I'd go with that but in recent years I'd add Brett Dallas in there as well. He gave his all for the club for six years (probably much longer than he first intended) and ended his career here. Always gave 100% in every game he played and never went missing when there was hard graft to do.

Brought a tear to my eye when he left his boots on the centre spot in his last ever game for us.

just about to post the same thing regarding dallas. Think he in particular is a modern legend.

Great point about a legend being someone who is in part someone who is admired by opposing fans (sometimes expressed by their hatred by him!!!)

As a Leigh fan obviously we don't concede too much to Wigan, and yes, you've had some fine players over the years, modern greats such as Farrell, Radlinski etc etc but I have to agree with the posts re. Brett Dallas above - I always held him in the highest regards as a player for his sheer determination and attitude as well as his skill - and I know from a dressing room source that his professionalism didn't just stop on the pitch.

Great shout on Dallas. I'd like to think Paddy would be classed in the same high regard as Dallas; he's a points machine and a true professional. I suppose if he ended his career with Wigan, it would be hard not to.

You're being harsh on Newton - the wheels may have fallen off after he left us, but while at Wigan he never gave less than 100% and was a real leader when we were struggling in 2005. If he had stayed (he never wanted to leave but look who was in charge then, at the time most people preferred him to his replacement Higham) - and had stayed away from the drugs he could have been pushing towards legend status by now. Plus he always put his hand up for GB unlike the guy you mention.

I'd also to give a shout for Adrian Lam as well for much the same reasons to Brett Dallas.

Since I've been watching RL (about '92; but I was only 7), I would only class the following as legends, Edwards, Radlinski, Farrell, Robinson and Offiah.

People like Skerret, Connolly, Paul, Lam, Dallas were very good players in their day, but I wouldn't put them in the 'Wigan legends' bracket.

As it stands I can see, Sam and/or Joel becoming Wigan legends if their careers continue with Wigan as well as they are at present.

People like Barrett will never be a legend at Wigan, although an incredibly talented player, he wasn't here long enough, nor had the 'right' passion for the club to be a legend.

I'd give a shout to Lam purely because he's the only Wigan player I know of who's appeared in his own porn movie

I agree with this totally, i think he will become a Wigan legend if he stays with us.
Anybody else in the current team people think?

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Quote: Finfin "Plus he always put his hand up for GB unlike the guy you mention.'" cant be bothered getting into a big pointless debate, but... international appearances by Newton (Eng & GB) = 16 international appearances by Cunningham (Wales & GB) = 23 source: www.rugbyleagueproject.org

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I see many players I watched get mentioned in this thread such as legends such Dean Bell which I agree with but what about Frano Botica?

Without him we simply would not have won the number of trophies we did. Contrary to popular myth we didn't walk away with every game by 30 points or more for a decade and his boot was the difference in winning some close games, trophies and titles.

For the younger generation if you think Richards is good Botica was even better in that he tended rarely to have an off day and drop to say 70 or 80% accuracy.

Dave