Very envious of those on here who are old enough to have seen Woody in his pomp. My first ever game was the one when he broke the pointscoring record against Ryedale York, but I certainly wasn't old enough at the time to appreciate what a good player he was.

Floodlit trophey game in the middle of the week in the snow I think it was at the boulovard hull.got the ball under his own sticks on his line dummied and gone.forgot who was chasing him but they had no chance.we won in a very low scoring game

I remember him scoring a 90 yarder at the Boulevard, and going around John Newlove.........See ya later!

Leigh's greatest ever player who was born with natural talent but can't compare to ellery who is arguably the greatest ever.

I remember that game we actually went top of the league that night, great memories and lets not forget our other superstar in des Drummond.
Great time to support leigh

seen woody go round ellery a few times and never seen ellery kick a goal from the halfway line to win games plus ellery didnt play in many bad teams were there was no money available to buy the best players,so woody has to be the best all round player in my opinion

That's cause he didn't kick goals

thats why woody is the most complete player plus ellery couldn't pass that great either but thats splitting hairs because ellery was one of the best but not quite the best

Used to see Woody at the waterworks working at the side of Lilford park in the 80's on my way home from school. Always chatted to us, even gave us a tour down the sewers there. Then later in life he was on the same dart team as me..not a bad thrower...a better drinker though

Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to remember seeing Leigh win at Leeds 24 - something and woody scored all the points

I had the privilege of playing in the same team as both JOHN WOODS and ELLERY HANLEY - Ellery was a unique talent and had an aura about him. Ellery would be a legend in the game today, his finishing was first class.

I must admit though, WOODY for me is the best player I've ever played with. Being my hero as a kid, it was an honour to play in the same team as him.

I still get the jitters when I'm in his company!!!

Jason

is that the game that Leeds had 'Youngers' on the front of their shirts and RL Action on ITV would only show the second half after they had swapped shirts?

Believe Arthur Bunting the then Hull manager offered £140k, now in 1982 that was a lot of money...

And to redress the balance, I remember seeing Hanley run rings around John (a rare event I must admit) when Woody was player-coach at Leigh. I do believe John got sin-binned late on in that game, when his frustration got the better of him?