On medical grounds, due to the neck injury from earlier this year. moving into a coaching position at the club.

Feel very sorry for Lee to have the decision to end his career effectively taken out of his own hands, but rather he be well and involved in the sport he loves (and enriches; for so many fans- Warrington and Others) than suffering a career-ending injury whilst playing that 'game too many'

Good luck to him in all that he does on the coaching side from this day forward....

so what now?

1.russell
6. ratchford
7. myler

of does gareth obrien get a shot?

As an opposition fan he's one of those players that gets under your skin because of his character but the game needs those characters and the league will be poorer for his retirement. He really has been a very special player and a massive part of Warringtons resurgence.

All the best to him in his coaching role. He certainly got in the thick of the action when Wales played Italy, he was on as much as when he played. It was good to see his passion.

Was thinking the very same. A player who got under every oppo fans skin, and loved it. Hope he goes well in a coaching career

Gutted

A magic career from the guy who will go down as one of the great players from the super league era . A top bloke aswell

glad to see the little scrote retire having never been a champion. A classless little turd, not fit to lick the mud off of Sir Kevin's boots.

The Steven Gerrard of rugby league.

Irony alert

He never got under my skin. Too busy admiring his skill and classy match control. He had the mark of a true great - always appearing to have time to spare on the ball.

What was that magnificent World Cup match he figured prominently in when he and the rest of the Welsh players put themselves about like their lives depended on it? I've got a picture of him performing some outrageous piece of effort and skill to turn the match.

I read in in one of the Monday papers that Longy is skint and so is looking to resurrect his playing career, but at 37 he may be a little too young for Wire.

Sorry to see him retire. As an opposition fan I couldn't stand him but that has no bearing on his ability, SL will be poorer without him.

I bet Stevo is gutted

Well aren't you just a horrible little person.

A player I would have loved to see at Leeds and a constant thorn in our sides. Top class player. Full stop. Not interested in what people think of him as a person. The lad oozes class on a rugby field, and is a bad loss to our game.

A classless little post from a classless little turd.

People like that don't deserve a response.

I wasn't going to, but having got home from Leeds a couple of hours ago, the red wine got the better of me. A couple of equally low posts on the Wigan Site.

Ah the demon red wine! In a twisted way, comments like that are a compliment. If he wasn't any good, nobody would be bothered. As I say, I hated him as an opposition fan, but that was only because of what he was doing to my team time and time again.

With the way things are in youth development the game won't see a maverick player like Briers again. And will be poorer for it.

Very very good player. Could have been world class with a better attitude, did go missing a bit sometimes, but still a player to be admired and missed.

Say what you like, but he was an entertainer. Technically gifted but with the air of a chancer who'd give it a go given half a chance rather than memorise a playbook.

Mmm I though a career as a ref would be his next step...

My thoughts to the letter