A) As it was January, good chance of it being the pies C) Hull again?

They are both right

I didn’t go the Floodlit final v Salford, as you correctly point out, which was in 74, and was 0 - 0, with Salford winning the replay.

That leaves Team E.

(Hull game) Was that when we had Greg Mackey, or had he moved to Hull and was playing for the opposition?

I used to love the rugby league on Granada. I think that's where (now principle commentator for ITV's football) Clive Tyldsley's voice was first heard as Granada's RL commentator.

Q. In that era of Granada RL and live; who famously (for Wire fans) made his debut against saints at prop forward, rampaging through their pack virtually every time he had the ball? (GB prop Kevin Ward was playing).

I remember some pretty poor results in the 84/85 season. We were god honest puss poor. We stayed up with some low scoring affairs in Cumbria and I was there to see them, following Wire religiously. The one time ever in my life I rejected Wire away for another game. Halifax, where I knew we'd get thumped? I went to watch the Lancashire Cup final instead. Mal Meninga was just something else.

I was at the hull game(D), as lefty says it was a very good game of rugby. Mackey got abuse for the full 80 minutes! The week later we were on Granada again against Oldham away and lost 4-2. Any other time wire have lost 2 games in a row without conceding a try?

Tony Burke?

Not Tony, although good answer, he must have switched allegiances around then.

A bit of a clue, he arrived at the same time as Bateman and Ellis.

Steve Molloy?

Only messing Roland Phillips!

Yes! Well in 'MPN'. His debut was stunning, the saints forwards couldn't pin him down and he made it look easy. He bounced back many saints forwards including Ward (fantastic big prop). He was a tough old South Wales fella, 6 foot 1 and nearly 18 stone. He didn't need any coaching, just give him the ball. Out of all the Wire forwards I've seen over the years, I've never seen anyone have so much natural power and ease with which he could gain yards through the opposing pack. Well in MPN.

Steve Malloy was good, shame he went to Leeds, like Mercer around that time.

This one’s a bit of a conundrum.
It’s listed in the Warrington results archive as the Stains,
It’s not one I remember though

Do you remember the other Welsh RU trialist who was stretchered off with what I think was a broken leg? That was a very short RL career, only slightly longer than Dallas Meade's.

Struggling MPN

He was a winger and Welsh RU International. He was never selected for his country again after the trial at Wilderspool.