It has to be someone that you have seen play, for me Brian Bevan has to be the greatest ever Warrington player but it has to be a player from your own era.

Their have been greatest Warrington team threads in the past, ive not seen a thread where you had to name your greatest ever Warrington player and the reasoning behind it. Not a reply where your stuck between 2 or 3 players, firmly nail your colours to one player.

I`m going for Phil Blake, ive never seen a classier player at Warrington that made the game look so easy and oppositions defences look so disorganised. He looked so laid back on the pitch, similar to John Woods in a way where they both oozed class and made players step back and give them space.

The ease at which he side stepped players was superb to watch, he could side step his way past 2 or 3 players as if they were stood still. Those that remember Phil Blake will remember his chip and chase tries, you just couldn`t see it coming, in the blink of an eye whilst in full flight he had chipped the ball over the oppositions defence then regathered and the rest is history.

He had that quick burst of speed which all the great backs have that takes them away from defenders, the closest ive seen in terms of quality since Phil Blake is Jonathon Davies, a smaller player but with a very similar bag of tricks.

Their are lots of great players that have played for Warrington over the years, ive sided with Phil Blake for the reasons above.

Paul Sculthorpe.

Andrew Johns. End of discussion.

Jonathan Davies by far the best Warrington player that I have ever seen.

Les Boyd

I would have been about 18 when Boyd came over but I was still in awe of the bloke. he was everything a Rugby player should be. I've seen some great players, the worlds best in fact, but they would all be second third or fourth names on my team sheet.

Les boyd would be first, every time.

talk about Blocker Roach in Australia and he'll get raved about being one of the toughest players in the NRL and he was a good player no doubt, but I remember Roach getting all Ar$ey in a game at Wilderspool once and Boyd just clipped him on the back of the head, to me it summed up their respective standing in the game, Despite Boyd's previous history Boyd was on a different level to Roach.

I've seen the Elbow on Darryl Brohman and Boyd received more Cheap shots than that over here from the likes of Shelford, Sorenson, the fat welsh prop Saints bought,the Halifax prop, etc etc the list went on, I thought Boyd was impeccable in his time over here.

He was an immense prop forward a tremendous leader and a thouroughly decent bloke.

and whenever he was on the pitch I didnt think we would lose, and to be fair we rarely did.

delete your post save your embarrassment...

Hey, I'm getting by on a technicality. Is he the best player ever? In my opinion, yes. Has he played for Warrington? Yes.

Rest my case, your honour...

For loyalty .. Mike Gregory

Alex Murphy!!
but agree with post above on Mike Greg..

les boyd, i named my son Boyd after him!

Jonathan Davies did magical things with us, and is the closest I've ever seen us come to winning the league.

Sorry to fence sit but I can't, even after 30+ years of watching them. The following would be on a short list though

Boyd, for everything TFB mentioned
Johnny D, my favourite time for being a Wire fan. Going to away games and thinking, WOW, this guy plays for US, what a privillage
Mike Greg, what wasn't to like about the fella. Good ball handler, and clever brain. Never a backward step and liked a bit of biff, too. Also, one of my early sporting heroes.

I can see other people's arguements, too
I'm expecting Matt King's Cat to mention John Bevan (I used to think he was a giant), and Parry Gordon (I only caught the very back end of his career)
I can see a lot of the mid 20's and lower going for Briers, who's loyalty to our club is to be commended.

Brian Bevan (Yes I am old!)

Jonathan Davies.... Unbelievable skills and the way he inspired us in 94 to joint top of the table...Well that will live with me forever...

Allan Langer. His game was one step ahead of everyone elses, and to get called up for State of Origin while in a Wire shirt is a fantastic achievement, at his age too.

Lee briers would be my other choice. Legend.

Jonathan Davies. Possibly not the best player ever to grace the Primrose n Blue, but certainly my favourite

From my era (me being 34) its difficult to see past Davies... he was such a talent.... he could play any position in the backs.. infact it was difficult to know his best position.

I remember my dad and grandad (who were big widnes fans) taking me to watch a few widnes games when he played for them... the one that stands out was against the touring australia side.. think it was the same year dessie butted mal meninga... anyway Davies played at stand off and ran the show... if i remember correctly widnes won the game and Davies scored and amazing try.. he did one of those 5 meter wide side steps straight through the aussie line... he then did the same step straight inside the fullback and went under the posts.

fullback, centre, wing, stand off..... didnt really matter where he played.... he was fast, he had great hands, one the the best side steps ive ever seen, amazing acceleration and a great rugby brain... he also had one of the biggest kicks i have ever seen.... the distance he could kick the ball out of his hands into touch was freakish.... also a deadly goalkicker under pressure.... you would have thought that defence would have been his weak point due to his size... but it wasn't really.

very difficult to find an area of his game that wasn't exceptional.... so Davies for me.... by quite some distance.

From my time watching the Wire from the 86 season, i'd day Jonathan Davies is the best player i've seen in primrose and blue, i was watching the highlights from the 93-94 season the other day and some of the tries Davies scored (on muddy boggy pitches) were stunning! He must have scored at least 10 that were contender for try of the season. The only other player i've seen in my time who comes close in terms of skill was Phil Blake.

John Bevan, closely followed by Sir Leslie.

The greatest player for me was Davies, followed by Langer. The greatest Wire forward? Morley.

Parry Gordon

in no particular order
sir les
dessie
jiffy
mike greg
andy greg
mark roberts
johnno
blake
adrian morley
ken kelly
john bevan

there are great servants to the club who are outstanding class still in the team. Moz is still in the top two props in the league and never tires. Benny Westwood is adaptable and a machine, a real pleasure to watch. Michael Mon can play great in a load of positions and is untouchable at 9.

but for me, and it's a cliché, it is Lee Briers. Like Moz getting better with age but has been the dictionary definition of a servant to the club. A real rugby hero in my eyes and a truly nice bloke. His abilities are vast. I think he is the best in his position in the league. He can create a chemistry with the players he supports and one need only look at a certain match at the end of august 2010 to see his true class. Also that drop goal against Hull Kr was real class.

I was shocked when my really dyed in the wool (to the point of comedy) saints fan friends said they'd have loved to have had him in the team. He is that good.


I do hope when this is asked in another decade people say R Myler

Jesus Christ Steve, I didn't realise you were that old. For me it can only be Parry. The best endorsement of his skills came from Bobby Fulton who stated that he was the best Scrum Half he had ever played with.

Jonathan Davies

Interesting to see so few players from the current side mentioned though, despite them being the most successful Warrington team in decades and presumably the majority of people on here's lifetimes.