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As a newly recruited Leyther i would love to hear in your opinion who was the best ever player to play for Leigh and the reasons why. All i get is the opinion of Jonny and lets be honest he does waffle on sometimes!!

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In my time (1964 - present) John Woods, local talent, he had it all speed quickness of thought good hands great rugby brain great defensively too and a fantastic goalkicker, if he had taken the game seriously he would have been a RL great.
Des Drummond, not a natural RL player but boy did he learn fast and elusive, slight of stature but very very quick, his martial arts training helped him in his defence.
Alex Murphy the best ever RL player he had everything.

In recent times Neil Turley his record speaks for itself, Tommy Martyn well past his prime when he came to us but what a player.

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Quote: wurzel leyther "As a newly recruited Leyther i would love to hear in your opinion who was the best ever player to play for Leigh and the reasons why. All i get is the opinion of Jonny and lets be honest he does waffle on sometimes!!'"


Cheers mate!

John Woods when I was a kid, then Tim Street, Neil Turley, Micky Higham and Adam Bristow have been favourites of mine.

I'm too young to have seen him, but i'd say Alex Murphy & Des Drummond (i was in a pram at Whitehaven in 82) would be close to the top of peoples lists too.

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Same as Fred, but I'd add Risman as well.

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Only two need mentioning

Murph , widely accepted as one of if not THE greatest RL player ever , tactical genius and inspirational coach

John Woods , for 2/3 years in the mid 80 s he was the best stand off on the planet and probably the best RL player as well

We have indeed been ' blessed ' to have these legends of the game at our club

Several others were great players , but these two stand above everybody else

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Class act, too far ahead of most of his team mates!

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Missili Manu. Nuff said.

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Not a patch on Shane Irabor!! icon_wink.gif

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Des Drummond - as a kid he was reason for supporting Leigh. Literally a Superstar icon_wink.gif

Neil Turley in modern era.

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He had a perm too.

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From my 'era' its Neil Turley. Other great players in my time were Tommy Martyn, Mickey Higham, Chris Hill and Julian O'Neill was a class player despite his problems off the pitch. Not many Leigh players have won 2 NRL Grand Finals and the challenge cup as well as playing State of Origin for years.

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John Woods.

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John Woods for me but AJM was very good too.

I am pretty sure we had a poll about this before and JW topped it.

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