Or alternatively a game versus a Wire team of players desperate to book a final starting place on the back of a great run of form under a new, top class coach against a game versus a team who struggled to impress against a team who had been together for 5 days followed by another loss - clearly way off form.

Aren't opinions great!!! I rate the Warrington away as a better performance than Sunday btw.

for me it was a game against Hull at home in about 1989...

Brian Smiths Hull were unbeaten and playing excellent RL... Dave Topliss' team took them apart in the first half and solidified in the second... Smith himself said it was one of the best performances he had ever seen from an opposing team...

also loved the cup semi in 79...

and the video of the wigan 1963 cup win is quite special...

For team performance for me it's Bradford away in 2006, the 20-12 game, im sure you all remember it. Nearly all second half we were resorting to a desperate last line of defense. The 18 nil game at Cas came pretty close, as did the first game at Wigan last season, considering all our injuries. The Leeds away win on Easter Monday 2005 is worth a mention, I remember the bookies had Leeds at 1/100 on to win that game!

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Yes that was one hell of a win when we were on the edge of the abyss as was the Bradford game that set up the Cas decider.

Best all round performance of recent years could be vs Cas at Millenium stadium in 2008

It's all down to how it makes you feel! Have we played better footy? Yes! Have we faced greater adversity? Yes! Did I feel on top of the world coming out of the ground, reliving (loudly) every aspect of the game, surrounded my miserable loiners? Oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's up there!!!!!!

Depends what we are saying.

Best performance in terms of skills?....no way is the Leeds game the best. It was more a grind out win, with errors on both sides making a difference with some good skills along the way.

Best for atmosphere or importance?......I can understand if you haven't watched Wakefield for long.... and it is obviously more contentious just because it's a personal thing.... but I'd have to pick any of:
St.s semi in 1979,
Wally's first game against Hull,
Whitehaven away when we won the 1st Div title (you'll know if you were there)
Henry Paul's game against Wigan away,
First game (think it was Warrington) when Mark Graham and Steve Ella played...that would figure high on skills too.
Hull in the play-offs
Beating St.s at Barnsley, or Bradford, Cas and Cas again when Cas went down

saying all that......it's always great to beat Leeds!

The Henry Paul Wigan game has got to be up there.

Away at Central Park against the team that had dominated the sport for the previous however long.
Am i right in thinking they hadnt been beaten at home for a few years as well?

the one for me was when we came from 18 points behind after 60 minutes against leeds and won the game by 2 points. final score was 22 - 20. this was in the days of when players like scholdfield and hanley was playing for leeds. when i left the ground i felt like i was walking on air.

In terms of enjoyment, the Bradford away game was the best as i went fully expecting Wakey to be relegated that night for us to stay down for a while due to all the comments about the ground.

Re the wire game it was a good win, but they did have one eye on the cup final and a very dodgy winger. Beating Leeds was a far better achievement for me, the game was a higher standard and i was particularly impressed with the 10-15 minutes in the second half when Leeds started really going for it (the shot on tronc etc).....the pack really stood up to it....for me it was the best performance i can remember.

My memories dont stretch as far back as some, however the games that stand out for me as far as complete performances go (in chronological order) are....

Hull FC, away, play off match, 2004

Cas 'home', millenium stadium, 2008

Leeds, home, 2010

Out of those 3, it has to be the leeds game. The euphoria has now elapsed and we have to look and say that we defended well, we attacked well, we turned pressure into points, we were disciplined and what impressed me most was in the second half when leeds were turning the screw we went into build mode, we started knocking the sets out, 5 drives and a kick to establish field position and get outselves back into the game, whereas in the past we would have capitulated and let leeds, or any side with such momentum, roll over us and beat us. Up untill last season (leeds home) we were doing that but, dare i say it, we seem to have turned the corner - our performance was that of an established and smart team.