prolific try scorers so more than a match for your Cullen, Darbyshire and Forster era.

Who knows if only we'd won one of those cup semis DVDVs side could have gone on to dominate in place of Bradford or Saints.

Warrington were not even close to Wigan at this time. Look at our 1988/89 season. 11th in the league. Started the season with three straight losses. Lost 7 out of 8 between December and January. Lost 6 out of 8 from March to finish the season. Where in any universe was this a team close to being challengers?

As for our great cup runs:
Lancashire Cup: beat Runcorn and Carlisle, knocked out by Salford
John Player Special Trophy: beat Oldham and Bramley, knocked out by Widnes
Challenge Cup: beat Halifax, Keighley and Hull KR, knocked out by Wigan

So the only top division teams we beat in the cup were Halifax and Oldham. So Roach and this great pack, who saved their best for the cup, proved themselves against lower division teams in front of crowds of 3000 or so.

www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seaso ... mmary.html

But hey maybe if only we'd got the Wembley money in 1989 that team could have gone on to dominate rugby ahead of a Wigan side that had Hanley, Edwards, Gregory, Bell, Hampson, Gill, Lydon, the Iros.....

The side I get nostalgic about is the great team of Daryl Van de Velde that reached back to back Challenge Cup semi finals in 2000 and 2001 with a great pack that included Gee, Farrar, Nikau, McCurrie, Knott and Nikau. If only we had got past Bradford in one of those semis we would have won either of those finals....in 2000 we had smashed Leeds a few weeks before Murrayfield and in 2001 we smashed Saints just before Twickenham.

As for John Woods and Paul Bishop or Rocky Turner I raise you Allan Langer and Lee Briers.

And DVDVs side had guys like Kohe-Love, Hunte and Smyth that were prolific try scorers so more than a match for your Cullen, Darbyshire and Forster era.

Who knows if only we'd won one of those cup semis DVDVs side could have gone on to dominate in place of Bradford or Saints.

Top Rugby League Players of All Time
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John Woods # 26
Lee Briers not even on the list.

Top Rugby League Players of All Time
www.thetoptens.com/top-10-rugby-league-players/
John Woods # 26
Lee Briers not even on the list.