Greg
Edwards
Barrett (was outstanding in a poor Wigan team. Carried us on his own at times, I seem to recall a game v Hull when he particularly dominated. Unlike Greg and Shaun who played in star-studded sides)

Mention to Phil Blake. Spent must of time with us as a FB but was an outstanding 6. Was an NRL star.

Gregory.

If Greg had Edwards commitment, professionalism and work ethic, he would have been the best player in the world.

Held a sportsmans dinner 2 weeks ago with Brian noble as guest speaker.
We invited Andy Gregory along as believe it or not he played cricket for spring view when he was younger so he always helps us out where and when he can.
With his recent Hall of fame inclusion we decided we'd take the opportunity and I had the honour of Interviewing him.
He was his usual self and gave loads of compliments to players he's played with (lots of praise for Tony myler which I agree with as Brian noble said him and Greg were the best HB pairing he's come across).
I said a couple of words

My personal comment was that when my kids ask who's the best player you've ever seen its very subjective in lots of ways and there's lots of ways you could.look at that question. Ellery, Kenny, Edwards etc (of go Hanley if pushed).

But if you asked me if I could watch 1 player play 1 game again who would it be i'd pick Greg. When he was on it he was magical.

I also took a quote from an Aussie who when asked who was the best British player he'd come up against and said :-
"A certain little halfback! That little ! I admired Andy Gregory as much, if not more, than any other player because of the creativity that he boasted and the determination to cause defeat for Australia. He was also one of the toughest players that I ever played against."
That was from Wally Lewis!
Who am I to argue with that!

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Phil Blake was one of the best Ive seen, Edwards consummate professional was ahead of most British players the time. Barrett was good almost dragged us to Old trafford ill never forget Bradford away in the play offs

If anybody has not seen Gregory in action, watch the Wigan V Penrith WCC game on youtube. The pass he provides for Sam Panapa to score has Andy Gregory written all over it. Its just so typical of the brilliance he could come up with.

Totally agree. for me they were our best ever.

Sammut.

Hahaha beat me to it.

Willie Peters

For god sake.

Dennis Moran...

No. Gregory was the best IMO. As an opposition fan he was one of those players that used to genuinely frighten you to death. Most of Wigan's breaks came off his passes.

Kenny, Gregory, Edwards, Lam Barrett all top class you could throw Hanley in the mix because he was such a great player I believe he could have played most positions and added to any team.
Kenny was special not just for that season he played for us I would say he would now be played as a 1 I could only dream of watching 1.Kenny 6.Edwards 7.Gregory 13.Hanley
Tomkins also skims that list was magic at his injury free best.

One thing is for sure we will never see the likes of these names again. I loved watching Andy Gregory even when he was at Widnes he broke our hearts so many times. I think we can all pick out players who had certain characteristics that defined them but Gregory was certainly very tough and a brilliant rugby brain. I will always remember his performance in this game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udgV8TgKEB8 The silky skills of Kenny, the professionalism of Edwards and Trent Barrett was shear class, i would even say Mick Ford was a tough kid at the time and very rarely put a foot wrong especially at Wembley in 85. Great times, great players who had talent, toughness and where picked for the right reasons and not because they ticked boxes of height, weight and how much they could bench press etc

One thing is for sure we will never see the likes of these names again. I loved watching Andy Gregory even when he was at Widnes he broke our hearts so many times. I think we can all pick out players who had certain characteristics that defined them but Gregory was certainly very tough and a brilliant rugby brain. I will always remember his performance in this game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udgV8TgKEB8 The silky skills of Kenny, the professionalism of Edwards and Trent Barrett was shear class, i would even say Mick Ford was a tough kid at the time and very rarely put a foot wrong especially at Wembley in 85. Great times, great players who had talent, toughness and where picked for the right reasons and not because they ticked boxes of height, weight and how much they could bench press etc

I recall being in a pub in Milnrow (outside Rochdale) in a Robinsons house IIRC. They were having a delivery. One of the dreyman looked very familiar to my Dad and I. It was Stevie Hampson delivering the beer barrels !

That was the 'weights' that he trained on.