But Clarke was a part of that team, also Brown is hardly the oracle is he...

Tuigamala was fantastic, an absolute beast, and that's coming from, a Wire fan!!.....He was superb to watch, one of those monsters that every All Blacks side seems to have in their three quarter line.

Just as an aside, talking of great, hard running All Black wingers, how would Tuigamala's successor in the New Zealand RU side, Jonah Lomu, have done in our code?.....Would loved to have seen a fully fit Lomu have a season or two in our league....Scott Gibbs was pretty impressive at Saints, but Lomu was twice the player.

Just how fearsome would he have been playing centre in Rugby League?

Thats like Graham Appo when he played fullback for us, if the opposition put in a kick behind him he went after it like he had all day to pick it up.

Wigan tried very hard to get Lomu. He had played Rugby League as a youngster He had played in a RU tournament when he was about 18 or 19 and Wigan spotted him (he was hard to miss) as he scored a bucketfull of tries. Sadly the signing never happened.

Surely Micky Higham would have got a game Rogues??

My dad has always told me about the glory years and how I wish I could have been a fan back then.. but only being born in 1990 kinda hindered that.. so the season were I have seen Wigans biggest peak as such for me was last season.

I completly agree that for people who have witnessed the 8 in a row (and can rememeber them) and all the league wins, thats when you will think but for me, last season everything fell in to place perfectly and I never doubted the fact we would win the Super League.

Agreed about Clarke - Lockers would have been outstanding in that team as well. Strange how similar Clarke and Mike Gregory were - two outstanding players.But for me the back three of Hanley Betts and Goodway shaded it over the three you list (just I admit).

Not only that, in the GB setup, Mal Reilly seemed to prefer Lee Jackson ahead of Dermott. Never did understand why, given that Reilly was one the best coaches the game has ever seen.

From a different era, but Ashurst, Robinson and Laughton would give any back three a run for their money.

Some interesting players names have cropped up in this thread including Brian Case, Hampson, Dermott and Robbie McCormack.

All four were IMO class acts and a big reason why the teams they played in were successful because they made big contributions to those sides. I don't think Case was the best prop we have ever had but he is certainly up there and I always think of him as one of if not [ithe[/i toughest prop I have ever seen at Wigan.

I certainly appreciate the comment from Monie about Hampson of "If he's fit he plays". He is best full back bar none I have seen play for Wigan.

The two hookers were better than anything that came after including Newton IMO. Dermott is the best of the lot but McCormack was the type of player Newton should have been in that he was as hard as nails but didn't have the rushes of blood to the head that ended up with him getting sent off.

Dave

A player who always gets overlooked because of his few appearances, but, was outstanding in those few, is Phil Blake, 1989-90 season, 11 apps, 7 tries, 17 goals and outstanding in each game, a quality player who was replaced by Frano Botica, talk about an embarrassment of riches !!!!

86-87 season does it for me, Wigan won 7 out of 8 trophies, including the world club and thats at a time when there wasn't much difference in the teams. Widnes won the league 2 years consecutive after that, which prooves that the competition was "closer".
Whereas in the 90s, Wigan had a clear advantange in the number of "professionals" in comparison with other teams. So depending on how you judge the game, you can settle for the 86-87 side or the "globe trotting all stars" of the 90s

If I could pick any of those today I would have Bill Ashurst.

He would have kicked a '40 - 20' after every 4th or 5th tackle.

All games won !