Mainly Ozzies,

Lewis
Meninga
The Falcon

Of Wigan players, Kelvin

I can go back to the late 1950s so saw Boston, Ashton and McTigue for Wigan as well as Murphy for Saints.

Remember Bill Ashurst and his family from the Ince area who used to shout "there's our Bill" at Central park.

As my Dad can remember from the late 1920s he missed the sublime 'Leytham, Jenkins Todd and Miller' threequarter line.But he did see often Jim Sullivan and one of his schoolmates was Martin Ryan.

I would have loved to have seen the colossus that was Jim Sullivan, also the 'Blackball bullet', Ces Mountford, and Tommy Bradshaw.

Wigan have had so many great players since the start and throughout the game we call Rugby League, well over 100 years ago.

While i am here browsing the MOS thread i will give you mine

Alan Hardisty
Keith Hepworth
Mal Reilly

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Billy Boston.

Boston
Ashton
Robinson
Farrell (saw one game in 2004 with him, GB vs Aus at DW, which got me into rugby)
Radlinski
Gregory
Edwards
Meninga

Wardy caused more damage to the Ozzie team than both Morley and Graham combined. I am afraid I agree with DeanoG here.

Wards link up with Andy Gregory created no end of mischief 'down under'.

Ward was certainly harder and more skilled than the two aforementioned forwards.

Insults do your argument no benefit my friend.

Obviously Boston.

Eric Ashton at the side of him wouldn't go amiss either.

I hear they were reasonable.

I suppose I'm very fortunate, with the exception of Johnny Ring, I have seen all the players you have mentioned. My father just to rave on about Johnny Ring and said he was the fastest winger he had seen.

The most outstanding players for me, were Martin Ryan, Cec Mountford, Brian McTigue, Ken Gee, Billy Boston and of course, Brian Bevan. Bevan was, without doubt, the most exciting player I had the privilege to watch. He always looked like "a bag of rags" on the field, having taken out his dentures and his knees would be heavily bandaged but what a player he was and of course his records prove it. He was well liked, not only by the Warrington fans, but my all other rugby league fans.

Boston
Sullivan
McTigue
Hanley
Kenny
Ring

Despite all the names, these are the ones I hear most often when it comes to the players who were the best to watch.

I wish I had seen the early 90's teams properly as well to be honest, thats too many players to name though.

From a Wire point of view
Bevan
Bath
Helme
Edwards
Naughton
Challinor all of whom my Dad speaks v highly of, in his day

Also
Millward
Reilly
Murphy

and ones who I'd seen, but missed their pomp, or was just too young to appreciate them
John Bevan
John Woods
and Tony Myler (without the injuries)


or that we rarely saw

The touring 82 and 86 Aussie sides

Ray French.

I saw Boston, Ashton, and McTigue at the end of their careers, but would liked to have seen them in full flow. As a Wire fan, Brian Bevan is someone I would have paid a lot of money to watch.

Shane Varley