Saw my first Wigan game back in 1947 and if I was forced to select the best my pick would be Ellery H. As I have said on here before the best Wigan team performance I have ever seen was in the CC final in 1959. That team included Boston, Bolton, Ashton, Sullivan, Griffiths and of course McTigue the MOM.

For once you make sense young Grimmy

Radlinski all the way for me, I also factor in a players attitude and how he treated the club, As we all know Tomkins was a bit of an when alcohol was involved also He binned us off twice for the lure of filthy lucre

less than Edwards, not as good as Farrell for me either

Lockers was (feels terrible typing was) a great player and certainly top 10 and maybe even five material in my time but Hanley and Farrell were a level above. There’s no shame in that as both were probably the best players in the World at various times. Faz would’ve smashed it in the NRL. Lockers would as well but Faz could do pretty much everything Lockers could but was also an unbelievable ball runner and was more of an individual threat running the ball. Hanley was just a freak.

Hard to judge Hanley properly as Wigan were the only fully pro team and it wasn't even a contest most of the time.
Tomkins done it against top Leeds, Saints, Wire teams.......

Good point.

Well, except we weren't and he also did it in Australia every year as well.

Tomkins was quite subdued against Leeds compared to in other games. I think there was extra spice in the fixture when he was at Wigan, and Leeds’ kick chase game stepped up a level to close him down.

You may not remember, but Hanley also did it in a Leeds, GB, West’s and Balmain shirt. He was on a different level.

Except Leeds were the first full time team

In the grand scheme of things Hanley didn’t play for Wigan for the majority of his career anyway (204 appearances out of a career total of 489). He played a very fare chunk of it at Wigan and was brilliant but he was brilliant for Bradford, brilliant for Balmain and brilliant for Great Britain. I read somebody say earlier he wasn’t at his best at Leeds but the guy still managed 106 try’s in 114 appearances from Loose Forward.

I love Lockers, Tomkins, Andy Farrell, Edwards, Offiah or whoever but Hanley is the top of the tree.

Hanley was definitely still elite playing for Leeds. You guys won’t like the comparison, but he was similar to Danny McGuire in that he was 2 or 3 plays ahead. Ellery would just be more obvious in standing 10 metres In front of the his own teams play the ball when he knew a break would be made.

Yes you’re right, thinking about it.

But that game in the summer of 2012 50-8win at Leeds he was on another planet.

Although Leeds got the better of Wigan that year.

There's loads of stuff out there. Just look at the players that came over and ask, did they come for free?

Mal Meninga playing for Saints, Blocker Roach at Wire, Peter Sterling at Hull.