As an outsider I thought 94/95 was 'peak Wigan' of all their dominant years. The year before under Dorahy Wigan hadn't been the same side and nearly got chased down by Wire and Bradford. People were starting to say the chinks were showing and the end of the dynasty was in sight. Then in 94/95 Wigan went on to another level.

I also think RL as a sport peaked around that time, at least in my lifetime watching (1989 - ). There were so many quality players around and also some iconic teams. As well as Wigan there was Mal Meninga's Canberra Raiders in Aus. I thought GB under Mal Reilly/Ellery Hanley had a cracking side at that time but they were surpassed by a great Kangaroos team.

However, a lot of the game's best players were late into their careers then: Hanley, Gregory, Davies, Schofield, Offiah, Edwards and as the retirements started the quality of RL went in to a steep decline in the first few years of summer rugby.

I remember seeing that Bradford team of 97 that was unbeaten at the time it clinched the title on points and thinking, a couple of years ago this team wouldn't have got near Wigan. Even the Wigan team that won in 98 was a long way off the teams of the past. You could also see by the calibre of Aussie players who were able to be dominant players here. Clinch had his great season with Halifax, and then Adrian Vowles won Man of Steel.

The game picked up in standard again in the early 2000s with the Saints and Bradford teams of the era and then Leeds and I think we had another peak around mid 2000s, Wigan were on a down spell then though.

Inga and Robinson were better, again with the saints team none were better man for man than that Wigan back line

On Henry Paul....how good do you think he was, really?

I have never made my mind up on whether he was just very good (eg Robbie) or absolute world class.

He had a bit of Cristiano Ronaldo about him, in that he wasn't just content to be a ball playing talent, but developed a rock solid physique, made sure there weren't really any flaws in his game. He also had that swaggering arrogance.

Was his departure for Bradford the key factor that tipped the balance away from Wigan to Bradford over the next few years?

It seemed to weaken Wigan a lot when HP left, but Bradford seemed to take it in their stride when he left them. Maybe the way they were winning games meant that they were less reliant on a great 6. And also was why it was a bad business decision for them a few years later to tie so much of the salary cap in bringing Iestyn Harris in.

When Jon Dorahy was at Wire, he seemed to be searching for a Henry Paul for us. He brought two young New Zealanders over: Toa Kohe-Love and Nigel Vagana, who were both billed as "the next Henry Paul" when we signed them. They both ended up being good players although centres rather than the stand-offs they were talked of as when we signed them. I think NV played stand-off in the game after Dorahy had been sacked when we beat Wigan (he got a hat-trick).

one of the most naturally gifted players i've ever seen, remember being at central park on a cold wednesday night and he murdered us on his own for wakefield, you could see then how good he was at 19

Correct, a outstanding talented player just like his brother Robbie.