Quote: Singing Warrior "There's more to being a winger than scoring tries. Billy Boston probably saved as many as he scored. His timing of the destructive crash tackling of the opposing centres was legendary. Brian Bevan was never noted for his defensive qualities. No I would rather have had Boston in my team above any other player I have ever seen.'"
I repect your opinion so am fine with that. As others have commented I have never seen anyone with the different skills Bevan used to beat an opponent, often leaving them grasping thin air and shaking their heads in frustration. He rarely used a hand-off relying on pace change,swerve either way and sidestep off either foot.
He played less than 10 games in Aus. before coming to England. He never played for Australia but when the Australian team of the century was announced in 2008 selected from a list of their 100 best rugby league players in the games 100-years history he was selected on the wing. He is also the only player ever inducted into both the British and Australian RL Hall of Fame. Known as"Wing Wizard" he was truly that.
Having said that I loved watching Boston play too, most memorably when he helped demolish my team at Wembley in 1959.
