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| It's so difficult to rank players from different eras. When I think of French, I just think he's a showman and if I'm thinking of players I've enjoyed watching more, then there aren't many, if any. Sam Tomkins between 2010-2013 was a better player overall IMO and he had loads of 'wow' moments but French just comes up with bits of skill that make you come out with those gasps and that leave you and your family/friends looking at each other shaking your heads in disbelief.
He'll go down as one of the best Wigan players I've seen, probably in some sort of top 10/15 players but if I think of the most entertaining players, then I think he'd be in the top two or three, if not the top one.
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| Love watching Bevan probably more than almost any player since the mid 80's when I first started watching Wigan.
Roberts sticks out as someone who was very similar to how Bevan plays but such a shame he got injured as I'm sure he would have been held in similar esteem if we had seen him for a few seasons.
I can't go past Hanley as the best Wigan player I've seen though. Probably the English player the Aussies respected most even to this day.
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| Can't remember being as entertained by a player since Jason Robinson.
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| Since 1982:
Ferguson
Hanley
Robinson
Tomkins
Roberts
French
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| Bevan certainly has an x factor and does things in a game that others cant. What he has demonstrated at Wigan is his versatility too, with performances at FB, Wing and Stand-Off, running in and creating tries in all 3 positions
i'd add Offiah into the overall conversation, whilst he wasnt the best RL player in the world, he could do things that no-one else could (or has done since) in terms of his ability to find the try line from anywhere. He just looked so elegant in full flight and could take virtualy anyone on the outside with a yard of space
Kenny, Miles and Barrett all had great seasons with Wigan, and were a joy to watch but unfortunately we only had them for the short term
overall, my favourite player was Ellery, as he really was poetry in motion but equally hard as nails.
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| Quote: MattyB "Since 1982
I'd add Henry Paul to that.
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