The best, by far more than a country mile, was one William John Boston.

Radlinski is my favourite player of all time, i just loved watching his positioning in defence and attacking run..............

But, if i was picking a team of all the players I've seen i would probably, reluctantly, pick Tomkins before Radlinski.


For the oldies here, Peter Thompson was and is my favourite wendyball player of all time..

Agreed. I like Radlinski there because of his defensive capabilities. Tomkins wouldn't be capable of doing what Radlinski did in the 02 Challenge Cup Final for example, and there were times when he came unstuck under the high ball. Plus it's not like Radlinski was a poor attacker either, not as devastating as Tomkins but he was the League's top try scorer in 01. Tomkins is the better player but Radlinski is the better full back IMO, hence why I pick Tomkins in the halves in these debates.

I’m 30 and he’s the best I’ve ever seen, hands down.

i remember watching his 1st game for Wigan and phoned my dad as he was on holiday
dont want to get carried away but this Sam Tomkins looks pretty special

For me he would be in the top 5, but it has to be Ellery, and dont think anyone else comes close. I've seen lots of special players since i 1st went to Central Park in 1982, both from here, Oz & NZ, but Ellery stands out head and shoulders above the rest. He did it week in week out for Wigan, GB and Balmain.

In the SL era couple of standouts for me are Scully & Faz who were fantastic RL players

Hanley is the best I've seen, he was more than a player, he was a talisman, the 1991 Wembley final is the best example of that, we were not expected to win, we had a few injury's and Hanley was one of them, before kick off saints fans singing and dancing, Ellery walks out of the tunnel runs up and down the touch line in match kit as a "fitness test", saints fans sit down, wigan fans stand up. Ellery plays we won 13-8.

Miles was special too, but like Kenny, Ella, Maninga, not here long enough

in terms of superleague, Sam was and is a special player, if you watch a player and are envious of the opposition Jamie Lyon at saints was a player that had that air of quality every time he touched the ball

I was in the Saints end that day (long story), the groans from that end when he walked out for his on-pitch fitness test was tremendous!

We must have missed the, best of Hanley when he came to Leeds, as although very good we've had beget players since......

Hanley at Leeds, whilst past his absolute peak was still a top top class player. Had he stayed with us he would have won another half a dozen major trophies at least

Botica was so underrated, hust watched the season review of 93-94 and he was class